Originally Posted by
cestmoi123
One other point - if you don't make the flight, AA will accommodate you on a later flight, but you probably won't all be sitting next to each other. They'll definitely get a pair so the 2 year old isn't sitting alone, and probably make sure that the 5 year old has someone with him/her, but the older kids are probably going to be scattered through the cabin. If that's a no-go for you, you should take it into account.
Bottom line, while the ages of the kids make this feasible, if there's an option to have 1.5-2 hours of connection time, would certainly be simpler.
We are two adults and only one child but the herd only moves as fast as its slowest member.
I agree that a longer layover is a smarter choice. Many times, we hustled for a 50 min-1:00 layover.
Then our luck ran out. A minor maintenance delay caused us to miss a flight to miss a one hour connection in CLT to Cozumel and the next flight was sold out.
When we were rebooked, we were split up. We did get there the same day but it sucked getting shut out for the next flight.
I now look for at least a 1.5 hour connection and don't mind a 2 hour one. We learned to value not rushing off the plane and sprinting to our next one. And with deplaning and boarding, a 2 hour connection shrinks to more like 1:15 anyway.