Originally Posted by
IADCAflyer
Finally, is the connection time really 3:00 or 2:45 or 2:50 and they are rounding? I see BA 217 gets into IAD at 2:55 and then AA 1649 leaves DCA at 5:45. That's 2:50 which IMHO violates SCT standards.
The person indicated it is a weekend day that the travel is occurring
Today, 22/12 and tomorrow 23/12, AA6168 arrives into IAD at 14:55 and AA 1649 departs at 1800 , which gives a 3 hours 5 minutes connection time
Not being a weekday, hopefully traffic is not too bad
If they misconnect, AA will be responsible for paying for a hotel for the night and getting them on the next morning's flight - the 07:00 has availability - I dont see why they are certain to misconnect nor that , if they do, they wont be able to get on another flight ; if people are telling them this doom and gloom , I am not surprised that they are freaking out
The standard MCT for International to domestiic connection between IAD and DCA is 3 hours , so this is quite legal and no reason to freak out