Originally Posted by Ldnn1

So once she's had time to relax, I do think it is worth reinforcing to her the point I made upthread for next time, that it is important to pick your flights and connections carefully at the time of booking. She could probably have booked a 3 or 4 hour connection in the first place which (while there's always still the chance of things going badly wrong on the day) would likely have been a much less stressful experience.

This isn't meant as a particular criticism of your sister - I know it's very common for many people not to scrutinise the details when booking flights - but it's worth considering.

(One footnote - it can happen that you purposefully book a longer connection but then the airline changes the schedule which shortens it after booking. That can be very annoying, sometimes you might have to lump it if relatively minor, but often in that case you can request a change to sort it out.)