May 24, 2013, 3:38 am
Last edit by: LoganFlyer
According to EF, these are the MCTs for MSP:
For DL-DL connections:
D-D: 30 minutes
D-I: 35 minutes
I-D: 1 hour 15 minutes (30 minutes if coming from a Canadian airport with preclearance, 1 hour if coming from a Canadian airport without preclearance)
I-I: 1 hour 15 minutes (35 minutes if coming from a Canadian airport with preclearance, 1 hour if coming from a Canadian airport without preclearance)
Generic online and offline connection times:
D-D: 40 minutes
D-I: 40 minutes
I-D: 1 hour
I-I: 1 hour
Between DL and another carrier: 3 hours 30 minutes
For DL-DL connections:
D-D: 30 minutes
D-I: 35 minutes
I-D: 1 hour 15 minutes (30 minutes if coming from a Canadian airport with preclearance, 1 hour if coming from a Canadian airport without preclearance)
I-I: 1 hour 15 minutes (35 minutes if coming from a Canadian airport with preclearance, 1 hour if coming from a Canadian airport without preclearance)
Generic online and offline connection times:
D-D: 40 minutes
D-I: 40 minutes
I-D: 1 hour
I-I: 1 hour
Between DL and another carrier: 3 hours 30 minutes
Minimum Connection Transfer Time at Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP): The Definitive Thread
Oct 8, 2017, 6:55 am
#767
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From HND, DL offers flights to LAX and to MSP.
From NRT, DL offers flights to SEA, PDX, DTW, ATL and HNL. If you can find a good option departing from NRT, DL should be willing to reroute you free of charge due to the impossible connection in MSP.
Oct 8, 2017, 11:01 am
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Jan 3, 2018, 1:22 am
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PDX-MSP-YYZ 40 minutes
At the end of this month I am traveling alone from PDX back home to Toronto. I have a 40 min layover in MSP which I am only now realizing is a little tight, considering it's the last flight to Toronto for the night. Should I be very worried, or should I be able to make it? Any tips?
Jan 3, 2018, 10:39 am
#770
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At the end of this month I am traveling alone from PDX back home to Toronto. I have a 40 min layover in MSP which I am only now realizing is a little tight, considering it's the last flight to Toronto for the night. Should I be very worried, or should I be able to make it? Any tips?
If you're already booked, however, are you prepared to pay a change fee for a longer layover? If not, don't worry about it and hope it works out, since it probably works out 90% of the time or more.
Jan 3, 2018, 11:00 am
#771
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At the end of this month I am traveling alone from PDX back home to Toronto. I have a 40 min layover in MSP which I am only now realizing is a little tight, considering it's the last flight to Toronto for the night. Should I be very worried, or should I be able to make it? Any tips?
You might also look for an electric cart as soon as you deplane in MSP. They often hover near the arrival gates and can get you quickly to your connection.
Jan 3, 2018, 12:56 pm
#772
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I'd be nervous about a tight connection TO a transborder flight to Canada. These *are* considered international, so you must officially be on board (or at the gate and ready to board) by T-30. If the flight is oversold, you could easily lose your seat with no compensation as a VDB/IDB.
Jan 3, 2018, 5:10 pm
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I don't know how often it actually happens on DL, but it's been done to me by both AF and KLM. I got to the gate long before the flight was closed, but I still lost my seat and wasn't able to get on the flight.
I've also been VIPRed off of flights by DL's IT when my arriving flight is delayed, even though I easily could have made the connection. This has even happened to me (for example, at DTW after an inbound TATL or TPAC flight on DL) at times when I've arrived at the departure gate well before preboarding even starts.
Jan 4, 2018, 7:57 am
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I don't know how often it actually happens on DL, but it's been done to me by both AF and KLM. I got to the gate long before the flight was closed, but I still lost my seat and wasn't able to get on the flight.
"it happened to me once" isn't the same as "it's likely to happen to you"
Jan 4, 2018, 8:45 am
#776
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At the end of this month I am traveling alone from PDX back home to Toronto. I have a 40 min layover in MSP which I am only now realizing is a little tight, considering it's the last flight to Toronto for the night. Should I be very worried, or should I be able to make it? Any tips?
Jan 4, 2018, 10:02 am
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Good point. I would expect most of them to be clueless as well as at least hungover for their return travel around February 5th.
Jan 4, 2018, 10:31 am
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Feb 2, 2018, 12:46 am
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Monday 2/5 Heavy Travel Day at MSP
Monday 2/5, the day after Super Bowl LII, is predicted to be the heaviest travel day that has ever occurred at MSP. A Delta red coat told me today that they are expecting over 70,000 departing passengers that day, whereas most Monday departure numbers average around 15,000. That 70,000 figure is only Delta pax leaving from Terminal 1 and does not include numbers for the other Terminal 1 airlines or Terminal 2 pax. MAC (Metropolitan Airport Commission), TSA, airport police and other security services, the Travelers Assistance volunteer office, and the airlines will all have extra staffing that day. TSA will allow passengers with boarding passes for Monday flights to go through the security checkpoints Sunday night. I haven’t heard an estimate on the numbers, but many, many passengers will spend the night in the airport. I heard that at least one bar on each concourse will be open all night.
I would guess that there may well be backups on the roadways into the airport, that taxis, Uber, and Lyft will be overloaded, and that light rail transit cars will be crowded.
The numbers of arriving passengers have grown each day this week; today was particularly busy. Most of those passengers who are arriving gradually during the course of this week will depart on Monday, concentrating several days of arrivals into a huge departure day on Monday.
These comments and observations are based on all-day volunteer work I’ve done the past three days through the MSP Travelers Assistance volunteer office and the Super Bowl Crew LII volunteer program.
I would guess that there may well be backups on the roadways into the airport, that taxis, Uber, and Lyft will be overloaded, and that light rail transit cars will be crowded.
The numbers of arriving passengers have grown each day this week; today was particularly busy. Most of those passengers who are arriving gradually during the course of this week will depart on Monday, concentrating several days of arrivals into a huge departure day on Monday.
These comments and observations are based on all-day volunteer work I’ve done the past three days through the MSP Travelers Assistance volunteer office and the Super Bowl Crew LII volunteer program.
