Originally Posted by
BrianCUnited
my GF and I are booked BWI-SAN-LIH on Friday, with only a 36 min connection time at SAN. This was the best routing we could find but I'd like to have a backup option in case the BWI-SAN flight is late. Does anyone know if Alaska would rebook us on AA or another airline, esp given that the SAN-LIH flight is only once a day?
In the last week flight 784 (BWI-SAN) has been +15 min late twice, one of which would have caused you to miss your connection. On the good side the SAN terminal is very compact and you can get to any gate in two minutes. They are able to book you on AA (if there is space) IF your delay was caused by AS and not the weather, but you may have to push them pretty hard to get them to do it.
You also have the option of having them book you on the SAN-HNL flight that departs about two hours later, then flying Hawaiian to LIH.