Originally Posted by
Kensterfly
[[color=#333333]f you get lucky and QRO leaves from E it is right there or you can skytram it over to C in 5 minutes or walk in 15 presuming a normal walking speed and no injuries, wheelchair and such.]
UA QRO flights are scattered all over C, E, and occasionally D. E and D are easy.
I think high number C gates are more quickly accessed by walking from the arrival hall. Low number by Skytram.
Skytrams run every few minutes but have are extremely crowded these days. With road construction on the airport, and Terminal E checkin shut down, many people are arriving and going through security at A or B, then tramming to C/E gates.
Hopefully, the travelers will be sitting near front of plane and can walk well. If the arriving plane is on time, they should be okay.
They should keep in mind that the 1:54 connecting time is actually considerably shorter than that. It can take ten minutes or more to get off the arrival plane. And the gates for the departure will close at least ten minutes before pushback. So, consider it about 90 minutes.
It depends on how fast one walks, type of carry-on, physical ability, etc. but if C north, the skytram is slightly faster these days, especially as construction has moving walkways in D shutdown still and some gone(as of yesterday), crowding notwithstanding.
The biggest limfac is the TSA line at the post customs, non-public checkpoint D/E checkpoint.
Normally ESTA holders get through CBP fairly quickly these days, but of course, there are always one-offs one cannot prepare for. That said, if everything is on time, there should not be any issues.
Worst case, since MUC arrives only in time for the last QRO flight of the day, they rebook on one of the two early flights the next day. Always have a back-up plan, but that timing should work.
If the inbound flight from MUC is delayed more than 30 minutes, the chances of making it to an on-time departure for QRO decrease very significantly for non-GE users.