Originally Posted by
Trapezeus
I am flying from LA to NYC and i'm looking at some flights. on Kayak, there is a cheap flight from LA, stopping in ORD prior LGA. Kayak is showing a warning that there is a 35 minute connection between landing in ORD and taking off on the connection for LGA. I know this is a tight window.
My question is, what happens if i miss the connecting flight. I assume if the first flight is late, aa in this scenario will take care of putting me on the next available flight at no cost since the connection is on aa as well.
If it is on the same ticket, yes, but the catch is that if the next flight with space available is the next day or even later, you could be sleeping in the airport or paying for your own hotel room that night.
ORD is a high risk airport for connections due to frequent delays due to weather. A 35 minute connection allows no room for error even under good conditions:
Inbound can be 14 minutes late and still be "on time".
It can take 10 minutes to get out of the plane if you are in the back.
It can take 10 minutes to get to the next gate if you don't know where it is and it is far away.
And they probably closed the door or gave away your seat to a standby some time before.