Will I make this connection at IAH?
 

Depart:
12:15 p.m.
Mon., 7 Jun., 2010
San Francisco, CA (SFO) Arrive:
5:59 p.m.
Mon., 7 Jun., 2010
Houston, TX (IAH - Intercontinental) Flight Time:

Change Planes. Connect time in Houston, TX (IAH - Intercontinental) is 56 minutes.
Depart:
6:55 p.m.
Mon., 7 Jun., 2010
Houston, TX (IAH - Intercontinental) Arrive:
10:22 p.m.
Mon., 7 Jun., 2010
Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL) Flight Time:

Presume its an all CO itinerary?

Piece of cake. No problems as long as inbound on time....

Agree. Given that both of those are Big Boy jets, the OP should be fine barring IRROPS.

Who knows, might even be the same plane. Wouldn't that be just lovely.

thanks
 

Hopefully no bad weather.
Last time I flew into IAH, we wound up getting diverted to an air force base!

May the Weather Gods AND the Upgrade Gods bless you this time:D (in your favor of course!)

This thread could be useful to you for the future:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/conti...n-airport.html

Well, I do have a 31 minute conection at IAH. But if I miss mine, it will be a day in Houston and a lost day in Panama, LOL.

Depart:
9:30 a.m.
Mon., May. 10, 2010
Los Angeles, CA (LAX) Arrive:
2:44 p.m.
Mon., May. 10, 2010
Houston, TX (IAH - Intercontinental)

Depart:
3:15 p.m.
Mon., May. 10, 2010
Houston, TX (IAH - Intercontinental) Arrive:
7:19 p.m.
Mon., May. 10, 2010
Panama City, Panama (PTY)

If I miss my conection, there are no more flights to PTY until the next day.

This one is a bit tighter, but still possible. Hope for a seat near the front of the plane on the LAX-IAH flight, and good luck.

Check the weather before you depart LAX. If there is rain, you may want to pre-book a hotel room. That's a tight connection for international service (tend to close the door sooner than domestic, but also tend to hold planes for connections).

I have a window seat 24F on the 757-200 from LAX-IAH. I can not get a better seat on the plane, as seats in front of mine are already taken, and only middle seats left. I have no status with CO and I am cheating on AAdvantage where I am EXPlat, LOL, as I am trying to get status with another alliance.

By the way, If I do not make it, will CO rebook me on next day flight without charging me? This is actually a mileage run trip and in between, I want to spend 3 days getting to know PTY, so getting there the next day is no big deal for me, that is why I am not worried.

Well, thanks for the advide.

I would expect that CO would be willing to give you a status match to Platinum, if you are ExPlat on AA.

There are a couple of threads that address the process. I'm not sure, but I think you could have it done by May 10th, if you go ahead and get started.

Also, if you don't get the match processed in time, and there are seats closer up to the front (in the elite zone), you can select one of those at OLCI.

@Carlitos -- why not go for the same-day standby for CO294 (departs LAX at 8:00 am) and give yourself extra 90 minutes in IAH? (Right now, showing F9, Y9, etc.)

If you're originating from LAX, it should be a win-win because you'll have a better chance of making the connection and beat most of the traffic to LAX (6:30-7am range vs 8-8:30am).

Generally -- I am a big fan of tight connections in IAH, but I wonder if my comrades who periodically post "will I make this connect" have already booked the tickets or just planning to? And, I wonder if anyone has been influenced in their booking decision based on the outcome of this advice?

In general, I have observed that 35-40 minutes is plenty to connect on mainline CO at IAH. However, I do not purposely buy those connections. Just whatever works with price, etc.

Is it possible to stand-by on CO to an earlier flight without status. Last time I flew CO in 2009, the gate agent didn´t let me do this on a IAH-MEX flight. Now, on AA, I usually don´t do it, as I do not want to fly Y, instead of J, as I am almost always, if not always, upgraded.

About rush hour, I stay in Marina del Rey when in LAX, so the airport is really at close distance.

I am not planning on leaving AAdvantage, but as I am positive I will requal to EXPlat and more, I want to use that more on CO in order to have status in two alliances. Last time I was in China, I had to fly Star Alliance airlines inside China and had no status, as OW doesn´t have a partner there.

Thanks for your advice.