Originally Posted by
leiserom
My buddy was flying to SYD from IAH. He booked a 45 minute connection at SFO on Cheapo Air. We warned him about it. Needless to say there was a slight weather delay at IAH in summer. So he missed flight was out for a hotel room in SFO and missed a prepaid hotel night in SYD. All to save a few bucks.
If he didn't also have to repurchase his SFO-SYD ticket, I'll say that he was extremely fortunate in the outcome to this unwise choice.