NAP-FRA-DTW 50 Min Conx Doable?
Jun 22, 2018, 8:35 pm
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NAP-FRA-DTW 50 Min Conx Doable?
How doable is a 50-min connection at FRA from NAP to DTW? Keep in mind, this connection is to a US-bound flight. Even though NAP and FRA are both schengen airports requiring no Security checkpoint, I assume there will be some additional Security before boarding the FRA-DTW flight. Thus my concern about the 50-minute connection. This is all on LH metal, by the way.
Jun 23, 2018, 12:04 am
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How doable is a 50-min connection at FRA from NAP to DTW? Keep in mind, this connection is to a US-bound flight. Even though NAP and FRA are both schengen airports requiring no Security checkpoint, I assume there will be some additional Security before boarding the FRA-DTW flight. Thus my concern about the 50-minute connection. This is all on LH metal, by the way.
Jun 23, 2018, 12:09 am
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How doable is a 50-min connection at FRA from NAP to DTW? Keep in mind, this connection is to a US-bound flight. Even though NAP and FRA are both schengen airports requiring no Security checkpoint, I assume there will be some additional Security before boarding the FRA-DTW flight. Thus my concern about the 50-minute connection. This is all on LH metal, by the way.
Jun 23, 2018, 5:56 am
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Jun 23, 2018, 9:02 am
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Thanks all. Your opinions are pretty much what I assumed. So, what will LH do for me if there's a misconnect? I assume rebooking but will they give me a hotel room if necessary? Keep in mind, by flight time, I will have fallen from *S to no status.
I'm tempted to book this trip, anyway. I'm a CLE flyer, but I'll be driving to DTW for a wedding and on a whim I started looking at flight destinations from that airport. NAP stood out because LH makes it an easy 2-flight itinerary. I've never stayed in that part of Italy before (other parts, yes). And the outbound's connection is not tight. Getting to NAP on-time is more important to me than getting back a day late due to a misconnect.
I'm tempted to book this trip, anyway. I'm a CLE flyer, but I'll be driving to DTW for a wedding and on a whim I started looking at flight destinations from that airport. NAP stood out because LH makes it an easy 2-flight itinerary. I've never stayed in that part of Italy before (other parts, yes). And the outbound's connection is not tight. Getting to NAP on-time is more important to me than getting back a day late due to a misconnect.
Jun 23, 2018, 11:24 am
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Jun 24, 2018, 12:22 pm
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As a followup, I decided to scrap NAP. TSMRSRNE didn't want to deal with that degree of risk and the resulting vagaries of re-accommodation. Instead, however, we're taking LH to ATH, which has a comfortable connection on the return.
Again, thanks, everyone, for your advice.
Again, thanks, everyone, for your advice.
Jun 25, 2018, 12:29 am
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This actually makes sense, as the connection you had initially planned was bound to fail.