Ignoring minimum connecting time
Jul 31, 2019, 6:43 am
#16
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Feel free to wait and take your chances. This is a risk tolerance game which you are free to play.
Don't come back and start a thread ranting about how you wound up with a lousy connection and middle seats near the lav.
The ATH staff has nothing to do with this and may not even understand why they are inhibited from processing you.
Don't come back and start a thread ranting about how you wound up with a lousy connection and middle seats near the lav.
The ATH staff has nothing to do with this and may not even understand why they are inhibited from processing you.
Jul 31, 2019, 8:58 am
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Athens staff would not be prevented by the system from issuing an ATH-LHR boarding pass because the follow-on segment violates the at-ticketing-enforced MCT.
You may not get the LHR-LAX boarding pass at Athens.
I never check luggage, so perhaps that could be an issue.
You may not get the LHR-LAX boarding pass at Athens.
I never check luggage, so perhaps that could be an issue.
Jul 31, 2019, 9:12 am
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Somewhat related - I have a 95 min connection in HKG. I booked on AA.com If something mechanical happens and I miss this connection would AA handle re-booking / accommodations at HKG or would I need to talk to Cathay?
Jul 31, 2019, 9:12 am
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Somewhat related - I have a 95 min connection in HKG. I booked on AA.com If something mechanical happens and I miss this connection would AA handle re-booking / accommodations at HKG or would I need to talk to Cathay? Also, what if going back through security takes too long and I miss the flight, would I have any recourse?
Jul 31, 2019, 9:21 am
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While it is technically AA's responsibility, if you were to arrive in HKG late just go straight to the CX desks, they will be able to rebook you no problem.
Jul 31, 2019, 9:56 am
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Aug 1, 2019, 2:27 am
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I don't see anything in the example that indicates that AA is not adhering to MCT when selling tickets
The MCT seems to be 30 minutes according to EF
AA-AA DD .30 FLT 1 - 2949 - FLT 1 - 2949
and the connection time is 38 minutes. Looks like a valid connection to me
The MCT seems to be 30 minutes according to EF
AA-AA DD .30 FLT 1 - 2949 - FLT 1 - 2949
and the connection time is 38 minutes. Looks like a valid connection to me
Aug 1, 2019, 2:41 am
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indeed, and I suspect they’re only flagging it so that someone who has 10 kids in tow or a mother with a dicky knee can’t complain after the fact that they weren’t aware it would be tight
Aug 1, 2019, 10:43 am
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Aug 1, 2019, 12:24 pm
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Misconnecting in HKG will be a night and day different experience than your average misconnection in the US.
At HKG, for a late arriving AA flight there will be multiple AA and CX agents meeting the flight providing genuinely helpful assistance. Most all misconnecting pax will have already been rebooked, the agents will have new boarding passes in hand, in addition to hotel vouchers and instructions for anyone that now requires an overnight. They will take care of you.
At HKG, for a late arriving AA flight there will be multiple AA and CX agents meeting the flight providing genuinely helpful assistance. Most all misconnecting pax will have already been rebooked, the agents will have new boarding passes in hand, in addition to hotel vouchers and instructions for anyone that now requires an overnight. They will take care of you.
Aug 1, 2019, 10:59 pm
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Oh stop it with your elitism. You should definitely keep those factors in mind with timing your trip but I certainly wouldn't have been to the place I've been to if I could "afford" my own hotel on every single trip.
Aug 1, 2019, 11:03 pm
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No - It is more ridiculous that in the US, the airlines are allowed to get away with not providing accommodation et al