Originally Posted by
an_asker
I am trying to use some AA miles to purchase a one way ticket to BLR from MCO this summer (return ticket already purchased - long story).
The only available option for my preferred travel date - and I don't know how American sells tickets with so short a transfer time - includes a transfer in London in three hours (Gatwick to Heathrow).
My question is what happens if I miss the connecting flight? Is the onus on me or on British (which both legs are on) to put me on the next flight to BLR?
1- unless you have an eu or uk passport you get to deal with what will Likely be a long immigration line. This could take an hour but for fun let’s say 30 min
2- drive to lgw will take at least 1.5 hours
3- you then need to get through security and check in at lgw. Let’s assume 30 min
youd need to assume at least 2.5 hours in transit time. Not much room for error here and a single delay kills you