Originally Posted by
alien
I am flying YVR-DFW arr 13:00. I have not looked up the flight stats for this flight, but in my experience it is usaully very close to stated times with little leeway for an early arrival.
I want on the 13:35 flight DFW-ORD.
This does not meet the minimum connection time(D-D in this case) and hence confirmed standby is not a possibility.
When I land, would it be best to hit an AC immediately, or head right to the gate?
First, you should ask the TA at YVR to put you on the standby list for the 13:35 DFW-ORD flight before you leave YVR.
Then, as soon as you get to DFW, go directly to the connecting gate, hand over your priority verification, and see if it has cleared. If it hasn't, just hang out in the gate area.
Remember, nowadays the AC AAngels don't have as much power as they used to with regard to standby lists. The GAs are all-powerful.