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Old Mar 20, 2013 | 6:52 am
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Originally Posted by matinicus rock
Hello great travel gurus,

Question for you all - I am trying to get back from London to Burbank, CA on a busy travel weekend after the Christmas holiday in 2014. I have booked a first class ticket on BA that gets into SFO at 5:25pm. I'm trying to make a UAL flight to Burbank that departs at 6:57 pm. I am traveling with family and checked luggage. Will I make the connection?

I have no idea how much of a zoo C&I is at SFO, or whether BA will check our luggage thru on the UAL connecting flight to BUR (even though I have to clear customs at SFO)?

What say you all? Am I crazy?
No you won't make it.

Your 2 flights are considered an illegal connection - even if they are on the same ticket. The minimum connecting time is 105 mins.

BA will not check your bags through .. and anyway, you still have to collect your bags at SFO since it is the first entry point in the USA and then recheck them with UA.
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