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Old Feb 7, 2015 | 5:39 am
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Sez_Who
 
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Originally Posted by captiveguru
Just becasue DL allows a 35 minute connection does it mean it makes sense?

LAS-LAX-MCO on an upcoming Friday afternoon. Arrive LAX at 3:10. Depart at 3:45. I am in 1A on the inbound CRJ, but my rollerboard will be pink-tagged.

Anyone with recent experience?
IME, I would never book a connection like that. Besides the gate checking (first on, last off), the LAS-LAX RJ flt does not have a great on-time history. Adding to the pain, you can arrive at T-6 but depart from T-5 (or the other way around).

That said, only one time did I miss a connection. It was the LAX-MCO redeye for the reasons above. Tried to get me on LAX-ATL (nope) but did get on LAX-JFK-MCO.

I always allow a minimum of 90 min. Worst case, a little extra time in the lounge vs getting stuck at LAX overnight.
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