Is one hour enough for connection at MAD?
Feb 23, 2008 | 2:01 pm
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Is one hour enough for connection at MAD?
Due to IB schedule change, we are now being booked by AA to the following:
BCN - MAD
1:55pm - 3:05pm
MAD - ZRH
4:10pm - 6:25pm
The alternative is to take a flight leaving BCN at 10:35am and arriving MAD 11:45am, still connect to the flight departing at 4:10pm to ZRH.
AAdvantage agent said the one hour connection time is legal, and there is flight MAD-ZRH after ours.
Anyone has experiences re connection at MAD?
BCN - MAD
1:55pm - 3:05pm
MAD - ZRH
4:10pm - 6:25pm
The alternative is to take a flight leaving BCN at 10:35am and arriving MAD 11:45am, still connect to the flight departing at 4:10pm to ZRH.
AAdvantage agent said the one hour connection time is legal, and there is flight MAD-ZRH after ours.
Anyone has experiences re connection at MAD?
Feb 28, 2008 | 2:56 pm
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Which is great but huge....
If you were connecting to the old terminal, forget it......
I did the mad dash from new to old last year with another FT'er and all I can say is...... Never again!
You have been warned.
[We did it in just over an hour, but ran the whole way - I can move if pushed so this is definitely not for the faint hearted].
If you were connecting to the old terminal, forget it......
I did the mad dash from new to old last year with another FT'er and all I can say is...... Never again!
You have been warned.
[We did it in just over an hour, but ran the whole way - I can move if pushed so this is definitely not for the faint hearted].
Jun 27, 2010 | 10:34 pm
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Reviving an old thread because it's related but involves an international inbound.... AA is giving me a 55 min conex time as "legal" - JFK-MAD-ZAG with 55 mins in MAD. I assume that I need to clear customs and go to another terminal making this near impossible not to mention it's the only flight MAD-ZAG. Any actual experience before I switch to a flight that leaves way before I want to leave with way too long a connection in MAD? ;-)
Jun 28, 2010 | 4:01 am
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Reviving an old thread because it's related but involves an international inbound.... AA is giving me a 55 min conex time as "legal" - JFK-MAD-ZAG with 55 mins in MAD. I assume that I need to clear customs and go to another terminal making this near impossible not to mention it's the only flight MAD-ZAG. Any actual experience before I switch to a flight that leaves way before I want to leave with way too long a connection in MAD? ;-)
Jun 28, 2010 | 10:04 am
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Interestingly, the JFK-MAD flight gets into terminal 4S and the ZAG leg leaves out of 4S. So no terminal change. Does this change anything? Or would I still be insane to try?
Jun 28, 2010 | 11:14 am
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Reviving an old thread because it's related but involves an international inbound.... AA is giving me a 55 min conex time as "legal" - JFK-MAD-ZAG with 55 mins in MAD. I assume that I need to clear customs and go to another terminal making this near impossible not to mention it's the only flight MAD-ZAG. Any actual experience before I switch to a flight that leaves way before I want to leave with way too long a connection in MAD? ;-)
Second, I can't see that tight a connection on the OW timetable. Is it AA > IB? What are the dates/times?
Third, if both flights are at T4S I can't see a huge problem; worst case is probably getting re-routed via BUD on MA if something goes sideways.
Jun 28, 2010 | 11:52 am
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Interesting - so would I clear customs in Zagreb? I assume I need to clear *somewhere*.
It's all on IB:
IBERIA 6254 JFK New York Aug 14, 2010
08:20 PM MAD Madrid Aug 15, 2010
09:30 AM U N/A
IBERIA 3862 MAD Madrid Aug 15, 2010
10:25 AM ZAG Zagreb Aug 15, 2010
01:00 PM U N/A
It's all on IB:
IBERIA 6254 JFK New York Aug 14, 2010
08:20 PM MAD Madrid Aug 15, 2010
09:30 AM U N/A
IBERIA 3862 MAD Madrid Aug 15, 2010
10:25 AM ZAG Zagreb Aug 15, 2010
01:00 PM U N/A
Jun 28, 2010 | 12:38 pm
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Interesting - so would I clear customs in Zagreb? I assume I need to clear *somewhere*.
It's all on IB:
IBERIA 6254 JFK New York Aug 14, 2010
08:20 PM MAD Madrid Aug 15, 2010
09:30 AM U N/A
IBERIA 3862 MAD Madrid Aug 15, 2010
10:25 AM ZAG Zagreb Aug 15, 2010
01:00 PM U N/A
It's all on IB:
IBERIA 6254 JFK New York Aug 14, 2010
08:20 PM MAD Madrid Aug 15, 2010
09:30 AM U N/A
IBERIA 3862 MAD Madrid Aug 15, 2010
10:25 AM ZAG Zagreb Aug 15, 2010
01:00 PM U N/A
Yes, you'll clear passport control and customs at ZAG - your bags will be checked through. If Croatia was a Schengen member I don't think (a) the connection would be legal and (b) you'd depart from T4, not T4S, which IIRC is only for non-Schengen departures.
Jun 28, 2010 | 1:47 pm
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Interesting... never heard of the Schengen Agreement before but if them not being part of it means I can avoid a lengthy layover in MAD, I'm all for it ;-) Thanks!
Jun 30, 2010 | 6:40 am
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The Schengen arrangement is a group of European countries that have eliminated passport control within their borders. Imagine if in the US, everytime you cross the state line having to go through passport control...