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Is a 40 minute layover for an international flight doable in Houston?
Posted on 11/29/22 at 9:32 pm
Posted on 11/29/22 at 9:32 pm
Is this a set up for a missed flight?
Crazy thing is if I book from Houston to AMS it's more than MSY.
Crazy thing is if I book from Houston to AMS it's more than MSY.
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Posted on 11/29/22 at 9:45 pm to Napoleon
Probably leaving out of the international terminal D. Pretty much the same chance as any other domestic flight in different terminals. Would be much worse if you only had 40 minutes the other way trying to get back in the US.
Posted on 11/29/22 at 9:52 pm to Napoleon
It’s doable with no delays. Any delay out of MSY or into IAH and you’re toast. I personally wouldn’t do it, but to each his own. Can’t get on an earlier MSY-IAH flight?
Posted on 11/29/22 at 9:56 pm to Humpty Grumpy
Another thing to consider, that flight is not 1h26m.. moreso about 1h10m gate to gate
However it still has to leave on time
I wouldn't risk it to get stuck in Houston, 5 hours from where you started. Now if it was Amsterdam
However it still has to leave on time
I wouldn't risk it to get stuck in Houston, 5 hours from where you started. Now if it was Amsterdam
This post was edited on 11/30/22 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 11/29/22 at 10:08 pm to Napoleon
If you delay out of MSY, have them reroute you MSY-IAD-AMS or MSY-EWR-AMS
Posted on 11/30/22 at 3:16 am to Napoleon
You’ll land in E or C and might have to change terminals to D if flying KLM. If there are no delays you should be able to make it, but it will be very close.
I’d get an earlier flight and go have a few beers for the overnighter.
I’d get an earlier flight and go have a few beers for the overnighter.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 7:38 am to Humpty Grumpy
Ha. Found this same itinerary for $30 more that gets to Houston with a 3 hour layover. I hate layovers longer than 2 hours. But missed flights that turn into multi trip layovers are the worst.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 9:14 am to PassGassed
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Another thing to consider, that flight is not 1h26m.. moreso about 1h10m gate to gate
This. 1:26 is the block time not the flight time. United pads their block time for more favorable delay reporting. Flight time is like 46 minutes MSY-IAH. You'd probably end up with closer to 1 hour layover which is usually fine at IAH.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 3:10 pm to Napoleon
I wouldn't do it.
Posted on 12/1/22 at 7:08 pm to Napoleon
I wouldn’t, they usually close the aircraft doors about 30 mins before departure for long haul international. I would never book anything less than a 1.5 hour connection for long haul but that’s just me.
Posted on 12/3/22 at 5:37 am to Napoleon
I’ve done it before. It worked out well for me on that trip but a couple of times I’ve flown long haul flights with very short connection times where I made it but checked bag’s didn’t
Posted on 12/3/22 at 6:37 am to Napoleon
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Is a 40 minute layover for an international flight doable in Houston?
Yes, as long as original is on time.
Can walk C/D/E terminals within 10min. I'd assume the 737 will go into C terminal and then you can walk through E to get to D (screw the tram)
Hell, I did a 40 min layover HOU to SF and SF to HKG.
This post was edited on 12/3/22 at 6:39 am
Posted on 12/3/22 at 6:23 pm to Napoleon
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MSY - AMS
quote:Once you get to Schiphol, I wouldn’t recommend that you head about 141 miles due South.
Napoleon
You’ll again be at your Waterloo.
Have a good trip!
Posted on 12/4/22 at 7:57 am to Napoleon
Nowadays anything less than an hour isn’t worth it.
Posted on 12/4/22 at 11:43 am to Clark W Griswold
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Nowadays anything less than an hour isn’t worth it.
This. I don't know why you'd risk it, you could very easily get stuck in town and lose a whole day of your trip on an international flight.
International flights start boarding an hour prior to departure, so you need to be at the gate at least before that. I understand you don't have to, but its just not worth the stress of starting a big trip out by not getting there 2-3 hours early.
ETA: I'm by no means someone that stresses about this but I just returned from an international trip and parts of it were chaos. Gotta add plenty of time these days.
This post was edited on 12/4/22 at 11:46 am
Posted on 12/5/22 at 9:34 am to Napoleon
I flew out of and into George Bush last weekend. Just a heads up, one of the trams was down. It took 20 mins to get from D to B.
Posted on 12/5/22 at 10:16 am to Napoleon
No delays and you should be fine. Not really sure it matters that it’s an international flight. If the first flight is on time you won’t have any issues. If not you’ll be running
Posted on 12/5/22 at 10:23 am to Clark W Griswold
quote:but also this. I flew BTR to IAH yesterday for a flight to Toronto. Was delayed 30 minutes in Baton Rouge for reasons they wouldn’t say and had to book it to the next gate
Nowadays anything less than an hour isn’t worth it.
Had a 1 hour connection
This post was edited on 12/5/22 at 10:24 am
Posted on 12/5/22 at 10:28 am to baldona
quote:yeah lord help you if you have a connection in Europe or something. I connected through Paris a few months ago with 2.5 hour layover and still damn near missed my flight back to the US. A total shite show
ETA: I'm by no means someone that stresses about this but I just returned from an international trip and parts of it were chaos. Gotta add plenty of time these days.
Posted on 12/5/22 at 10:45 am to Napoleon
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Crazy thing is if I book from Houston to AMS it's more than MSY.
You can skip it, but don't do this very often, they will ban you.
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