Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: I 35 south bound, finally stopped
Programs: LT Plt, 4mm, *A GLD, burned out medical provider, executing our estate plan
Posts: 1,665
Can confirm 15 min early arrival BOS_CLT 6-30, waited 30 minutes for a gate. Fortunately CLT_AUS was delayed so I did ok, but it was originally a 40 minute connection. The concourses were packed. It could have been the long weekend, but an EXP I was talking to waiting to board said the crowds in CLT were always heavy due to the smaller square footage of concourse space, in his opinion. And the above mentioned banking and fewer gates probably play a role. I try to avoid CLT in general. Have not had the same problems in PHX but have not been through there in the past 6 months. So perhaps, I will need to make my personal MCT 60 minutes on most bookings. What we don't know if there is a subtle program to delay things. I am all about safety, but you can be safe and efficient.