Originally Posted by Travel22

Hoping FT wisdom can help me help my parents here.

My parents are currently in the Munich, Germany, area on vacation. They are elderly (early 80s), and a couple of days ago my dad fell and broke his hip. He had surgery two days ago, and, thankfully, it went very well. They are scheduled to return in a week or so, and, assuming he is cleared to travel, I am looking for recommendations on a connecting flight.

Currently, they are booked to fly from Munich into DFW, landing at 2:55 PM in DFW. When traveling from overseas, they typically spend the night in whatever major US airport they fly back into. So, they are currently scheduled to spend the night in a DFW hotel and fly back into MCI (Kansas City) the next day.

My mom thinks it would be better to get home quicker -- less stress of having to spend the night in a hotel and deal with a lot more moving around with my dad. If they decide to return that same day they fly into DFW from MUC, there are two non-stop flights from DFW to MCI that would work. One departs DFW at 4:55 PM and the other at 8:46 PM. Not worried about change fees or any costs for anything. This is purely about getting my parents back home.

Bottom line question: Do you think two hours is enough time to get my dad off of the plane, through Global Entry, gather luggage, customs, re-check bags, possibly (probably?) switch terminals, and make that 4:55 PM flight to MCI? They are in business class on that flight from MUC, so hopefully they can get off of the plane first or almost first. We will be asking American and/or DFW for assistance along the way with wheel chair or cart, etc.

Thanks very much.