So I was trying to book a ticket MKE-IAH-AUS for this fall and noticed that the 39 minute connection is no longer allowed. The previous minimum connection time through there was 30 minutes, at least as of a couple months ago. When did this change? Has anyone else noticed this?

(ETA) Even stranger: The flights show up as a legal routing connection on both the UA and CO timetables. Both segments are wide open. Why won't any booking engine let me leave MKE at 5:40 on 10/15 and land in AUS at 10:05?

I believe minimum connection time is airport dependant:

http://timetable.continental.com/siteb/COTTukPDF.pdf

Maybe the airport changed their min due to terminal changes? Not sure where you can get this information.

Try this thread: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/conti...minutes-2.html

Thanks, edcho, I actually saw that thread but it's pretty old and outdated. Like I mentioned, the routing is allowed in their timetable (and I've booked it in the past) but is not bookable through either the CO or UA engine. Very strange.

In an additional twist, I can book the ticket as a multi-city itinerary on .bomb but not on CO.com, probably because the first leg is one of those weird CR7/Skywest/CO-but-not-really-CO flights.

I think 30 minutes is really pushing it at IAH if you have to change terminals. I've done it but I really do not like to be rushed like that. I avoid tight connections at IAH whenever possible.

Worse case scenario would be a connection from the farthest reaches of Term E to the south side of Term A (saw a Colgan Q400 depart from an A gate adjacent to the AA gates the other day) or vice versa. Might be difficult to accomplish in 30 minutes.....

I was just looking at potential routing that allowed a 33 minute connection in IAH from CO Express to UA mainline. Maybe the problem is that the first leg is a Skywest flight?

The minimum connection time for those flights is 40 minutes.

This is how the MCT is determined at IAH - your flights fall under the 40 minute time period because of the flight number.

STANDARD.D/D...D/I...I/D...I/I.
ONLINE .45 1.00 1.00 1.15
OFFLINE .45 1.00 1.00 1.15
** OR * ARE ALL
UA-UA DD SUP FLT 1 - 9999 - FLT 1 - 9999
CANADA - CANADA
UA-UA DD .30 FLT 1 - 199 - FLT 1 - 199
UA-UA DD .45 FLT 1 - 199 - FLT 200 - 999
UA-UA DD .30 FLT 1 - 199 - FLT 1000 - 1744
UA-UA DD 1.00 FLT 1 - 199 - FLT 1900 - 3249
UA-UA DD .45 FLT 1 - 199 - FLT 3250 - 3969
UA-UA DD .40 FLT 1 - 199 - FLT 3970 - 5269
UA-UA DD .45 FLT 1 - 199 - FLT 5270 - 6539
UA-UA DD .30 FLT 1 - 199 - FLT 8015 - 8714
UA-UA DD .45 FLT 200 - 999 - FLT 1 - 199
UA-UA DD .45 FLT 200 - 999 - FLT 1000 - 1744
UA-UA DD .45 FLT 200 - 999 - FLT 3970 - 5269
UA-UA DD .30 FLT 1000 - 1744 - FLT 1 - 199
UA-UA DD .45 FLT 1000 - 1744 - FLT 200 - 999 ‡

I am flying from CLE to ZLO via IAH. The connection time in IAH is 51 min. Does anyone have an idea how long it takes to travel from Terminal C to Terminal E?

This is a piece of cake. Terms C and E are actually quite close to one another.

Just follow the signs to the TerminaLink above ground people mover. Get on at C and then get off at the first stop which will be E (and the end of the line). Be sure you take the people mover to E and NOT to Terms A & B.

Depending on the exact locations of your arrival and departure gates, should take you 20 minutes, 25 minutes tops. No problem!

And welcome to FT!

You actually don't even need to get on the TerminaLink, depending on which gates you come into/go out of. The upper C gates end at the beginning of the E gates. See here for more details.

Point well taken and let's hope uni3052 gets lucky with regard to the proximity of the arrival and departure gates.....

However, a check of the timetable on CO.com reveals once a week only nonstop service on Saturdays at present IAH-ZLO flown by an ExpressJet ERJ-145 (with a 51 min. connection at IAH from CLE), which would most likely mean a departure from Term B, of course.....

I would definitely recommend the TerminaLink for this (as Terms B and C are not connected) and, once again, such a connection should be easily accomplished in 20-25 minutes, if that long.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that all int'l flights (even on ERJs) flew into and out of E. Fortunately, I've never been subjected to any of those flights so I have no personal experience.

I've witnessed ExpressJet flights to Mexico departing from Term B many times while I was traveling domestically on the ERJ-145 from IAH.

However, I believe that ExpressJet flights from Mexico arrive at Term D in order to clear customs (I've never seen an ERJ-145 at Term E). Can anyone confirm?

This is consistent with what I've seen. Lots of international flights out of B and I've never seen an ERJ at E (although I'm rarely there )

Interestingly, according to CO.com, today's ExpressJet ERJ-145 arrival into IAH from MEX parked at gate D-3 (apparently to clear customs, although CO.com also states it arrived at Term E).....

I had an international connection to YYZ through from E to B today. 2 hour connection time. Almost did not make it. The flow control through that place is pretty terrible.