Travel Secrets for Connecting Flights | Airline Pilot Explains

[@dpowers1185]

I only missed a connecting flight once. I was all stressed out when I landed in Florida. Went to the service desk and they had already had us re-booked on a flight 2 hours later. Hung out, had dinner and a beer. Made my flight. No stress.

[@thesisypheanjournal1271]

On one flight I was on, we were arriving late and the flight attendants had a list of who had which connecting flights and asked us, for the sake of people with tight connections, to let those people get off first as she called them in order of how soon their next flight was leaving. When the seat belt sign went off they read, "Flight 456 to Tuscon, three passengers," and those people got up and started getting their stuff. "Flight 4229 to Ft. Lauderdale, one passenger," etc. Everybody sat tight until the people with tight connections got off, then everybody else did so. Why isn't that routine when people have tight connections? I was one of the people who didn't have a connecting flight but had no problem whatsoever with sitting tight until those other people got off.

[@williamclarke8732]

I guess its just too damn efficient?

[@adde9506]

Oh, that's not how it went down on my flight. 4 of us needed to get off and run, and the flight attendants told everyone to stay seated, but they didn't and that was just it. 2 of us made the flight, 2 of us didn't. It was like the airport scene in home alone, but with people in the way.

[@thesisypheanjournal1271]

@@adde9506 Some people are just buttheads, it seems.

[@thesteelrodent1796]

most airlines go by the "it's not our problem you don't make your connection" principle

[@jamesmelcher9355]

I like that idea. I’ve never seen it where they set up passengers for specific flights to go first like that, but that would be helpful. What I have seen many times is a more generic statement by the flight attendants that a number of people have tight connections on this flight, and if you don’t, to please let those people go first. If I know I have, say, a three hour layover, I’ll sometimes let others behind me go first, or ask them if they want to go ahead.

[@OneCatholicSpeaks]

Travel tip I was always taught. If you have to transfer a connecting flight, as much as possible always stay with the same airline. If you switch airlines, both of them could say that

[@ladyshakur4349]

Do you pay for that service?

[@ladyshakur4349]

Do you pay for that service?

[@OneCatholicSpeaks]

@@ladyshakur4349 If you are asking me, I’ll offer this. One time I was returning from Europe and the flight I was on was delayed due to the airline’s fault. The set up a situation desk to work with anyone that would have a problem. I was going to miss my connecting flight because the time it took for me to get through customs. I went to the desk and they gave me a meal voucher and a hotel room on the airline’s dime. They do this when it is their fault you missed your flight. No, you do not pay for the service. It is customer service… the airline cleaning up their own mess.

[@monabiehl6213]

I have been in cases where the first airline doesn't go to my final destination and the second airline doesn't serve the city I'm flying out of. SLC to LA - American Eagle. LA to Melbourne - Qantas. SLC to Chicago United Express. Chicago to Copenhagen, SAS. United Express doesn't service Copenhagen. SAS does not serve SLC. Tour company booked me to leave SLC at 4 p.m. so I had 59 minutes to make a connection in Chicago. I begged them to put me on the noon flight, but they refused.

[@OneCatholicSpeaks]

If I read your itinerary, is there a specific reason for Chicago? I would have selected a city closer to slc or LA THAT WORKS better. Going. Y your specific information I would have booked a night hotel room in Chicago to help prepare for jet lag and also that would make it easier to catch the connecting flight. To use your example for why I was taught what I said is this…. Imagine your flight to LA was late. So then American Eagle says you are Quantis’ problem and Quantis says you are AE’s problem.

[@EricLondaits]

My tips based on my own experience: - Just because an airline is selling a connection it does not mean it works. Many times I saw international flights with 30-40 minute connections that you're very likely to miss if there are any delays. Check alternate flights and give yourself time. - On international flights: if your connection is super tight (e.g. you got off the plane at the same time they started boarding your connection) and it's on a flight sold by the same airline, once you enter the airport check for airline employees near the gate. They often are there waiting for people and can speed up the transit time. I've been led by them almost running through alternate hallways, been sent to alternate security checks without a queue, or been helped to skip a long security check queue.

[@monabiehl6213]

If the tour company will allow you a reasonable connection. I made my connection but it was tight and if I missed it I'd have to wait a whole day. I asked the tour company to book me at noon but they refused and booked me for 4 p.m. so I had 59 minutes to get through the airport and through security for the second time.

[@drkatel]

As much as I hate sitting around airports, I try to schedule a two-hour layover. Let's just say I learned the hard way a long time ago.

[@74gear]

ya its a painful lesson for sure. Thanks for watching and liking it though Dr. Kate!

[@bmolitor615]

it's an opportunity to hit up the Vino Volo ftw

[@AndersHanche]

If I have the time, I'll gladly schedule a 16 hour layover, 8 hours of sleep in a crappy hotel, 8 hours of enjoying some random city.. And usually you can get a pretty good deal!

[@williamclarke8732]

Yeah, I do the same too and every time I'm like "I have more than enough time" but it does not hurt to be early, but it certainly hurts to be late

[@Vpmatt]

Some airports you need even more time. Charles de Gaulle? More. Frankfurt, with the endless construction work being done and miles of travelators between some terminals? More. London Heathrow is a nightmare, consider an overnight stay in a hotel if you need to change terminals.

[@CGR89]

The last time I had to make a connection I scheduled it for just about an hour between flights. Naturally the first flight was almost an hour delayed so the second I got off the plane I had to sprint from one end of Denver airport to the other. Got to my connection gate only to see the door closed. Heart sank for a second until I asked the gate agent if the flight left. Turns out the connecting flight had been delayed too and they hadn’t even started boarding yet.

[@billforceone9808]

Do people really ask flight attendants and pilots to call their gate and hold the plane? That sounds nuts.

[@74gear]

almost every delayed flight I have been on if I am talking with the FAs thats a question they get asked. 🤷‍♂️ they just don't know where to go so hopefully this gives some direction.

[@sithabelamandlawenkosiwodu6298]

I believe some people really are that ignorant.

[@statikcitten9]

Yes. They ask FA's, TSA officers, and basically anyone that looks like they work at the airport. I've seen it 1st hAnd.

[@tritontransport]

yeah Ive been asked just because Im a frequent flyer as if I have clout as to when to hold up a jet or not . They ask anybody

[@AndersHanche]

Every time I'm in an airport I get amazed by people's lack of basic knowledge about air travel.

[@CajunGreenMan]

"Do you want me to facetime your hamster...." ROFL! That made me actually laugh.

[@tjampman]

I see 2 scenarios, 1 I am connecting to a short haul flight, in which case, no need to worry, there will likely be later departure within a couple of hours. 2 if connecting to a long haul flight, maybe with passport control etc. I would ask the FA if I could be prioritized for de-boarding.

[@RobWhittlestone]

I once flew from Graz Austria to Vienna and had a connecting flight to Luxembourg. We arrived late. It seems I was the only one with a connection (to Luxembourg on Luxair) and they sent a car which met me at the steps on the parking area and took me across the tarmac to the steps of the Luxair connecting flight. I think I had cabin luggage only. Talk about service!

[@lukasm1293]

I had that once in Munich where the connection was really tight and we got a direct transfer by car between both planes. Even my luggage got through, which I totally did not expect.

[@TUMARK2]

Great advice, had that experience once in Dallas, I didn't say anything, just hustled over to my connecting flight. The gate agent seemed to know my 1st flight was late and commended me on my getting over so quickly. The mystery to me is how they still manage to get checked luggage transfered over just as fast.

[@74gear]

ya they also know what bags need to go where so they can move them quickly and they're driving so they can get there faster than you... bags dont' always make it but I am impressed when they do.

[@motherofthreeb6337]

It would be no problem if they transferred you with the luggage! 😂🤣😅

[@manex3]

AC Flight from SanFran to Montreal then connecting to Ottawa started fine until customs left us with 0 minutes to the Ottawa departure. It was the last flight of the day so we made our way to the CS counter near the gate to see what the evening arrangements could be. Outside the window by the counter was a 767 just sitting there. We joked in the line of 15+ stranded lost connectors that maybe that's our plane. 10 minutes later a captain comes around the corner and approaches the line asking if we were all headed to Ottawa, he was holding the flight for all of us. He was more aware then the counter rep, thank goodness :-) Thanks for sharing and making great videos!

[@Vpmatt]

The effect of efficiency was ruined when he subsequently attempted to take off via the taxiway.

[@ned8276]

@@Vpmatt Hey, he was just trying to make up the the lost time.

[@annja76]

I have flown only once since I got out of the Army, but I remember December of '90 I was flying Pan Am from San Francisco to Frankfurt with a stop at JFK in NY. The stop was supposed to only be, I think, 20 min for a quick passenger swap and those of us going to Germany didn't have to deplane. But about 5 min after those who were getting off in NY had deplaned the rest of us were asked to deplane as there was a maintenance issue that safety rules required all passengers to deplane. I'm not sure if I eventually got back on the same plane or different one but I remember they had us move to a different gate and wait. The layover instead of being 20 min was closer to 90 min.

[@nickyl9040]

My experience is that the bad experience begins when you book the flight If you are offered a connecting time of less than an hour REFUSE IT !!!

[@rleeAZ]

When I look back on my flying history, most close connections (< 1/2 hour) I have made no problem. When I don't make it I just don't sweat it. Have a beer, get something to eat, meet someone new, catch up on work or reading... world ain't gonna end.

[@74gear]

be nice if everyone was that relaxed Richie...

[@swtxp]

Do you have to pay for another flight if you missed your connecting flight?

[@adde9506]

@@swtxp If it's the airline's fault, no. If it's your fault, yes. I had a four hour layover evaporate on me. I made the flight, but others on my plane didn't. The flight attendant came and saw us, told us how to get across DFW, and who to talk to if we misconnected, and that it was free because the flight was delayed. For the 2 of us who made it in the handful of minutes that we had, it was like a movie. For everyone else, it was lost baggage.

[@swtxp]

@@adde9506 thanks for the reply. I feel a bit better

[@Alexander_Dunn]

I had a flight once with low cost carrier Jetstar from Melbourne to Ho Chi Minh City nonstop with an STD of 15:25, we arrived at the airport at 12:30, way more than enough time, but when we got there we were greeted by a delay till 17:00, which at that point we thought it was convenient as we would have some extra time for lunch. Our aircraft, a 787-8, was at the gate at 2pm, there was no communication about the reason for the delay either. By 16:20, the delayed boarding time on our boarding passes there was no announcement made, absolutely nothing, so we sat tight for a little longer as a line of impatient individuals formed. By 17:00, an announcement of a further delay STILL hadn't been made and the line stretched all the way down the gate lounge. Only at 17:30 the ETD on the BOARD changed to 19:00, still no verbal announcement though, and the gate agents were just sitting there with straight faces. We were sitting there until 19:00 when a boarding announcement was FINALLY made and left at 20:00. a 4 and a half hour delay and 5 hours of sitting in a gate lounge with no communication from the Jetstar staff. Note: Melbourne is Jetstar's main hub as well! What a dissapointment!

[@alphateilchen_]

The frustrating thing is when airline pricing encourages super-tight connections. I often fly ZRH-FRA-ATL. The cheapest connection has an impossibly tight 1 hour layover in Frankfurt. If I want to book an earlier flight out of Zurich, Lufthansa often wants to charge $300 more.

[@alphateilchen_]

@@_-Karl-_ Well for flights to/from the EU, they do. If you arrive at your destination more than 2/3 hours late, you’re entitled to compensation.

[@Vinemaple]

Oh, nice, you have to pay extra for actually being able to make your connection? I always thought "Star Alliance" sounded like the villains of a science-fiction epic...

[@rashavpatel1973]

Love your videos brother keep up the Great work 👍

[@74gear]

thanks Wolfman, appreciate it thanks for subscribing!

[@adde9506]

I was on a flight that was delayed several hours. The flight attendants get up and say that they think everything will be fine, but if it's going to be too close, they will reschedule in flight. Ok. Sounds good. So we get close and they make an announcement that we've gotten even later, and 4 of the passengers need to get off the plane first. Of course, everyone gets up, no one lets me and the other 3 off the plane ahead of them. We had 6 minutes to go from one side of DFW to the other. I ran, I took a train, I ran, I barked at people to get out of my way on the escalators and powered sidewalks, I ran, and I was the last person through the gate onto my connection. They closed the door behind me and declared the other two people from my plane misconnects. This would all have been fine, just bad luck, except for the part where they told us they would reschedule. I'm sure they did help the people that misconnected, but being lied to wasn't cute. And the train in DFW takes 5 minutes, so if they really could get us rescheduled early, I don't know why they though we could cover the rest of it on foot in 60 seconds. It's only coincidence two of us ran onto the train as it was leaving.

[@rmf11699]

As a former gate agent for Southwest, when we "opened" the flight an hour before departure, one of the procedures was to check for late arrivals making a connection to our flight. We would then inform the operations agent of that flight how many would be late and they would begin their procedures if the flight could be delayed. Several factors involved were "when is next flight", "is this the last flight of the day", "crew scheduling" and even weather. While in flight on several airlines I've heard the Flight Attendants make announcements for connecting gates.

[@Maxid1]

I've had a connecting flight wait for just me. I was dead last getting on the flight, probably 20 mins late or better due to weather and coach was full so I was forced to sit in first class... People were looking at me with that, "Who the heck is this guy?" look on their face. I should have at least had a red six pack cooler with a donor organ in it!

[@raybbj]

The best thing I got out of this video is that I finally found a youtuber who knows well enough to turn the background music down low enough so I can hear you voice over clearly.

[@veramae4098]

Yes! Love his whole presentation. I'm seriously thinking about recommending this channel to some other YTers, just as a model for an intro! Some YTers seem to think they're making an MGM movie. (OK, I'm old. That was the first movie studio to pop into my head.)

[@MotownWes]

I was flying from Pittsburgh to Dallas/Fort Worth in winter time. I left a two hour window for my connector. The plane was delayed for icing in Pittsburgh by about an hour and a half or hour and 45 minutes. When we got close to Dallas I informed the flight attendant that I was a US servicemember and then I had a connecting flight leaving in about 20 to 25 minutes. They were nice enough to frontload me off the plane and I had to run from one side of that airport to the other. I still didn’t make it. I literally ran up to the gate to see the plane pushback. Major drag.

[@statikcitten9]

Your cut aways are EPIC. LOVE IT!!

[@ryanmasters8802]

20 minutes... "why would you do that". love it. Been on a plane since five. Bottom line, enjoy your direct sarcastic side as a pilot. Intelligent and down to earth. thanks from van island

[@74gear]

awesome area you live in Ryan, glad you enjoyed the video, glad you enjoyed it and left a comment.

[@funnyfarm5555]

When I was in the Army and transporting a prisoner from Missouri to El Paso via Dallas in 1976, we were going to be late to Dallas because of weather en route. I did request the stewardess to ask the pilot to radio ahead and hold the next flight as there was no other flight to El-Paso that day and we had no means to lock up the prisoner overnight. They did so for us that one time. We even got a police car ride to the next gate.

[@philnaegely]

i'd say that's an exception to the "rule" especially given police were involved

[@dawsonje]

Yeah, not at all relevant to this situation.

[@safcjcp]

@@dawsonje it’s incredibly relevant, the moral of the story is that we should all escort prisoners while travelling

[@tjampman]

@@safcjcp and also do it in the 70's

[@peterleek9124]

I've learned to to leave a suitable gap for layovers. Once when flying back to the US from the U.K. The flight plan must have been changed at the last minute. The normal six hour flight turned into about eight hours as we flew more northerly. A bunch o passengers were a little upset they were going to miss their connections. I'm thankful I added a buffer on to my next connection. Not sure why our flight diverted so far north to go to NY

[@paulready8897]

I once had a tight connection out of lax. Flew in from St. Luis on a military flight, then go to the domestic terminal for a flight to Honolulu. As soon as I boarded the FA’s shut the door and the plane took off. The FAs never talked to me, as I think they were mad at me for the plane having to wait on me to arrive. Also my checked bag did not arrive until the next day/

[@drichi07]

Well, this is an old video, but I just have to write about the worst missed connection delay I have ever been involved in. In Dec 2018, my wife and I were headed back to the US for Christmas from our home in Japan. We took a United flight from Narita to Chicago Ohare and had a connecting flight for my hometown departing 4.5 hours after out scheduled arrival. Plenty of time to get through customs and immigration. Always had been before. But this was our first, and hopefully very last time through customs/immigrations at Chicago. There was mass confusion as soon as which hit the first stage with some guy---immigrationS? drunken bum?---in civies yelling at everyone (many who did not understand English well, even when listening to a sane person---yelling "Come on People, it's not so hard!" Well, it was because there was no way to know what to do or where to go except follow the line and then go to a computer you had likely never seen nor used and enter information for some reason you couldn't understand. (O'hare is the only US immigrations/customs I have seen that uses this system. Long story short, it took use over 4 hours to get through that mess, by which time we were too late to make our connecting flight---even though we had arrived 20 some minutes early. We had to stay in at an airport hotel for nearly 26 hours awaiting our the next available connecting flight. And it was late due to weather or something. I avoid Chicago it at all possible now. There is nothing any airline or crew could do anything to improve the horrible mess that is customs/immigrations at O'Hare

[@lifewithlani2637]

I was in the Navy and flying home on leave for Christmas from Norfolk, Va en route to a new duty station. I didn't make the travel arrangements, the Navy did. I was taking a regional and then a Delta to DFW. Seated next to me was a Delta FO deadheading to Atlanta. We chatted a bit during the flight because we were both in uniform. During our second stop, in South Carolina, the flight was delayed going ATL. I was worried about the connector in ATL. When we were almost on the grown in ATL, the FO said "Come with me when we land" and we get off the plane. He had a golf cart waiting and zipped me over to my next gate, in a different zip code (LOL). ATL is HUGE. Thanks to this Delta FO I made my connector. My bags showed up a day later but at least I made it home for Christmas on time.

[@rebeccazainea4645]

Army, Christmas leave,, flying from Norfolk to Dulles to Columbus. Terrible weather, take-off delayed, longish wait to the gate. I'm chatting with my seat neighbor as I deboard and realize just how late we were when I heard my name on the PA followed by "final boarding call." Sprinted to my gate, said bye to my checked luggage, and made it before they closed the doors. Only 5 passengers made the flight. At cruising altitude the flight attendant served drinks, asked if we needed anything else, then laid down across the row next to me and closed her eyes. I guess we'd all had long days. The weather was bad that flight also and if it weren't for the calmly resting flight attendant, I probably would have been pretty nervous.

[@wobblyapple7318]

I was on a late flight into Vienna once and it wasn't until I landed that I realised I had maybe 15 minutes to get to my next flight, so off i got and then started running - far too late of course. Found the Austrian Airlines desk and it was like they were waiting for me, already had me sorted out for the next flight along with a 10 Euro voucher for a meal and drink while I waited! Excellent service :)

[@dondash8921]

Good tips. We travel a lot & always consider connection times. Airlines have short timed us & we always check in early so we ask if we can be put out on an earlier flight when reservations refused to change it without a fee. Another airline we had a good connection time with (2 hours) changed our booking & I noticed a connection of 25 minutes (less the 10 gate closure) & mentioned it to reservations. The girl said it was plenty of time. We were travelling out of Montreal in December, connecting Cincinnati for LA then to Tahiti. I mentioned de-icing delays & her reply was that I wouldn't know if it will happen." Canada in December 7AM flight- yeah, it's almost a certainty with frost. Not only that, we had to connect through a different terminal. She changed it to another flight & plenty of time for our flights.

[@doodad]

That Intro was hilarious Kelsey! 😂😂😂 Mr.Snuggles! Hahahahaha

[@74gear]

ya I liked it too, not many people saw that video 🤷‍♂️ maybe I need a new thumbnail.

[@doodad]

74 Gear I would agree, totally wasn’t expecting that when i clicked to the video. Oh and solid acting btw!

[@robertaviles8451]

I once had my connecting flight delayed. 🛬 When I landed (at Dulles) I had only 5 minutes to basically get my carry on, and since I didn't see the (tram ?), I ran like hell to get from one side of the airport to the gate - d--n near on the other side! My dad had bought the ticket for me to come to Los Angeles for a visit about a month ago. If I had missed my flight, I'd been stuck in a city that none of my relatives live. And I sure as hell didn't have the extra money for motel and a new plane ticket. It was only by the grace of God I made that connection! 🛫

[@annatamparow4917]

Robert Aviles Same here! But it was the fault of the first pilot: he announced a strong wind against our route, but he kept the same speed, so we arrived about 45 minutes and I had to trample a whole lot of passengers to get out and literally race to the last gate for the local flight. My baggage didn't make it, and was delivered with the evening flight!

[@positivebuoyancy8841]

One time I was connecting in Phoenix on the first day of daylight savings time - except Arizona doesn't use DST - I was my own travel agent so I thought I had full 90 minutes with no checked baggage, just my carry-on. I made the very critical connection (for me) as they were boarding - because I was arriving from L.A. in fact I only had 30 minutes!

[@74gear]

ouch that was a close call. Ya you really have to pay attention to whats going on, lots of people get into an airport and get lost very easily because its an unfamiliar environment. Thanks for sharing the story.

[@deeanna8448]

FaceTime your hamster!🤣🤣🤣🐹🐹

[@74gear]

🤣 hope everyone finds it as funny as you did Dee Anna

[@professorr.5427]

I died laughing at Mr. Snuggles. Had to pause the video before going on to the real meat of the content. Don't stop making these films, Kelsey. You're the best.

[@diytwoincollege7079]

I saw passengers with connecting flights get hot. We landed in EWR and sat on the taxiway for 2 1/2 hours! There were planes all over the place waiting for an open gate. The pilots had to know that we were going into a sh!tshow but never said a word until we had been sitting for a while. One thing that could have helped people would have been for the crew to have people with connecting flights deboard the plane first.

[@SarahBanjoFrog]

Longest I’ve been delayed was about 20 hours, LA going back home to Australia. We boarded the flight but I guess there was some kind of engineering issue they couldn’t fix and after about the third time telling us they were trying to restart whatever system I was honestly a bit relieved when they told us to disembark and they were getting a new plane for us the next day.

[@ChelleC33]

OMG I was *that* person, once :P My travel agent had booked my flights from ADL-SYD-LAX-ORD-SYR… there was nowhere near enough time made for my connections in the US. American Airlines were having a bit of a bad day too… the flight out of LAX was delayed by nearly an hour. I was totally freaking out as we approached Chicago because we hadn’t landed and the boarding time for my flight to Syracuse was about to start… I bugged the flight attendants to help me. They were so awesome!! As soon as we got to the gate in Chicago, they showed me on the ORD map in the magazine where I had to go and let me get off first… it was really just a quick sprint across the corridor… the staff on the next flight were amazing too… they waited. I got onto the connecting flight and they closed the doors behind me. I’ll never forget how wonderful they were.

[@shadowprince4482]

If you haven't already I'd love to see to you make a video of how to get to and from an airport. That's the part I struggle with most. There's just so many options and what not and it's difficult to know which way and what to do when trying to get to the point where you go through security.

[@restylesecrets8251]

Such great advice! And … if you’re spending a fortune on a cruise, spend a little more and fly to your port the day before. Cruise ships don’t wait for anyone 😂. Missing a connecting flight that requires you to wait for next available might have you landing at about the time your ship departs.

[@adde9506]

One more reason not to take a cruise.

[@ccrabbit8768]

I have found that at times online purchasing of tickets from some websites don't always give alternative flights with longer layovers, so it makes it difficult to try get the 90 minutes or more that I prefer. I was booked on United once and they changed the flights for my ticket leaving me with a 45 minute layover (I had chosen flights with a 90 minute layover originally). I phoned and asked for an the alternative flight which would have given me 2 hours. They said no they wouldn't change it because at that Hub airport (Chicago) they said 45 minutes should be more than enough to change planes. Sure enough plane was 25 minutes late because of weather, nope did not get my connecting flight, the next flight of course was full by that time. Thanks for the discount hotel United.

[@rilmar2137]

The most stressful one I've had was when I was 13, on CDG, I believe. I was flying with my grandma and sister, we had only 30 minutes or so, we've never been on this airport and the entire weight finding our way, listening to the announcements and communication was on my shoulders - my sister was 10 and barely spoke English, my grandma spoke no English at all.

[@jobsucks]

The longest I’ve been delayed was 4-5 hours. It was in Vietnam a local connection. From HCM (Saigon) to DaNang. We suspect because the noon flight didn’t sell enough seats to justify the cost of fuel so they push back the flight to early evening. Once we boarded the evening flight it was packed.

[@dexio85]

People are afraid of flying, well, I'm afraid of airports, delays, unexpected layovers, lost bags, dirty busy toilets, expensive shitty food, and so on. Finally getting to an airplane and taking off is always a big relief for me.

[@theredflannelchannel7820]

Great video! Thank you for taking the extra time out of your already busy schedule to put these together.

[@davidcole333]

Well, thanks to my good friends at United, it took me 26 hours to go from Seattle to New Orleans due to mechanicals, cancelled flights, missed connections and an overnight sleep over on the floor of terminal B at IAH. Good times!

[@asdpyro]

Had a similar experience with United, my flight into SFO landed on time but then was stuck on the tarmac for three hours making me (and many other people) miss a connection that had a two hour layover time. They put me on the next flight to my next destination due to leave in 8 hours. There was ultimately a mechanical problem with that plane causing an additional 12 hour delay before boarding (it's not easy to sleep in the floor of SFO international terminal while they are cleaning the floors and such) after boarding there was an additional problem leaving everyone stuck on the plane for a few hours before finally departing. All those delays caused me to miss the new connection flight in Panama, that caused a 6 hour wait for the next available flight. Whew, what a trip

[@davidcole333]

@@asdpyro wow, I"m gonna quit whining....that was a horrible trip!

[@pavelkacer8856]

Before landing ask crew or people around your seat to let you go first if you are catching connection and this is their last leg. I have seen Delta crew do that in ATL and it works just great for everyone on the flight. All airlines have a lot to catch up on boarding and deboarding procedures (who gets on and off first), current process is extremely inefficient.

[@dawsonje]

TBH: the best chance that your connecting flight gets pushed back to accommodate a late arrival plane is that there are multiple first or business class passengers on the late inbound flight that you are also on and are late for the same next flight you’re on.

[@bisaVCI]

I've got one huge problem in this whole system: I do get stuck at immigration / security quite regularly. While I'm always innocent, it seems like I fit a profile that requires "special attention". Sometimes, I have to re-clear security on connecting flights aswell - on some airports that depends on the ate where we arrived (for non-obvious reasons to me). I do plan ahead and have at least three hours on every layover. The problems do start if my first leg is delayed - but there's still more than 90 minutes until my next departure. Everyone considers 90 minutes to be a reasonable time while I know that it's not always enough for me. I simply miss the option to tell my airline in advance that I'll need more time (for any reason) for layovers, and therefore their "emergency system" should trigger earlier. On top of that, some airlines claim that it's your own fault if you get stuck in the airport and it's not their responsibility to find a new plane for you. Or at least I got told, I never experienced that myself luckily. If I the layover would be 4 hours, reducing it to two hours due to delays really cuts my connection from "good" to "very stressfull and I'd not make it" - while the airline still thinks "he'll be fine, no worry". Arrr...

[@rgoonewardene380]

I usually give myself at least two hours, because most of the times I need to transit on international flights in very large airports. I have only ever missed one transit flight because the first leg was late. Ironically the aircraft that took me to the transit location was the same one going to my final destination, but the inbound and outbound gates were at completely opposite ends of the airport, so there was no time to physically get there.

[@stephenbritton9297]

Shortest - Flying Houston to Guam via Honolulu. First leg was late, not sure if planned, or done because of the situation, but the arriving plane and the departing plane were gated next to each other and all of us (like 1/2 the flight) continuing on were shepherded off one plane and right onto the other . Longest - 12+hrs at MKE due to thunderstorms.

[@SnowySpiritRuby]

I never, ever book a layover that's shorter than 90 minutes - I've learned from experience that there is absolutely no way I can get through DEN, have time to fill my water bottle, use the restroom, perhaps eat a snack, and still be to my next gate with at least a little spare time to chill before boarding starts, especially if I have to change not just concourses but terminals (I hope they've finished the construction by now so that I won't have to change terminals again)... unless it's in a single-concourse airport - I've never had a layover at a small one, but I usually fly into and out of them, and it's really nice not needing to get to the airport until an hour before my flight.

[@chris1978nl]

Also want to add an extra note to this video. On the flights with a tv screen in the seat in front of you, you often get information about the next departures with gate numbers on the screen. Before i go to an unknown airport, i always check on youtube and on the website of the airport how the transit works there. And when you are flying and wearing a jeans with a belt, put the belt off and put it in your hand bagage and wear shoes that you can easily put off and on. Saves time at the safety checks and thus you win extra time to get on your connecting flight.

[@WWTormentor]

Unfortunately we don’t always have an option for choosing out connecting flights. Or example when I search for a certain date or time, the system automatically gives me the options which include the connection with it. This may be an hour layover or could be a 12 hour layover. What frustrates me about missed connections isn’t the fact that I have to wait for the next flight, but my bags always some how seem to make the connection. How is that possible? If there was enough time for my bags to get to the plane then there should have been enough time for me to make it as well. Finally, the gate informations isn’t always correct. On one flight, I checked the gate that my connecting flight was supposed to depart from. That gate was almost a good 30 minute walk. When I got there, I found out that there was a gate change and the actual departing gate was right next to the gate I exited from. Needless to say I missed the connection since it took half hour to get to the wrong gate, ten minutes for someone to let me know that it’s the wrong gate and another half hour to go back to the correct gate.

[@rontiemens2553]

Years ago, was flying KDCA to KJFK then on to UUEE. Plane stuck on KDCA tarmac for 6 hours due to weather. Obviously missed KJFK-UUEE leg. Had to wait till next day for next UUEE flight. Fortunately local friends put us up so we didn't have to spend night and most of next day in the lovely KJFK terminal.

[@boland73]

One time the only flight available in the time frame I need had a connection through an airport that wasn’t huge with only 45 minutes to spare... I ended up having to call the airline in order for them to let me book it because they said connections going into the US (from Canada) usually take 45 minutes through there.... got delayed landing by 25 minutes and I was sprinting through that airport and had to ask for directions to customs then thankfully there was nobody in line at customs and I made it there as they were doing last call. Was the 2nd last person on the plane so someone else was also late

[@Timmah200]

It once took me a full 24 hours to fly from Buffalo, NY to Anchorage, AK. Winter storms in the East; once we flew out of Chicago, no issues at all.

[@TheEric1203]

My wife and I flew internationally for our honeymoon not long ago, and I made sure to book an itinerary with plenty of connection time. I checked awhile later and saw that we got moved to different flights on a couple legs, so our connection in CLT went from a comfy 1 hr 35 min down to a stressful 45 min. Almost no time at all for an international connection. Fortunately, it's a fairly compact airport to get around, so we made it with a few minutes to spare. We then had to spend what felt like forever in LHR. Sometimes you can't help it!

[@vaderpt]

I already had good and bad scenarios. One, making a 90' connection at stanstead, first flight of day... And the first flight departed 45' late. I only asked to be the first person leaving the plane. I made it by politely asking people to let me pass in the queues and running a lot in the airport. I also had 1 hour connections, same company, and they didn't made it. The company had replacing flight already handled on touch down.

[@tanya5322]

About 15 years ago, I had flown from Minnesota to Texas to meet my brand new niece in Kingsville. The flights south were uneventful, but the return trip was… a learning experience. My brother in law was quite air travel savvy, and was aware of the existence of a weather related delay for my initial departure, so at least I wasn’t dropped off at some small regional airport the recommended hour or whatever before my scheduled takeoff. Midwest weather in the end of March can be mixed bag of clear skies and winter storms. Add in whatever human and/or mechanical delays that might have occurred, and my flight didn’t takeoff until about three hours past schedule. As the pilots were preparing for approach at some other airport (I don’t remember anymore, maybe St Louis?) The FA ran down a list of what gates different passengers were to go to as the airline had already rebooked some of them on later connecting flights. Once we were on the ground and off the plane, most of the remaining passengers who needed connecting flights swarmed the gate agent at the gate we had arrived. Me? I thought I would be smart and go over to the next gate agent (same airline) where there wasn’t a line. Told her that I had almost certainly missed my connecting flight to MSP, and asked her to please help me get home. She was able to get me on another flight with only about another 90 minutes wait time. Since the airport I was standing in was large enough to offer more than coffee and prepackaged donuts, 90 minutes was acceptable to me. I asked about my checked bag and was assured that it would make it through to my destination. When I finally arrived in MSP, and went down to get my checked bag at the carousel announced to us by the flight crew… I watched, and watched, and watched… as all the bags were claimed, but I never saw mine on the carousel. I went to the department of lost luggage to file a claim and when I began to tell them my saga, they asked “what was your name again?” They had my suitcase over in the corner of the office. Why? Because my suitcase got to MSP a good 90 minutes or so before I did. It seems that the plane I had assumed that I had “missed”, earlier in the day was the exact plane I had just gotten off of. My suitcase never got off the plane until it landed in Minnesota. Had I just bothered to bother the FA with my personal “what about…” question… I could have gotten home much earlier.

[@vancel35]

Craziest delay. I got to the airport over an hour ahead of my flight, but security was slow, and I was still in the security line when my flight was supposed to depart. I got out of security ready to ask for the next available flight only to see that my flight was being delayed for 1.5hrs from Denver to Los Angeles because of fog at LAX. To my relief, I made original my flight. 🙂 Shortest connection was when I was in the army (early 90s) traveling on orders (the unit booked our flights) with a few other soldiers, we landed with 20 minutes to get to our next gate which was all the way across the terminal to so we ran the whole way and just made our flight before they closed the door. When I plan for a connection, I typically leave about 1 to 1.5 hrs for my connection. I'm not into creating stress or drama for myself.

[@preitpro8797]

I enjoy long layovers. I get to explore more.

[@leanderwols3208]

I once had this, when I went to the world scout jamboree in 2019 in West Virginia, on the way back home to the Netherlands, my group and another dutch group (19 groups total I believe, all paired up in 2 groups on the same flight route) were actually the only ones not getting a directr flight from Amsterdam to DC/Philadelphia/idk if people were going to any more airports but at least these 2. So on the way back our first flight from DC to London had been delayed, and in that case it was very easy to delay the connecting flight, since that flight would otherwise be missing 80 people, on a short flight from London to Amsterdam that's 1/2 to 2/3rds of the plane empty

[@ChevyTaripe]

The longest I've ever been delayed on was 8 hours. I was in Anchorage going to Fairbanks. Fairbanks had freezing rain so couldn't land there at all.

[@74gear]

wow, thats a long delay you could have driven in that time... but the weather up there can be tough.

[@Funkysauce]

Wanted to chime in and say this intro music is my favorite in the entirety of your channel. Love the content Kelsey!

[@geenacastellanos4778]

Thank you for this video!! Straight to the point. I'm flying alone with my four year old and really nervous. We are flying international and have a layover in the US to catch a connection for Oregon. I have to go through customs and security again right? Please let me know if you have a video about international arrivals with connecting flights! New follower here :)

[@uwubelle817]

Omg how did it go??

[@Valnoten]

I have to wait 17 hours for my connecting flight this Sunday, guess I will have enough time. Haha. Thank you

[@21alejo91]

Hahaha your sarcastic humor is very humorous Cap, nice work!

[@74gear]

glad you liked it Alejo! thanks for commenting and liking it!

[@Petra44YT]

I'd say, it's best to book a connecting flight as one ticket. That way, if the first flight's delayed, it's the airline's responsibility to find a new flight for you if you miss your connection. If you can't do that, give yourself time. I'm all for overnight stays. That way, you could explore one more city. That's how I got to see Dubai. I never went there on purpose, just on two stopovers on the way to China. Certainly beats a direct flight. :-)

[@Vinemaple]

As much as I love the new direction Kelsey's going with his channel, I do sometimes get a kick out of these old videos! This explains something I always wondered about. In my 2 1/2 years of flying from ship to ship and back to shore, I only had one tight connection, right when I flew out to start my new job. After that point, either the company's professionals booked great connections for me, or I gave myself plenty of transfer time, because of that one time I had to run... The company booked a four-leg flight across the US, and because my family has a lot of lost-luggage horror stories, I double-checked my luggage at every airport, especially since the airline swapped me to a different flight for one leg. At the last leg, onto a regional carrier, the airline employee was nice enough to point out that I had a long trek to my gate and not much time. I ended up jogging with my heavy backpack and laptop case (I don't believe in filling up half of an overhead bin with a wheeled "carry-on" monstrosity), but when I made it to the gate agent, she told me, "We wouldn't have left without you." Wait... what? I realized the people I'd asked about my luggage had called ahead for me, but I could never believe, until I heard it just now from Kelsey, that aircrews had any leeway *at all* to wait for passengers! After that, whenever I had to book my own flight, I would make sure to build plenty of time in between connections, not only to get to the next gate in time, but also because I learned I preferred the cheaper transfer flights to sitting in one seat in economy for four hours or more. Other than some back pain and ringing ears, I actually really miss all the flying I used to do when I worked on ships for a living...

[@leahp.316]

So addicted to your channel. You explain everything so well and give us a new perspective of flying. Thanks!

[@vasiliskovs]

My shortest connection was 30 minutes. And there was an airline representative that met me at the plane and quickly escorted me through the airport to the gate. And the longest waiting for the departure was more than a day. Something happened to the plane and we had to wait until the ground service fixes it. Ended up just getting a backup plane.

[@jeffreyzheng8875]

Once I missed the connection at CAN and they just letted us to board the next flight but we ended up in a completely different airport in Shanghai

[@Neonravekid]

My flight got super delayed overseas and I missed my flight out of JFK to get home. It was terrible. Everything was booked or tons of people flying stand by. Had to fly an entirely different airline into an entirely different airport. It was so stressful. Always try to be prepared. Remember. There's the plan... and then there's what actually happens. Safe flying. ;)

[@74gear]

ya I really feel bad for people getting stranded during travel it can be super stressful thats why I try to make some videos that will help them.

[@Neonravekid]

@@74gear For sure! :) I've flown a lot and it's only happened once. Thats what airport bars are for right??😂😂😂😂😂 looking forward to the next video of

[@alecwhatshisname5170]

God, I remember when my sister and I had a 20 min layover. Literally running across an airport. NOT fun. NEVER AGAIN

[@kenbrown2808]

my grandfather was widowed and remarried, and my second grandmother told the story of a close connection they had where a porter met them at the gate with a wheelchair, and he got into it and she grabbed the porter's shoulder and fluttered along behind him like a flag as he raced them across the terminal to make their flight.

[@eriksandstrom8705]

I always book my flights with the shortest connecting time as possible. Stress is "including" in the traveling ;). Once i was the last person on to the plane, the crew was acctually around looking because i did check in my luggage and preceded through the security check, BUT I whent back out to talk to my girlfriend and her family. The time was flying and I was VERRY late on to the plane. Once the crew found me. - ARE YOU MR: ERIK? ME: Yes Flight crew. PLEASE HURRY, HURRY. When i boarded the plane, everyone was sitting down waiting just for me :):)

[@davidegandolfo7071]

problem is that electronic ticketing calculate as "minimum time" between departure as 45minutes between landing time and next flight departure time. system suppose this time is sufficient. but in some airport it is not sufficient, due to long walking time (IE new IST airport) and security check queue. if you wanna change the flight electronically choosen for you, you have to set all search engine in web system as "multi-leg" flights then it will cost more

[@AaronSmith-sx4ez]

Another tip here...if you have a tight connection and are sitting at the back of the plane, consider asking the cabin crew if you can get off early. They sometimes will do this which is really nice! I had a wicked connection at Detroit... 50 minutes but I was at the far back of the plane and I had to make it from A73 to C27...mathematically the LONGEST possible hike at DTW. It was no fun running almost a mile with a winter coat on and some heavy carry-ons. There was a train system in McNamara but I didn't know how to use it (my being new to Detroit). The moving sidewalks helped but a lot of oblivious people just "camp" on them which creates a big logjams. I actually tried to figure out the gate situation prior to the flight, but the boarding pass didn't them listed...guess they were determined late. Another tip for tight connections... sometimes when baggage is tight, the cabin crew will moved carry-ons into checked baggage compartments. You DON'T want this. Let the gate agent know you have a tight connection and they will likely exempt you and allow you to keep you carry-on close to you. If you know you have a tight connection, make sure it isn't the last one of the day so you have a backup plan. Lastly in regards to pilots not wanting to leave late...I think they could do more to help customers. A pilot should have a display that shows incoming passengers with tight connections colored coded. The computer should estimate how much time they will need depending on their seat position, incoming gate, outgoing gate, and boarding times. Then there should be a second graphic for outgoing passengers that have tight connections. This way a pilot would instantly know if they would create more trouble than it's worth if they run a little late.

[@donjohnston4215]

I had an exchange student from Belgium. When it was time for her to return home we dropped her off at Gerald R Ford airport in Grand Rapids mi. We said goodbye as she went thru TSA. After they boarded the pilots found maintenance issue and the flight was delayed over and hour. Which in turn caused her to miss her connecting flight out of DC that was a non stop to Brussels. Apparently that flight only occurs once a day so this poor teenage girl was stranded there 24 hours by herself. That’s longest delay I’ve heard of. She made it home safely the next day but was a sour ending to a wonderful year.

[@HellWithoutBorders]

I was flying home from Orlando to Victoria BC connecting to SEA and the flights I booked was very last minutes because I had to get home ASAP and my landing time was 10 minutes after the boarding time for my connecting flight. To make it a little bit worse, weather in Orlando was poor with thunderstorms so we spent about 20-30 minutes storm dodging after taking off from Orlando. To make it all worse, if I had missed my connecting flight, I would be staying overnight in Seattle since it was the last flight of the night. I got super lucky and my connecting gate was pretty much across from my arrival gate and made the flight just in time.

[@jemand8462]

What I would suggest is that the gate agent not only lets the pilots know but also the flight attendants and they make sure these 3 people with connecting flights can leave the plane first. I wonder why that is never done.

[@d.peters6075]

As a former, but wanting to be not former, airline employee, I have told a great many people that the best choice of flights and connection time are NOT the legal times and late in the day. My rule of thumb for my own personal travel is, and therefore, my advice for everyone else: 1- Always book the one of the first flights of the day at your origin airport. This way, any disruption will leave you with the most possible connections should your scheduled 2nd leg be missed. \ Yeah, it sucks getting up at 0300 or so to get to the airport to board a flight at 0530 or 0645, etc. but what sucks more is missing your connection and not making it to your destination the day you planned. Pick your bitter pill to swallow. The choice is yours. 2- Always make a connecting flight no shorter than 2 hours from your first leg to your second. That way, almost every conceivable delay can be accommodated without causing you to rush and panic about your connecting flight. So what if all is in time and you have to wait two hours in some hub...enjoy the break from travel, grab a quick bite, and be at your gate at least 45 minutes before scheduled departure. \ Word to the wise, at any time you are not at a gate from the time you leave your arrival gate...CHECK EVERY FLIGHT BOARD because I have literally had my gate change simply between the time it took me to walk between the two monitor banks. And keep doing that the entire time you are away from your gate. This, also, happened to me, at one airport. I went to the last gate shown, sat down right from the arrival. About an hour before the scheduled departure, I noticed that no one, not even staff were in this area and for several gates around. The board still showed that gate I was at, but having worked in the airline for quite some time, I just knew something was wrong. Ended up, the gate was changed and no one updated the monitors in that concourse because apparently the concourse had recently been taken out of service and was not blocked off. So the FIDS system wasn't displaying the changes, only the standard flight information of daily use. So pay attention. One last story. I was on a tight connection, I didn't make the reservation for that flight/city pair. Knowing that due to physical issues on walking fast, and the layout of this particular airport, I got up and asked a flight attendant if she had the connection list and what gate it showed I was to board at, and if she knew what gate we were parking at. She told me. This was in the days before all this internet self service apps. About 15 minutes later, the captain came on and gave us the 20 minutes to landing briefing over the PA and gave a different parking gate. As we landed, the captain again came over the PA and told us we were changed to yet a different gate. Since we had the entire airfield to taxi over to get to the terminal, he came on 3rd time and said they changed us again. We get to THAT gate, and there is an airplane still parked there. It looks like its ready to push, but doesn't. Next thing we know, the captain tells us that our gate is occupied by a delayed plane and we were moving to yet another gate. So in the span of about 35 minutes, we changed arrival gates 5 times. That is truly how often a gate change can happen. Its rare by my experience, but it can. And for me, it turned out I went from being at what was likely the farthest possible pair of gates, to being at the one next to the underground walkway to the other terminal and my gate was the first one at the top of the other end. How cool was that. I went from thinking there was no way I was going to be able to walk and get there to having about 15 minutes to wait for boarding. The airline industry is a fickle mistress. She can be loving and gentle to you or she can beat the hide right off of you. And you never know which one she will be on any given day or time of day. That's why I love this industry so much. And want back in.

[@74gear]

well thanks for sharing your tips and experiences Peters... I appreciate it.

[@megstucki]

I am new to the channel, I know this video is old. I have never missed a connection before, but I did have one time when I was traveling with my family to Germany. Our first flight was delayed due to winter weather and I remember the pilot telling us that they were holding our specific connecting flight because there were several people that needed to make the connection. Half or over half of our first flight was on the connection. We were one massive hoard of people making our way down 3 or 4 gates to our next flight. Our connecting flight departed only 10 or 20 minutes late.

[@margaretmathis4775]

In the years after 911, I was traveling to WDW with my young son. We connected through DFW. We had a short, but doable connection time. HOWEVER……as we were riding the SkyLink…..they put the SkyLink system in lockdown because someone on another train found an unattended “item” on the train! So, we sat…..and missed our connection. But, I guess the reservation system “knew” which terminals we were going through, and when we finally got off the train, found out that they had rebooked us on the next flight❣️❣️ I was one relieved and grateful Mom❣️

[@stevedowler2366]

Worst case for me was two consecutive taxi out and return to gate for de-icing in ATL. About a half-hour on tarmac each time, so an hour of making circles on the ground. But snacks and coffee and talk with cabin crew helped pass the time.

[@Featinwe]

Every airport has something called MCT (minimum connecting time) defining a minimum time required to make a connection, assuming certain requirements are met (like connecting flight on same ticket and luggage agreement if you fly different airlines and also depending of connection type) - booking systems should use this value obligatory. The trouble is when you put together flights separately on your own and also if one of the flights gets delayed - then Kely's rule sound fine but then again, it all depends on the airport, connection type and ground crew competency... in general - common sense is recommended ;)

[@professorr.5427]

Where does one look up the MCT for a particular airport if trying to make our own reservation??

[@chrisfry1768]

@@professorr.5427 - Unfortunately there is no standard navigation path in the consumer-facing booking tools to find MCT. When booking on the airlines website or online travel agent, if a connection is displayed by the booking system, assume MCT rules are met.

[@Minawari1]

I once had a connection flight with 45 min time window and my first flight got delayed due to heavy snow. By the time we arrived at the first destination the plane for the second flight should have departed one hour ago xD. However the flight was with the same airline and turns out they were actually going to use the same plane so we just casually got off and got back in with everyone else from that airport who were quite upset about the delay as well but it worked out for me! We ended up delayed by like 2 hours lol but I guess that's just low cost airline tactics as when I got the ticket they sold it as one trip, didn't even realise it was a connecting flight at first, till it asked me to select seats twice haha

[@Cissy2cute]

A connecting flight was held up for about 6 of us who were bound for Philadelphia. Our flight into St. Louis arrived a bit late due to the fact that there were tremendous thunderstorms surrounding St. Louis and it took some maneuvering to get us down safely (there had been a tornado that had passed near the airport half an hour before). We literally had to run through the terminal like crazy to make the connection as we were told they were waiting for us. As things turned out, we needn't have rushed so quickly as the Philly flight itself was then held up in order to re-route to avoid the storm. I remember we ended up swinging out over the ocean and approached Philly from the opposite direction. What a day!

[@74gear]

ya I try to avoid connecting flights if I can, not a huge fan for exactly what you are talking about. Thanks for watching cissy.

[@Kmackey92]

Initially we were supposed to leave at 7am from Vancouver to Dallas, Texas, however our plane was delayed until 3pm the same day. The second longest wait was in Lihue, Kaui from 4:30pm to 11:30pm.

[@donaldsmith3048]

At big airports like DFW give 2 hours or more. I know there are biggest but it is the biggest I have been at. And it can be a Hemorrhoid! Or a pain in the $@@

[@wolfhound45]

Could not agree more. I never fly into DFW without planning at least a two hour layover as a pre-caution.

[@funnyfarm5555]

OK Kelsey, explain this one to me/us . Had a flight from PDX Oregon to Baltimore BWI. Flight was to leave at 0830 we were at the gate at 0630. Well at 0800 the plane next to ours started deboarding passengers. Minutes later they announce that our plane is being given to those passengers to fly to Oakland , CA (1hr 40 min)and our flight will be delayed. Minutes go by and they then tell us the starter for the APU on their original plane is bad and we will have to wait for the mechanic that is flying one up from California somewhere. Well we did get out of there at 1100, missed our connection in Kansas City (3 hr 40 min) to get into BWI at 1900. So they proceed to give us vouchers (worthless IMO) and re-book all of onto other connections through Kansas city and Nashville (didn't even give us tickets to the Grand ole Opry). We got there at 2230 and got to our son's base at 0015. My question is this; why did they give our plane which was to fly to KC (1482 miles) and give it to those flying about 600 miles south into CA? Why didn't they make them wait, since most of us were going across country?

[@gregorymiely8049]

Left Bloomington, Illinois on Saturday about 2:00 p.m.; arrived Billings, Montana, Sunday just before midnight. At least Delta put me in a nice hotel Saturday night.

[@remitherat1548]

I was delayed for I think 10 hours. The biggest problem with that was that the shops closed about 6 hours after our flight was supposed to leave, so we had to get as many things as possible before they closed.

[@burkharts1]

Greetings from Tulsa! We don't get many 747's at KTUL

[@74gear]

well I haven't flown one into TUL, but I have flown into there a few times!

[@windwalker9508]

Some companies only do really tight connections though :)

[@stenson3]

As the guy that had Southwest change the boarding procedures to call “A list” members with a “B” or “C” position after A1-A30, I must push back on @74 Gear saying under no circumstances will the flight crew of the prior flight help with a tight connection. I have had it happen once. It was back when AirTran was flying, it was late at night, they talked to ground. It was baller. Still remember it like 20 years later.

[@MsCellobass]

Oh man! This may not be on the subject ( it kinda is) but I arrived at MCO TWO HOURS prior to my gate. And I kid you not there hundreds if not thousands of passengers going through security needles to,say I missed my flight! I HAVE NEVER MISSED A FLIGHT IN MY LIFE! ( the airport seemed like disorganized mess). At the gates the airline agent got me another flight to MIA where I was headed. But she did it so gingerly as if that was the norm😂

[@PatRNBSN]

I try to schedule at least a 90 minute layover or more, depending on which airport the connecting flight is. IN 2012, I flew to Guadalajara. Before flying home to New York, I had a flight from Guadalajara to Leon airport in Mexico to stay there for 1 week before flying home. The airline cancelled that flight and rebooked me to fly to Houston and then to Leon. They didn't give me enough time to get my luggage, go through customs, and get back on a flight to Leon. Of course, I missed my flight and customs couldn't believe that the airline had done that to me.

[@donalddawson3497]

Love your videos man. I’ve always admired pilots and tossed the idea around of becoming one myself. Coming across your channel has definitely relit that fire. FOR YOUR NEXT VIDEO: Maybe an story of an emergency you’ve had while flying? Or maybe explain the noises and phrases passengers hear while they are flying.

[@74gear]

funny you mention that, not the video today but next week I talk about turbulence and some noises to listen for! Thanks for subscribing Donald.