Originally Posted by
Sleepy_Sentry
A colleague recently missed his FRA flight due to an hours-long ICE delay. AA wasn’t sympathetic. I think he only left a 2 hour buffer.
You should be fine with the 4-hour buffer you set, though.
He only had 2 hours from train scheduled arrival to flight departure time? That is definitely risky.
My “real” buffer is around 2.5 hours, due to airport formalities. If the train is delayed more than that I risk missing my flight.