Originally Posted by scophreak
Just wanted to add:
Our original flight BNA>DCA was only delayed ~15 min; no reason was given for the delay (the flights were US 3334/2050 in case anyone is interested). This, apparently, made our connection illegal and we were told that we would "likely be stuck in DCA" as they could not get us to BOS from there that night if we missed the connection. Essentially, we were told that it was either a night in DCA or a night in BNA.
Given that the flight was only delayed by 15 minutes, I probably would have gone to DCA and taken the chance, because:
1. Most connections in DCA can be made in 5 minutes, as long as you don't end up in the small set of gates where you need to catch a bus to get to the shuttle gates. It looks like 3334 was scheduled for gate 35, easily within walking distance of the shuttle gate area.
2. DCA-BOS is a shuttle flight and those typically don't have their door closed until 5 minutes before departure instead of the usual 10.
Of course, that's me; there may have been many good reasons for you to not want to take the chance of having to overnight in DCA.