I was flying CLE - LGA on Friday 3/16 CO1450 @ 3:25 pm
returning on Sunday 3/18 CO1651 @ 6 pm

I was protected to the 8:25 flight CO1550 arriving at 10 am on Sunday 3/18.

So get to LGA take the bus\train to the upper east side... noon is a best case scenario (cause nothing into LGA is ever on time) to turn around and leave at 3:30 (bus\train is about an hour give or take 15 mins---sometimes waiting for the bus can be worisome) to make it back to La Guardia to get on the 6 pm back to CLE.

So I guess CO did 'protect' me, but how practical is that?

I actually got through on the Silver elite line in about 15 mins at 1 pm on Friday and had them move the flights a week. So I get to see my girlie friend this weekend instead of last.

I tell you this....I work for a software company. We write logistic software for trucking companies.

It isn't that difficult to do a delta on arrival departure times to see if it makes sense. My 49 hours in New York trimmed to 8? Luckily I called and got off that plane so some poor shmuck who just needed to get home to NYC could get there on Sunday.

If we handled stuff like CO did we would be out of business.