Originally Posted by
Steven Morehouse
I booked a flight through United. It goes from Kelowna Canada to Houston USA with a connection in Vancouver Canada. The first leg (Kelowna to Vancouver) is on a partner airline (Air Canada). The connection time is 1:18.
I was able to find Air Canada's minimum connection time info, which clearly states 1:10 for flights originating in Canada and connecting through Vancouver to USA cities. BUT... it cautions that these times are for AirCanada flights and other carriers may vary.
Where is United's info? And - assuming it is different - do I go by the arrival airline info or the departing airline info?
Thank you.
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There is no free, comprehensive source for that data. However, you shouldn't really need one, because it's built into the computer systems. United would not sell you a flight that is less than the minimum connection time.
That said, to answer your specific question: when you're looking up Minimum Connection Time, in a system that allows that (e.g., ExpertFlyer or KVS Tool, both paid services), you specify both the inbound and outbound airlines, as there are many, many different factors that can be used as part of the calculation.
The MCT for a domestic AC flight to an international UA flight is also 1 hour, 10 minutes. (You'll go through US preclerance at Vancouver, which is why this is a fairly high number).
If a schedule change causes the connection time to shrink, UA will be willing to re-accommodate you on another flight if there's one that meets your liking. At 1 hour, 18 minutes, you'll be fine
if everything is on time and the lines aren't too bad.