Originally Posted by
tampaFL42
Flying TPA to SYD on Dec. 18, 2023. TPA to DFA is on AA and, of course, DFW to SYD on QF. Flying First/Business. When I purchased the tickets for two of us, the connection time was 2 hours 40 minutes at DFW. More than enough for my comfort level. Now the AA flight from TPA to DFW has been pushed back to only allow a 1 hour 15 minute connection at DFW to the QF flight. Sure, the connection time is allowable by the airlines, but that doesn't make it low risk. In fact, just the opposite in my opinon. A terminal change in DFW is all but guaranteed.
Feels tight folks. If that QF flight is missed (which leaves DFW at 9:15 pm) chances are slim of going to Australia that evening. AA does have an AKL at 11 pm as a Plan B on the fly, but, me and my travel partner are not getting on any flight that is not a Business seat flying all that way. What say you? Chill out and stay with the updated schedule? Or look for an earlier TPA deparure putting more connection time back in? Keep in mind this is going into Christmas and New Year's. So the ripple effect of a missed connection could be a disaster.
P.S. Bought ticket through AMEX. Did not receive an email, text or app notification from AMEX, AA or QF about this change. Somewhat perturbed about that! Glad I'm cathing this on my own now!
A 1:15 connection at DFW will be perfectly fine, really nothing to worry about if you decide to stick with it.
But as with any schedule change like this you can always call and ask to be moved to an earlier TPA-DFW for no fee just to be safe. Unfortunately on 12/18 the next earlier TPA-DFW arrives around 3pm so you'd then have a much, much longer connection.
Also unfortunately (part 2) since you booked this through Amex you'll have to call Amex to make any changes, and they can be not as flexible as AA when it comes to this kind of thing IME.