Originally Posted by
Herb687
If booking very far out, I try and book the cheapest and shortest time connection possible since the possibility of a schedule change allows for flexibility - opportunity to change to different times later, force rebooking on to more heavily booked/lucrative mileage routing flights after a sked change, or turn a nonrefundable ticket into a refundable one.
Not bad. I'll probably take the 45 minute connection, especially in light of the 90% on time record, the availability of later flights, the flight is a few months away and that the fare went up $30/person since I put it on hold last night.