SirJman

If NWA.com booked me a flight under the minimum connection time (this being in NRT, they booked me with a 49 minute connection), will they be able to put me on the next days flight for no cost?

dyung

If they let you ticket it, then technically you did not violate the minimum connection time. That said, if your arriving flight is early enough to not violate the minimum connection time, I don't think they will be too accommodating if you try to miss your flight to get a free stopover. Worst case is they would probably cancel the remainder of your itinerary or force you to buy a more expensive ticket that allows a stopover.

zrs70

I'm flying SIN-NRT-US on two tickets. SIN-NRT is on UA, and arrives at 3:15pm. My final destination is LAX. Travel in C.

NRT-LAX..... I am redeeming miles, and can either stick with *A or use my Delta miles for Skyteam. *A has no nonstop available for award travel, but I can take ANA via SFO at 5:10pm.

Here are the Skyteam options:
1) NW nonstop at 3:45pm. Not enough time, right?
2) NW: NRT-SEA at 3:55
3) NW: NRT-SFO at 4:05pm.

PDX and HNL connections aren't available.

I take it none of the three options truly allow enough time for this connection. Am I missing other options?

secretsea18

As you will need to go through security in NRT to change planes there is not enough time with just 30 minutes (assuming you are the first one off the plane AND it is exactly on time and not at a bus gate at NRT) for the NW NRT-LAX flight. The others may be possible, but I can't say... I'd just fly NW SIN-NRT-LAX the whole way, as another option.

jing_canada

There is a second NRT-SEA departing late. You can try that one.

zrs70

Is that daily?

blug

The second NRT-SEA flight (1) is not daily, but twice weekly (2) won't start till March or April IIRC.

If you can't take NW all the way then take *A all the way. If you travel on two separate tickets and miss the connecting flights, (1) the NW flight may not wait for you if you are late, (2) I doubt if NW will give you much compensation, and you might be on your own.

Smyrnaflyer

I am flying NW 20 to DL 56 in June via NRT, with a 65 min connection. I know these are now in the same terminal, but does anyone have experience with NW's ontime performance to NRT and the chances of getting stuck? I have a PMU upgrade on DL, so I hate to have to reroute and lose that.

Marq

I can't imagine missing a 15 minute connection let alone 65 minutes although I must say I have never made the connection NW to DL. You can find out NW ontime performance for that route on Expert Flyer. The actual time going from one flight to the other will be minimal.

Marc

mcgahat

Expertflyer show the reliability of that flight as 89% / 49m (49m being the average delay time when delayed). So, those are decent numbers to be working with and most intra asia flight are pretty reliable unless weather comes into play.

I think you should be fine but not sure about the security in that terminal at that time of day though as I am usually in the *A area but still never taken over 15 minutes to go through security.

matsber

First - I am new to this, not to traveling but posting on FlyerTalk.

I am in the middle of a MR to SIN on DL/NW. Getting 64K MQMs in one trip so that should take care of getting PM status back. Flew here through NRT from ATL. On the way back I will have a relatively short connection in NRT, 85 minutes, which is normally not a problem BUT with the Swine Flu things are not quite as smooth anymore.

Yesterday was the second day of mandatory health checks at NRT of each airliner before passengers could entered Japanese soil/terminal. You had to fill out a questioner and the health authorities(?) came in and performed a temperature check (non-invasive) on each passenger. Once completed, the entire plane load of passengers were "released". It took 30-45 minutes to process.

If we are late on the way back to NRT, will DL hold the connection? I am flying on NW from SIN and connect on DL to ATL, and visibility seams to be "limited" between the booking systems! Will they allow extra connection time, if necessary, for the connecting passengers? Any experiences and/or insight would be very appreciated.

tsuruke

As long as your NW and DL flights are booked in a single PNR, I feel pretty comfortable that your DL flight to ATL will wait for you especially at this unusual time. Although I have not taken DL flights from NRT, I have flew TG flight into NRT from BKK and connected to AC flight to YVR. If I remebered correctly, AC waited for us and departed approximately 20 minutes late. Nothing is guaranteed, but you shouldn't be worried too much.

dhh1

Yesterday they actively were seeking the passengers off the SIN plane that were to get on the NRT flight with that short connection and processed them with ppriority through the second screening in NRT - just like waiting for a driver with your name on a name card they wil look for you and hold the plane

BiziBB

Hi matsber,
Welcome to FlyerTalk! ^

Please be aware that Mileage Run Deals forum is only for the mileage/status earning 'Deal' fares on major carriers (not for airline-specific questions).

I am moving this across to the DeLta forum, where you might find a more appropriate group of people to answer your question.

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rylan

I hope they continue to make accomodations for people with shorter connections, as I have a return flight coming up on NW through NRT that only has a 65 min connection time. Figured that would be no problem because its just a transit connection but the swine flu seems to be screwing things up.