Originally Posted by
OhDoctor
Hello!
Never flown into DCA before. Quick question -- we have a 39 minute connection through AA (LGA-DCA, then DCA-MEM), and are doing it with a 7 year-old in tow. I was assuming we'd be arriving and departing from the same pier but it looks like AA operates out of multiple piers. I also wasn't sure how the new renovation would come into play.
For a number of reasons, this is our only option. Any gamblers wanna put odds on us missing the connection?
If you leave LGA on time you'll be fine. For starters, 39 minutes is
tons of time if you don't have to change piers (max walk within a pier is like 5 minutes). While it's a bit tight if you have to change from B/C pier to C pier, because you have to take a bus, the LGA shuttle schedules are padded-- they block 1:20 for a 0:45 flight-- and plenty of people are making these connections everyday. Again, basically everything depends on how things are going at LGA and whether your departure is late. Personally, if I was doing this, depending on the time of day I would be making an effort to standby for an earlier LGA-DCA flight (they run as often as every hour).