Originally Posted by
nacho
Is the UA MCT at IAH d to i is still 1 hour? I have a connection that has exactly an hour at IAH (Jan 7),
No, it is (and has been) 30 minutes without a terminal change or 35 minutes with a change of terminal.
Note this doesn’t make any sense — UA can declare you a no-show 30 minutes prior to an international flight — but they are the values they use. 60 minutes is the shortest I’d even consider booking, and I wouldn’t feel all that comfortable with it. (I also live in Austin, so if the flight looked to be in danger, I could hop on an earlier flight or drive).
Originally Posted by
nacho
last time it took us over 20 minutes just to get off the plane because someone at the front was blocking everyone's way just to let people who were not ready at the front to take their bags from overheard lockers.
I suspect that the first 10+ minutes of this time, you were actually waiting for the jet bridge to be attached and the door opened. And “blocking everyone’s way” to let people in front of them get off of the plane — a.k.a. ”waiting your turn” — is the accepted de-boarding procedure in the US. If a flight is delayed, the flight attendant will sometimes make a request for passengers who aren’t in a hurry to remain seated, but it never really helps.