Originally Posted by
Often1
If DL is selling the connection, it is within MCT. I would not worry about this as there are at least two later DL flights as well as AS, AA, and UA serving the route as well. As your inbound flight departs the EU, EC 261/2004 applies and DL has every incentive to get you out of SEA as fast as possible.
While this is all technically accurate, do you think all of those acronyms will be helpful to a first time poster?
For the original poster:
MCT = Minimum Connection Time. The shortest 'legal' connection time that an airline will sell at a given airport. Varies by airline and airport, and whether you are connecting international to international, international to domestic, domestic to international, or domestic to domestic.
DL = Delta Air Lines
AS = Alaska Airlines
AA = American Airlines
UA = United Airlines
EU = European Union
EC261/2004 = Rules the EU adopted regarding passenger compensation. Basically, under certain circumstances you can be entitled to compensation for certain disruptions in your trip when departing from EU airports (summary here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight...ation_261/2004)
SEA = Seattle Tacoma International Airport (SeaTac)