Consolidated IAH connection time/logistics-Domestic & International
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#962
Join Date: Oct 2018
Programs: Mileage Plus, Marriott Rewards, Southwest Rapid Rewards
Posts: 402
I wouldn't count on gates for those flights being the same in October- let alone tomorrow- at IAH.
I've checked in to a flight and had my IAH gate change 3x before going to the airport. As long as you're not on express, United seems to use C and E fairly interchangeably for domestic flights (generally in E if the plane came in from an international destination)
I've checked in to a flight and had my IAH gate change 3x before going to the airport. As long as you're not on express, United seems to use C and E fairly interchangeably for domestic flights (generally in E if the plane came in from an international destination)
#963
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 7
Preferred Check-In for UA Departure from Terminal E
UA IAH-LHR in the next few days; planning on visiting lounge near E12. Flightaware currently shows inbound flight (before our flight) as arriving in terminal E, so I guess we have a shot at a terminal E departure.
1. 1 checked bag; CLEAR, Pre-Check, Premier Access; which check-in should we expect UA to route us to (or which should we pick)? I thought I read on another thread that D is preferable. Based on a map recon, C seems acceptable, but interested in your thoughts.
2. Either way, can we walk from the security checkpoints at C and D to E? I wasn't sure if the construction is affecting these walkways. The "interactive" map on the IAH website insists on putting me on the train (but I also noted that the Wiki indicates that the southern C gates are connected to E).
When I went IAH-DCA in May, I recall being dropped off at C (no checked bag) and walking to the lounges in D/E, but I also remember a lot of construction and poor signage/wayfinding (or maybe my nav skills were offline that day).
Thank you very much.
1. 1 checked bag; CLEAR, Pre-Check, Premier Access; which check-in should we expect UA to route us to (or which should we pick)? I thought I read on another thread that D is preferable. Based on a map recon, C seems acceptable, but interested in your thoughts.
2. Either way, can we walk from the security checkpoints at C and D to E? I wasn't sure if the construction is affecting these walkways. The "interactive" map on the IAH website insists on putting me on the train (but I also noted that the Wiki indicates that the southern C gates are connected to E).
When I went IAH-DCA in May, I recall being dropped off at C (no checked bag) and walking to the lounges in D/E, but I also remember a lot of construction and poor signage/wayfinding (or maybe my nav skills were offline that day).
Thank you very much.
#964
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Catania, Sicily/South Jersey (PHL)/Houston, Texas/airborne in-between
Programs: United Global Svcs, AA ExecPlat, WN RR, AZ(RIP) Freccia Alata+, Hilton Gold, Bonvoy Gold, Hertz Prez
Posts: 3,345
UA IAH-LHR in the next few days; planning on visiting lounge near E12. Flightaware currently shows inbound flight (before our flight) as arriving in terminal E, so I guess we have a shot at a terminal E departure.
1. 1 checked bag; CLEAR, Pre-Check, Premier Access; which check-in should we expect UA to route us to (or which should we pick)? I thought I read on another thread that D is preferable. Based on a map recon, C seems acceptable, but interested in your thoughts.
2. Either way, can we walk from the security checkpoints at C and D to E? I wasn't sure if the construction is affecting these walkways. The "interactive" map on the IAH website insists on putting me on the train (but I also noted that the Wiki indicates that the southern C gates are connected to E).
When I went IAH-DCA in May, I recall being dropped off at C (no checked bag) and walking to the lounges in D/E, but I also remember a lot of construction and poor signage/wayfinding (or maybe my nav skills were offline that day).
Thank you very much.
1. 1 checked bag; CLEAR, Pre-Check, Premier Access; which check-in should we expect UA to route us to (or which should we pick)? I thought I read on another thread that D is preferable. Based on a map recon, C seems acceptable, but interested in your thoughts.
2. Either way, can we walk from the security checkpoints at C and D to E? I wasn't sure if the construction is affecting these walkways. The "interactive" map on the IAH website insists on putting me on the train (but I also noted that the Wiki indicates that the southern C gates are connected to E).
When I went IAH-DCA in May, I recall being dropped off at C (no checked bag) and walking to the lounges in D/E, but I also remember a lot of construction and poor signage/wayfinding (or maybe my nav skills were offline that day).
Thank you very much.
There are also UA clubs in C north and south and AMEX cent lounge and priority pass lounges in D FWIW. I don't use clear with my GE and preC, but I have seen the stations at A B C but not in D.
I always park right at the terminal due to it being free with my car tags but friends have told me the surface parking lot shuttles have special lanes to get through the traffic to drop right at the terminal. Parking and day and time are all factors at IAH BCE terms right now due to the construction. Thursday and Friday afternoons can get pretty bad for traffic at those areas so plan accordingly.
Last edited by FlyingHoustonian; Jul 23, 22 at 7:19 am
#965
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: PTY
Programs: UA Plat, CM nada
Posts: 509
I dropped off some passengers at C departures last Friday 7/15 at 4:30 pm. To my complete surprise, there was zero traffic at the airport. I pulled straight up the ramp and into a drop-off space right at the doors. No lines before or after the construction barrels at the big merge, never had to brake before the terminal. The terminal looked proportionally empty as well, and the pax reported a quick check-in and security experience as well.
#966
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Catania, Sicily/South Jersey (PHL)/Houston, Texas/airborne in-between
Programs: United Global Svcs, AA ExecPlat, WN RR, AZ(RIP) Freccia Alata+, Hilton Gold, Bonvoy Gold, Hertz Prez
Posts: 3,345
I dropped off some passengers at C departures last Friday 7/15 at 4:30 pm. To my complete surprise, there was zero traffic at the airport. I pulled straight up the ramp and into a drop-off space right at the doors. No lines before or after the construction barrels at the big merge, never had to brake before the terminal. The terminal looked proportionally empty as well, and the pax reported a quick check-in and security experience as well.
#967
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 7
Thank you, FT friends, for the guidance. Drop-off at C, Premier check-in, and Pre-Check on Sunday 24 July at 1145 were all painless. No wait of any kind. Our walk to lounge near E-12 was pleasant (glad we didn't take the train). We arrived earlier than we needed to in order to have some extra time in the Polaris Lounge; glad we did - became busy (but not untolerable) around 1430.
Last edited by walshtex; Jul 25, 22 at 4:01 pm
#968
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: HSV
Programs: Silver MileagePlus, Diamond Hilton
Posts: 642
Would you keep this
Would you keep this schedule change. Coming form express to mainline at dinner rush time
the connection to phx was originally leaving at 7:58 but has changed.
Looks like my best option
if I change is leaving earlier with a 48 min layover around noon . I’m tempted to change since I have a work conference the next morning so leaving earlier would mean still have later flights if I miss the 48 min layover
the connection to phx was originally leaving at 7:58 but has changed.
Looks like my best option
if I change is leaving earlier with a 48 min layover around noon . I’m tempted to change since I have a work conference the next morning so leaving earlier would mean still have later flights if I miss the 48 min layover

#969
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 16,340
I've booked, and made, similar connections at IAH before. However, CommutAir is almost certainly coming in at B terminal, and the PHX flight could be as far away as E. That means getting to the train and quite a bit of walking. If your flights are on time, you'd make it easily. But if there's even a 15-minute arrival delay, things could get dicey.