My sister in law flying today SNA-DFW-EZE with only 45 min connection&already delayed
Jun 12, 2022, 5:18 pm
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My sister in law flying today SNA-DFW-EZE with only 45 min connection&already delayed
Not sure why AA would even allow such a tight connection to be booked, but it looks like the 45 min connection won't happen since the flight is 30 minutes delayed.
Not sure for how long AA holds an international flight when there are other passengers on late incoming flights.
Will they generally hold the flight?
Not sure for how long AA holds an international flight when there are other passengers on late incoming flights.
Will they generally hold the flight?
Jun 12, 2022, 5:47 pm
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Unlikely AA will hold it unless there are a lot of passengers on your sister's delayed flight connecting to EZE or there are many delayed flights with a lot of connecting passengers to EZE.
Jun 12, 2022, 6:02 pm
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Yeah I mean, I get that AA sells it and most flyers are not that savvy but it does say "note connection time" in red letters. I feel bad for her but in the end you need to take responsibility for reading everything and deciding what risk is appropriate for you. Booking a 45 min domestic connection to an international flight with no later options is probably not the best idea.
Most likely her trip is getting delayed by a day.
Most likely her trip is getting delayed by a day.
Jun 12, 2022, 9:06 pm
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Yeah I mean, I get that AA sells it and most flyers are not that savvy but it does say "note connection time" in red letters. I feel bad for her but in the end you need to take responsibility for reading everything and deciding what risk is appropriate for you. Booking a 45 min domestic connection to an international flight with no later options is probably not the best idea.
Most likely her trip is getting delayed by a day.
Most likely her trip is getting delayed by a day.
Jun 12, 2022, 9:20 pm
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I’m not so sure that she doesn’t make the connection. I fly SNA-DFW on about 95% of my flights through DFW. While I always book at least a 2hr connection, I’ve not had a SNA-DFW delay of over 10 min in awhile. I’ll wager she makes it with 10 min to spare. Hope the Op posts the results. Cheers!
Hopefully she made it though
Jun 12, 2022, 9:37 pm
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I’m not so sure that she doesn’t make the connection. I fly SNA-DFW on about 95% of my flights through DFW. While I always book at least a 2hr connection, I’ve not had a SNA-DFW delay of over 10 min in awhile. I’ll wager she makes it with 10 min to spare. Hope the Op posts the results. Cheers!
I thought they "might" hold it for them, as there's only one DFW to EZE per day, but they didn't and it was just not enough time (EZE 997 delayed by ten minutes but probably needed a 25 minute delay to happen)
Also, this was booked by a travel agency in Argentina.
Whenever I fly international, I ALWAYS give myself at least a 2.5 connection time. I'd rather have some built in cushion and since I l have lounge access it just makes sense.
When she showed me the itinerary I must say, I made the concerned face I just didn't want to scare her
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Jun 12, 2022, 9:39 pm
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Unfortunately she didn't have the same luck. The 1:37pm flight was delayed by about 35 minutes.
I thought they "might" hold it for them, as there's only one DFW to EZE per day, but they didn't and it was just not enough time (EZE 997 delayed by ten minutes but probably needed a 25 minute delay to happen)
I thought they "might" hold it for them, as there's only one DFW to EZE per day, but they didn't and it was just not enough time (EZE 997 delayed by ten minutes but probably needed a 25 minute delay to happen)
Jun 12, 2022, 9:41 pm
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Jun 12, 2022, 10:03 pm
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This is a bit of a tangent, but who enforces the Montreal convention? Say an airline disagrees with you about what is owed... who can you complain to? Will the DOT get involved? State courts?
Jun 12, 2022, 11:03 pm
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Jun 12, 2022, 11:50 pm
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Unfortunately she didn't have the same luck. The 1:37pm flight was delayed by about 30 minutes.
I thought they "might" hold it for them, as there's only one DFW to EZE per day, but they didn't and it was just not enough time (EZE 997 delayed by ten minutes but probably needed a 25 minute delay to happen)
Also, this was booked by a travel agency in Argentina.
Whenever I fly international, I ALWAYS give myself at least a 2.5 connection time. I'd rather have some built in cushion and since I l have lounge access it just makes sense.
When she showed me the itinerary I must say, I made the concerned face I just didn't want to scare her
I thought they "might" hold it for them, as there's only one DFW to EZE per day, but they didn't and it was just not enough time (EZE 997 delayed by ten minutes but probably needed a 25 minute delay to happen)
Also, this was booked by a travel agency in Argentina.
Whenever I fly international, I ALWAYS give myself at least a 2.5 connection time. I'd rather have some built in cushion and since I l have lounge access it just makes sense.
When she showed me the itinerary I must say, I made the concerned face I just didn't want to scare her