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Due to the length of concourse B, a connection under an hour when the arriving or departing flight is a UA mainline aircraft, is not advised. If you arrive on the far west end and depart on the far east end, then allowing for the time it takes deboard the plane, and the 20 minute cut off when UA starts to cancel seat assignments, you are unlikely to make your connection. Of course sitting in the front of the arriving plane helps as does having no green tagged bags.

However, if both aircraft are United Express, then a 45 minute connection is acceptable because all United Express flights arrive and depart on the east end of concourse B. Due to construction some United Express flights are utilizing concourse A which requires a transfer via train.
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Everything You Wanted to Know Flying UA at Denver Intl (DEN)

Security (TSA Pre):
• North Security 4am-7:45pm
• South Security 4am-7:45pm, but checkpoint is 24/7, PreCheck pax receive expedited screening through standard lanes when full PreCheck is closed via laminated card.
• A Bridge does NOT have PreCheck but hours are 4:30am-5:45pm

Security (Non-TSA Pre):
• Terminal North TSA checkpoint - 4am-7:45pm
• Terminal South TSA checkpoint – 24/7
• A Bridge TSA checkpoint - 4:30am-5:45pm

Places to Eat on Concourse B (FT Favorites)
• Coffee: Caribou Coffee (Mezzanine level in center of concourse), Starbucks (B83 in the RJ Gates)
• Fast Food: Modmarket (Main level in center of concourse by McDonalds, NE corner), Steve's Snappin' Dogs (B24), ShakeShack on Mezzanine Center Core
• Breakfast: Pour La France (Main level in center of concourse, NW corner), Snooze an A.M. Eatery and Voodoo Donuts, on Mezzanine Center Core.
• Lunch/Dinner: Elways (Main level in center of concourse, SW corner), Etai's Bakery Café (B22), Que Bueno! Mexican Grille (B52), Aviators (Mezzanine level in center of concourse)
• Drinks: New Belgium Hub (B80 in the RJ Gates), CRÚ Food and Wine Bar (B51)

Gate Configurations:
A14-A16, A18-A20, A23-A24, A26, A28-A30, B7-B29 & B31, 33, 35, 37, 39, and 41 - B60-B79 Narrow body gates
A17, A21, A25, A27, A31, B30, B32, B34, B36, B38, and B42: Wide body gates
B49-B95: RJ gates with the larger RJs consolidated in the B49-B59 range

"Suggested" Connection Times (Domestic to Domestic/International)
• 1hr to 1hr 30min (assuming a walk from B15 down to B90)
• Standard D/D MCT (UA-UA) is 30 minutes and 50 minutes for another carrier

"Suggested" Connection Times (International to Domestic, non-Pre Clear)
• 1hr 30 min to 2hrs (depending on use of GE/no-GE and security lines)
• Standard I/D MCT is 70 minutes and longer

United Club Locations (Two Clubs)
• B32 (West Club): 4:30am to 9:30pm daily
• B44 (East Club): CLOSED for Remodeling
• B59 (East Pop-Up Club): 7:00am to 9:30pm daily
• B60 (Club Fly): 7:00am to 9:00pm daily - grab and go plus freshly made coffee beverages

Terminal map: April 2019

Note from December 25, 2022:
STRONGLY encourage you to use the United app for the most current maps of the DEN gates. New gates in A-West, B-West and B-East are not accurately depicted in the graphic below. Will monitor for updated maps and publish as soon as possible.

MCT Sept 2023 (Expert Flyer)
Minimum Connect Times

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Mar 12, 2018, 9:44 am

#361

felicidad76

Join Date: Dec 2007

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Ah yes, I fly business London iad have global entry and no luggage. Will i clear customs in iad for locals or ok will go to connections. I know many years ago when I was flying ual there were two immigration halls, one for exiting in Washington and one for transfer

Mar 12, 2018, 10:07 am

#362

ajGoes

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Quote:

Originally Posted by felicidad76

You'll clear customs and immigration at IAD. Did it once really have a transfer facility? This is practically unknown at American airports.

Mar 12, 2018, 10:10 am

#363

felicidad76

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It was still clearing customs but for passengers with connections not for passengers leaving for Washington

Mar 12, 2018, 10:32 am

#364

jsloan

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Quote:

Originally Posted by felicidad76

It was still clearing customs but for passengers with connections not for passengers leaving for Washington

There's a discussion on this in the IAD thread. At least for UA passengers, they still have two facilities; I don't recall which is which. It only really matters if you have checked luggage, because they'll deliver your bags to one or the other based upon their destination. If you get the choice, I'd just follow the sign for connecting passengers, but feel free to follow up in the IAD thread.

Mar 12, 2018, 12:14 pm

#365

FlyfromDenver

Join Date: Jan 2016

Location: DEN

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jsloan

OP is traveling LON-IAD-DEN-EUG. This advice is for travelers on LON-DEN-EUG. 55 minutes is way too short for that, but the stop at IAD makes all the difference.

There's a reasonably high chance of thunderstorms at DEN on summer evenings, although they're likely to delay DEN-EUG just as much as IAD-DEN.

I was responding to the post I saw. DEN-EUG is more likely to be delayed or cancelled if it is UX(EUG is actually starting to get mainline flights.). Personally, I have had more issues getting out of IAD on summer evenings because of storms.

BTW, the transfer from international to domestic at IAD now sometimes has precheck and sometimes not(or at least that was true in Nov)

And if none of this is useful info, oh well.

Sep 1, 2018, 8:12 am

#366

NikeMertens

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Location: LCY, ZRH

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I consider booking SAN-DEN-FRA with United (domestic) and Lufthansa (international) with 41 minutes connection time (bookable on lh.com).
I understand that the domestic flight will arrive at concourse B and the international flight leaves at A.

Do you think it is feasible?

Thanks for feedback

Sep 1, 2018, 8:23 am

#367

Rock214

Join Date: Jul 2014

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Everything would have to go right on schedule for that to work. Keep in mind that boarding for the LH flight will start at least 30 minutes before its departure and probably closer to 45. So they will be boarding as you are pulling into your gate from SAN. If you are sitting in first class on the United flight, you’ll be able to get off your plane quickly. If not, that alone could take 15 - 20 minutes. Depending on where your gate in terminal B is, it can be another 10 minutes to get to the train you’ll need to take between terminals A and B. The train will take another 5-10 between waiting for it and getting off at terminal A. The Lufthansa gate will be a 5 minute walk. So add it all up and it is possible. But barely. And that’s assuming your SAN flight arrives on time. I would want at least an hour and more like an hour and a half. That’s conservative, but less likely to cause a heart attack.

Sep 1, 2018, 11:31 am

#368

robbeck1

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Quote:

Originally Posted by NikeMertens

I wouldn't do it, but I sat next to a retired German couple who were late in '16.. We were LAS-DEN with a 2 hour+ MX delay that was resolved. I understood the problem and told them to follow me once we landed. We were in E+ before the exit row so quickly off, down to the train to "A," and up to the dedicated LH gate in less than 10 minutes (planets aligned). All passengers had boarded. The LH GA appeared to be waiting for the tardy and they boarded immediately. It was 20+ minutes past departure time. Don't know if others followed as I proceeded to baggage claim, but the GA didn't immediately close the big silver door behind them. This being LH-bookable suggests LH will know you are on a right connection; going East probably helps them wait too. YMMV.

Sep 1, 2018, 12:18 pm

#369

nomad420

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Quote:

Originally Posted by NikeMertens

Agree with Rock everything would have to go perfect or game over. Also, I believe that is a "illegal connection", someone can correct me (they will) if I am wrong but on international connections they are suppose to be 1 hour at a minimum. This is not saying they won't sell you the ticket but if something goes wrong you are on your own. I had one out of EWR a couple years back and had to wait until the next morning to get the next flight into FRA and UA basically said good luck and have a nice night in Newark.

Sep 1, 2018, 12:54 pm

#370

WineCountryUA

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Quote:

Originally Posted by nomad420

If booked by UA, the MCT is 45 minutes, the generic DI is 1 hour at SFO for UA.

If on a single ticket, even if LH ticket stock, the airlines have a responsibility to get you to your destination -- but expect finger pointing. With LH, play the EU261 card.

Personally I would not book that tight -- take an earlier flight.

Sep 1, 2018, 1:33 pm

#371

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Quote:

Originally Posted by WineCountryUA

If on a single ticket, even if LH ticket stock, the airlines have a responsibility to get you to your destination -- but expect finger pointing. With LH, play the EU261 card.

I think EU261 even has a MCT time which may be 45mins as well but didn't check and not sure how it is applied when the connection is not in the EU. I believe the connection here is 41 minutes and believe me if they can they will use this as an excuse and as you say "finger point". To your point it doesn't hurt to raise the issue if needed, can't hurt.

Sep 1, 2018, 1:53 pm

#372

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Quote:

Originally Posted by nomad420

If LH books and issues a ticket with an inappropriate MCT, it will have to honor it or fix it.

OP could book it and then call LH to pint out the error and get rebooked on an earlier domestic flight (for no charge even if fares are higher)

I would not book and then try to make it because UA could refuse to check-in the passenger due to the MCT issue.

Sep 2, 2018, 11:08 am

#373

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Quote:

Originally Posted by NikeMertens

OP is connecting in DEN, where the UA-LH MCT is 0h40. This is a legal connection, but extremely risky. If your inbound flight pushes on time from SAN, you probably make this about 60% of the time with a bonus for being in the front (note this assumes you arrive early). If there is any delay whatsoever on SAN-DEN you're hosed. I would not attempt this because you're connecting to a TATL flight.

Nov 24, 2018, 4:25 pm

#374

DENviaLAX

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Just a heads up for anyone connecting at DEN...starting 11/26/18 United will begin using a gate on the C concourse (C38) for a few flights each day. Continuing construction will leave B33 and B37 out of service for a few months as more concrete work is completed.

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Dec 17, 2018, 4:25 pm

#375

zymm

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A while back I booked IAD-DEN-SJC on 12/31. There have been a number of schedule changes since then, and I didn't pay a huge amount of attention since they were all pretty minor, but I was reviewing the trip today and I noticed I've ended up with a 38 minute connection time in DEN. Reading back in the thread, it seem like this will probably be fine, but it's the last DEN-SJC flight of the day. In case of a misconnect will they put me on a DEN-SFO, or will I be stuck in Denver overnight (and out of luck for my New Years plans)?