Originally Posted by
CMTinPHL
What is the on-time stats for the flight you are on? If it is usually on time or early you should be OK. Are in you in the front of the 319? F or MCE?
Me, personally, I would not risk a 57 minute connection for an international destination that only has one departure. If you miss it, you are stuck in PHL until the next day. Doesn’t matter that AA will sell it to you - there are no other options but leave a day later if you misconnect. And yes, spending 7 hours in PHL (the airport) will be painful. Extremely. I’d head into Center City and go somewhere / do something.
Thanks, this is pretty close to what I was thinking. The "late" number is 13%. As you said, though, missing the flight to DOH is a huge issue.
Part of the problem is that the connection was like 90 minutes when I originally booked and changing to the earlier flight now essentially means I will need to take another day off work. At this point, I am leaning toward making the change and heading into the city for a couple of hours.