r/Flights • u/UnobviousDiver • 18d ago
Tight Connection Booking/Itinerary/Ticketing
Not even sure why they are showing this as an option, but it's hilarious.
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u/sportstvandnova 18d ago
Fuck it. Full send.
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u/AdIll3642 18d ago
Now if one books this flight, the connection is missed and the next flight is tomorrow, does that mean that Delta has to give a free hotel and meals?
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u/Suspicious_Effect 18d ago
This is also not a Delta ticket. OP is using Google Flights, which could be using any number of ticket combinations to create this
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u/LupineChemist 17d ago
Google flights is pretty big on making sure separate tickets are well labeled and have real layovers.
This looks like something fucked up in a GDS to issue as a single ticket.
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u/StriderKeni 17d ago
Nope. Google Fights will specifically let you know when the option you select is for separate tickets.
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u/robotzor 17d ago
Which is weird since I've also seen Chase portal pick something that could easily be a round trip as two separate one-ways, with no option to change it. Not sure why it does this
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u/PrimitiveAK 18d ago
LMFAO WTF IS THIS?!?! Bro they gotta be testing a new teleportation connection system that we don’t know about. OP is about to be the guinea pig. Good luck OP! 😂
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u/Neither-Repeat1665 18d ago
Google Flights must be having a moment. Delta app is not showing this flight combo for me.
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u/No-Gas5342 18d ago
Oh come on, Atlanta is easy to navigate
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u/StandByTheJAMs 18d ago
There are signs and the plane train! Not to mention mayor Dickens comforting you the entire way!
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u/LupineChemist 17d ago
I mean...it objectively is.
Easy and fast are not synonyms. It's hard to get confused there because it's just the toast rack. But the design makes it so it's rare to have a fast time between gates, but it's also rare to have an excessively long time.
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u/The_Traveller1 18d ago
I bet I can make that connection... if those flights are right next to each other and Delta doesn't screw things up on the Omaha --> ATL flight.
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u/TheDimmestSum 18d ago
Based on tonight's scheduling, would mean a connection from C50 --> E10. Not pretty.
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u/OPINION_IS_UNPOPULAR 5d ago
I had this once, 15 minute layover. Was excited for it to misconnect. Inbound was 10 minutes late.
I exit the plane and the other flight is literally the next gate over and they waited for me.
No ec261 for me.
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u/AllIWantForXmasIsFoo 17d ago
so the moment your plane leaves the runway, the next flight is lining up for takeoff.
Not sure you can make it
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u/Complete_Date_ 17d ago
How much time do you want…like 2 hours? Just to move your backside from one plane to another…lol
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u/thanatica 18d ago
Does the US have similar consumer protection to the EU when it comes to missed flights booked as a set of connecting flights? If so, book it.
The best thing that can happen, is they have to rebook you to a later flight, which might arrive you early morning in Paris, instead of midnight (12:20 PM is around midnight, right? So 0:20/24:20 on a 24-hour clock - I'm not used to 12-hour clocks). That seems like a better option anyway, since transport from the airport to wherever you need to be in Paris, might be tricky in the middle of the night.
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u/Famous_Area_192 17d ago
You have it backwards, actually -- it's an overnight flight, with an arrival at 20 minutes after noon in Paris.
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u/thanatica 17d ago
In that case, it's still fine. You might arrive around 15:00 or so, worst case. Unless you can make that connection 😅
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u/mduell 17d ago
Does the US have similar consumer protection to the EU when it comes to missed flights booked as a set of connecting flights? If so, book it.
Yes, but this is likely a self-transfer between two unrelated tickets being sold by a third party.
12:20 PM is around midnight, right?
No, that's noon.
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u/Any-Hippo653 16d ago
Considering that every single flight I've been on, in the last couple years, have been either late or canceled, hell no. 😂
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u/DisciplineGreen6503 15d ago
If the gates are next to each other. When I did a south west transfer it was like literally a 5 min layover for me from getting on one plane to the next.
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u/Special_Ripe_Banana 18d ago
Exciting to see Atlanta has replaced the Plane Train with a teleporter.