Originally Posted by
MoreMilesPlease
If you have to check in for the international flight at the main desk and "not at the gate" then you won't have enough time since you will have to take the tram to the main terminal, go to the check in, go back on tram and then go through security to get to the departure gate.
The deadline to check in for a CM flight is, I believe, one hour. If the OP has to check in at the counter, there's still a chance they could make it. Fifteen minutes is, of course, tight, but doable. And of course there's a chance for an early arrival to TPA. (All of today's MIA-TPA flights have arrived early.) If they do make it to the counter on time, re-clearing security and getting back to the gate should not be an issue.