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Old Apr 18, 2011, 2:19 pm
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lancelot21
 
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85 minutes seems like enough time to me. I did that two years ago, where I was scheduled to arrive in FRA at 4 pm and depart FRA at 5:25 pm. The only challenge was that my IST-FRA flight was 50 minutes late, and we were parked out on the tarmac, then it took a mad rush to get to my new gate...and I made it just fine. I was one of the last people on the flight, but easily had a few minutes to spare.

The issue would be, what's the downside for you in case the IST-FRA flight is, say, 90 minutes delayed? It's unlikely, but sometimes happens.

Unless I absolutely, positively, had to be in the office the next day, I'd still be willing to risk the connection.
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