Minimum Connection Time and Interlining at ORD
Feb 22, 2019, 7:40 am
#1
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Minimum Connection Time and Interlining at ORD
I have an award ticket NRT-ORD-YYZ-GRU, in which the NRT-ORD segment is on NH and ORD-YYZ-GRU on AC. All segments in business class.
The flight ORD-YYZ has changed its departure time and the connection time is now only 1 hour and 20 min, below the MCT at ORD of 1 hour and 30 min.
Will I need to clear immigration and check bags once again or bags go throw from NH to AC?
Is 1 hour and 20 min at ORD, arriving from NRT on NH and connecting to YYZ on AC, feasible? Do I have to change terminals?
The flight ORD-YYZ has changed its departure time and the connection time is now only 1 hour and 20 min, below the MCT at ORD of 1 hour and 30 min.
Will I need to clear immigration and check bags once again or bags go throw from NH to AC?
Is 1 hour and 20 min at ORD, arriving from NRT on NH and connecting to YYZ on AC, feasible? Do I have to change terminals?
Feb 22, 2019, 8:43 am
#2
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I have an award ticket NRT-ORD-YYZ-GRU, in which the NRT-ORD segment is on NH and ORD-YYZ-GRU on AC. All segments in business class.
The flight ORD-YYZ has changed its departure time and the connection time is now only 1 hour and 20 min, below the MCT at ORD of 1 hour and 30 min.
Will I need to clear immigration and check bags once again or bags go throw from NH to AC?
Is 1 hour and 20 min at ORD, arriving from NRT on NH and connecting to YYZ on AC, feasible? Do I have to change terminals?
The flight ORD-YYZ has changed its departure time and the connection time is now only 1 hour and 20 min, below the MCT at ORD of 1 hour and 30 min.
Will I need to clear immigration and check bags once again or bags go throw from NH to AC?
Is 1 hour and 20 min at ORD, arriving from NRT on NH and connecting to YYZ on AC, feasible? Do I have to change terminals?
Feb 22, 2019, 2:54 pm
#4
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Regardless — you're now below MCT so it's an illegal connection so you have to be rebooked, and it's best to do it sooner rather than later while there's still space available.
Feb 22, 2019, 3:50 pm
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It does not matter whether you could possibly make this connection. It is below MCT and thus, at some point it will be caught. In a worst case scenario, the ORD-YYZ segment is simply cancelled and in the best, you are contacted and advised of options.
I would do some research and figure out what you want before you call NH (presuming that it is the ticketing carrier and you purchased from NH, not a TA). You will typically do much better if you advise of your preferences, including perhaps getting rid of that ORD-YYZ micro-hop.
I would do some research and figure out what you want before you call NH (presuming that it is the ticketing carrier and you purchased from NH, not a TA). You will typically do much better if you advise of your preferences, including perhaps getting rid of that ORD-YYZ micro-hop.
Feb 25, 2019, 9:27 pm
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NH may tag your bags all the way through to GRU, but you will still have to collect them at ORD and give them back to AC. There *might* be a bag drop for AC at Terminal 5, not sure (UA and AA definitely have bag drops at T5 for connecting flights, not sure about AC).
I'd agree with the others, get this changed proactively. Either to an earlier NRT-ORD flight or better nonstop NRT-YYZ. Since an airline changed the flight time you often don't need to find award availability.
I'd agree with the others, get this changed proactively. Either to an earlier NRT-ORD flight or better nonstop NRT-YYZ. Since an airline changed the flight time you often don't need to find award availability.
Feb 26, 2019, 8:21 am
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Anytime you make a connection in the USA from a flight arriving from outside of the USA, Canada, or Ireland (maybe one or two more with Pre-clearance), you have to go through airport security before boarding your connecting flight. So, arriving from Japan, you'd go through security at ORD T2 though there is some talk about re-screening connecting passengers right in T5 and then transferring them over (perhaps later this year).
Last edited by JimInOhio; Feb 26, 2019 at 8:28 am
