By MONTY FORBESS (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #116) on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - 12:31 pm: |
Well there you go, had to go and brag on delta's schedule..started out perfect, only 1:38 turn-a-round in atlanta, just perfect, then in bonaire mid afternoon...just perfect,until airline sends change in schedule that makes our atlanta turn only 51 min..now i know that is doable, especially in atlanta,if, and of course that's where the big if is, the flight to atlanta leaves on time with no delays, if not....worried about no subsequent flights to get on, delta has one to aruba a little later, but looks pretty full already...shoulda knocked on wood..got our track shoes ready for the run
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By Tribs, Live From Bonaire in 10 Months (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6452) on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - 4:21 pm: |
Hang in there. I made a 5 minute connection in Miami the other day. I got real lucky. My plane landed two gates down from my next plane. Good thoughts for you and your tight connection. BTW...my luggage made it too.
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By MONTY FORBESS (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #117) on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - 4:36 pm: |
TRIBS..i'm callin you the day before to borrow some of your magic mojo...you know it's amazing some of the things age will do, 15 years ago, i wouldn't have even worried about a 51 min connection, of course it seems the airline industry was a little more consumer friendly back then, they actually seemed to care if you missed a flight or lost luggage
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By Tribs, Live From Bonaire in 10 Months (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6453) on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - 5:46 pm: |
I just got very lucky that day. I had a 40 minute connection originally in Miami and all of my flights were late that day. They were all over booked and needed to bump people and San Juan and Miami both had huge standby lists (over 30 people each). My husband had a similar story in Miami a few days before my flight and made a 21 minute connection. It can be done.
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By tim mcneil (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #1) on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - 7:50 pm: |
Just a thought, but it you think the connection it to tight, you could ask Delta to put you on an earlier flight (or one the night before if there is not an earlier one). Might be a lot easier than the alternative, and since they changed the flight time, they should do it free of charge. Good Luck!
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By Tribs, Live From Bonaire in 10 Months (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6457) on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 9:43 am: |
Tim...that varies on the airlines. AA moved my flights, which shortened my connection time, and would not reticket me for another flight unless I was willing to pay the $100.00 change fee. They did say they would gladly reticket me if I missed the flight, but to do so before the incident actually happened would cost me the fee.
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By TommyK (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #8) on Friday, July 18, 2008 - 12:52 pm: |
We had a 40 minute connection in ATL in March that turned into a 20 minute connection because our inbound to ATL was late and we still made it....barely. I sent my wife and 11yr old to run on ahead while I handled to carry-ons. The Delta gatekeeper was waiting in the hall for me and I was the last one on the plane. Checked bags didn't make it, though....
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By MONTY FORBESS (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #121) on Friday, July 18, 2008 - 1:12 pm: |
Tommy, if you don't mind me asking, how and when did they get your bags to bonaire?
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By TommyK (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #9) on Friday, July 18, 2008 - 1:30 pm: |
We weren't going to Bonaire, we were going to Montserrat. The Delta flight we barely caught was going to Antigua, where we connected to Montserrat on WinAir. The bags got to us 2 days later. I think they got to Antigua the next day, then to us on Montserrat the day after.
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By Brad Ford (BonaireTalker - Post #22) on Friday, July 18, 2008 - 1:59 pm: |
Call and get them to rebook on an earlier flight/day. 51 minutes... man. All it would take would be the moon to be in the wrong phase or the creek to be rising and you'd be cooked.
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By MONTY FORBESS (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #122) on Friday, July 18, 2008 - 2:26 pm: |
And that's where the rub comes in, can't take off the day before due to work and no flights late enough to make it to atlanta the evening before..not sure how delta would get the bags down, in the event we did make it and they didn't since that's the only flight till the following sat..will be holding our breaths until the first flight pulls up to the gate..at least atlanta is fairly easy to moto through, but still, this is our bonaire trip, not just a normal vacation, this is bonaire, they just don't understand at the airline..passenger rights, at least in my mind, have gone down the tube the last 2 years
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By Becky H - majorly into PBD (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1783) on Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 9:55 am: |
Monty,
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By MONTY FORBESS (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #123) on Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 11:04 am: |
Thanks Becky...so, guess it won't hurt asking, anybody going to bonaire by way of Jackson,ms on Oct 18th....can always wish for half of the plane
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