Originally Posted by
MCO Flyer
I was on a MCO-DTW flight a year or two ago that got delayed and put my connection time at 28 mins (2 mins under DTW D-D MCT) I still took the flight without any denied boarding and made the connection just fine.
Delayed arrival time v.s. scheduled arrival time being below MCT are different things. The 1st is usually only an issue with bags, and even that varries per airline. The latter, generally will result in system refusing to check you in even without bags.