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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 2:14 pm
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Originally Posted by CEUflyer
The official "legal" connection time in ATL is 35 min (meaning 35 min is ok, and 34 min is not bookable). This is the rule that delta res agents and delta.com both use.
Originally Posted by Pharaoh
Minimum published connect times vary by the type of connection and are:

Domestic to Domestic -- 55 min
The former is correct...not sure where the second set of numbers came from.

We see this argument from time to time, "don't take a flight inside of 90 minutes". This is silly. So, there is a flight in 45 minutes that you could easily make but you choose to wait another 3 hours for the next one? Why would you do that when be on the 45 minute flight and if you miss it you could still be on the same flight 3 hours later. Yes, I know you have lost your choice of seat and could lose your upgrade but you might also end up in F class instead of V. Just last week I was late getting to ATL, only ended up with 24 minutes. I went from B to A, had to wait at the gate to clear an upgrade and we left 5 minutes early. In retrospect, I could have had time to go smoke.
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