 Atlanta connection time
In message <3ebdurF27lqhU1@>, at 10:43:40 on Tue, 10 May
2005, Linedancer <me@> remarked:
>I have just booked a flight from Man to Las with Delta, our connection time
>in Atlanta looks quite tight : arrival time in Atlanta 4:05 pm . flight to
>Vegas leaves at 5:25 pm
>
>We were there in April and it took ages through immigration, then our bags
>didn't come through until the last, we had just about given them up when
>the last few arrived.
>
>What happens if we don't make the connection, I assume that we will possibly
>be put on the next available flight, but the flights to Vegas are usually
>full.
>
>I made the reservation direct with Delta, so I would have imagined that they
>thought the connection time was ok.
Having been through Atlanta many times, unless things have improved
radically in the last year, this schedule is impossible.
The problem with Atlanta is that arriving International passengers are
mixed up with arriving/departing domestic passengers, so *after* you've
queued for immigration, and collected your bags, you have to go through
security screening [1]. From that point on, it should only be about 10
minutes to the domestic gate.
What was it like in April?
[1] You'd have to do this at any airport where you were catching a
connecting flight, the particular problem with Atlanta is that even
people whose destination is Atlanta have to be screened, so the queues
are long.
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Roland Perry | 
