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Old Apr 15, 2019 | 6:21 pm
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Originally Posted by j2simpso
If UA sold you the ticket with that connection time it means that they've tried that connection before and are certain it can be done.
I can pretty much guarantee that's false. There is no possible way United has tried every flight connection, especially considering how often they change schedules. The only way that makes sense is for them to use a statistical analysis, and have an acceptable level of misconnects.
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