Originally Posted by
SchmutzigMSP
1) Doors close on flights 5 minutes before departure. If you're not at the gate 5 or more minutes before, you've probably lost your chance. You missed it by a minute, literally.
2) Although there were 3 passengers that misconnected, that is not a lot for an A319. There is usually a certain number of connecting passengers that they need to hold the flight, and 3 is usually not enough, especially to a destination like CHI where there are many flights for accommodation.
#1 varies by time of day...the last flight of the day will usually be held for connecting pax for up to 10 minutes (I've had this done repeatedly for me over the past year-unfortunately the GA's have gotten use to looking for me on my normal routes and no it's not ever been my fault I was late...heck once I was 15 mins late, they were holding the plane the 10 mins but it was now 15 mins and the door was closed and I saw a GA walking by and asked where the GA working this flight was since the plane was still there-she went down the ramp and got the GA for me who let me on...it really depends on a lot of variables for each situation
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