Originally Posted by FlyerGoldII
I spoke to a YUL concierge a few days ago, and we agreed that I should take the earlier flight from YOW to YUL today (by about 2 hrs). However, it only took 30 minutes from the gate (at which the YOW flight arrived) to the YUL transborder lounge.
The concierge stated that about 10% of passengers with 1 hr for a domestic to transborder connection at YUL miss their connecting flight.
Glad you made it!
In my view it all depends on the consequences of missing a flight. Go ahead and book a tight connection on a trip home, say, LAS-YUL-YOW. No big deal if you misconnect at YUL. On the other hand, if you miss your connection to that once daily flight on your way TO your vacation and will lose a precious day, or when you miss that important meeting because you wanted to save an hour: well, why cut it close?
As we all know, it only takes one thing -- slight delay on the outbound, traffic on arrival, no gate available on landing, wait at the baggage claim, long lines at security, etc. etc. etc... I, for one, hate being stressed about it.