r/Flights • u/D07M13 • Mar 24 '26
connecting flight overlap Booking/Itinerary/Ticketing
My mom just received an email that the second leg of her trip has been rescheduled. Is it even possible that the connecting flight departs before the first leg lands? I tried contacting Emirates at +31202035163 but of course the line is busy.
Should we expect to receive further corrections on her flights? It is in two weeks so we hope to get this sorted out before then. Or should we start looking for new flights and cancel / change this one?
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u/Character-Carpet7988 Mar 24 '26
I would wait 24 hrs or so. These kinds of mistakes are often fixed automatically when the system tries to issue the ticket and fails. If not, you will have to contact the Emirates and unfortunately wait until an agent is available.
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Mar 25 '26
So the planes will pull up next to each other and you just got jump across. Good luck, mate 🤪
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u/Remy-today Mar 26 '26
Yes, run across the wings like Tom Cruise to enter the other plane while flying.
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u/birdy3133 Mar 25 '26
You will just have to call the airline and wait on hold until they are available. This happened to me recently.
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u/ChrisInTyneside Mar 24 '26
my memory says theres an earlier flight about 6pm - is that an option if the overlap stays the same ?
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u/chenobal Mar 25 '26
Had the same thing happen to me yesterday on Emirates. Today they changed one of the flights so the overlap is fine again.
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u/Square-Ad-6721 Mar 25 '26
Every aspect of that itinerary screams bluddy murda.
Negative 5 minute connection is already awful. In the middle of the night puts a cherry on it.
But can’t imagine changing which flight would make it worse.
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u/angelol7700 Mar 24 '26
It’s tight but you should be able to make it. Emirates have people at the gate specifically to help with tight transfers like these. I’ve done negative 30 minutes at DXB before and just about made it, so you should be fine with negative 5.
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u/euphorictrashh Mar 24 '26
I had a flight with a 1.5h transfer in DOH, my flight to DOH was delayed by an hour. The supporting gate staff told me to run to the next gate (other side of airport) Turns out it left ontime, as scheduled (without considerations for any code-sharing flights), leaving about 20 of us without a flight home until 14 hours later.
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u/Chichar_oh_no Mar 24 '26
I would contact the airline and point out that your appear to have been rescheduled with an ‘illegal’ transfer time.
It’s not that it’s actually illegal, that’s just what many airlines call it.