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Travel time between terminals at Dulles
I'll be arriving back in the U.S. from a visit to Britain on June 10,
2008. I'm flying United from London to Dulles, and will have a United Express connecting flight from Dulles to my final destination. My flight from LHR is scdeduled to land at 7:34 pm, and the flight I must catch leaves from an A gate at 9:15 pm. With only 1:41 between flights, I wonder if I will have enought time to catch the connecting flight, Tthe horror stories I have seen online dealing with average times required to pass through immigration and customs at Dulles are rather dated. I know the time required depends, among other things, on how many planes are landing close together and how many lanes are staffed at a given time, but does it still often requiring an hour or more just to clear Dulles immigration and customs and recheck luggage? Thanks in advance for anyone's opinions or suggestions. |
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Travel time between terminals at Dulles
"John Campbell" wrote in message ... I'll be arriving back in the U.S. from a visit to Britain on June 10, 2008. I'm flying United from London to Dulles, and will have a United Express connecting flight from Dulles to my final destination. My flight from LHR is scdeduled to land at 7:34 pm, and the flight I must catch leaves from an A gate at 9:15 pm. With only 1:41 between flights, I wonder if I will have enought time to catch the connecting flight, Tthe horror stories I have seen online dealing with average times required to pass through immigration and customs at Dulles are rather dated. I know the time required depends, among other things, on how many planes are landing close together and how many lanes are staffed at a given time, but does it still often requiring an hour or more just to clear Dulles immigration and customs and recheck luggage? Thanks in advance for anyone's opinions or suggestions. If the 1:41 is part of a through ticket (all the flights on one ticket) then it will have been set by the airline(s) involved and while that is no guarantee is likely to be OK. If, however, you have purchased separate tickets and simply decided that "should" be enough time then the first step is to determine whether that is actually a connection they would offer. If it is not then you may have an issue. If it is one they would normally offer then return to my first answer with the following caveat: Strictly speaking one ticket = one contract and the airline has some responsibility for getting you to your ulimtae destination - they probably won't hold the connection for one person but they should provide an alternative (although that may not be until the next day0. However, if you hold two separate tickets their responsibility on the first ticket ends at Dulles. Only when you've managed to check in again does any form of responsibility start again. Now, that's a UK centric view - it's my understanding that US carriers may not be quite so black and white (and let's face it, the view I've put forward mya be "official" policy of many UK airlines what happens on the ground is often something different). |
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Travel time between terminals at Dulles
On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:28:14 -0000, "Graham Harrison"
wrote: If the 1:41 is part of a through ticket (all the flights on one ticket) then it will have been set by the airline(s) involved and while that is no guarantee is likely to be OK. Sorry, I didn't think to specify that I am on a through ticket. Trouble is, airlines will sometimes offer tickets with as little as 40 minutes between flight segments, which is questionable in this day and age. So my question is, on a typical day at Dulles (if there is such a thing), between the hours of 4:30 and 5 pm would I have time to get through immigration and customs, recheck baggage, and get from international arrivals to an A gate? All within one hour and 41 minutes? |
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Travel time between terminals at Dulles
"John Campbell" wrote in message ... I'll be arriving back in the U.S. from a visit to Britain on June 10, 2008. I'm flying United from London to Dulles, and will have a United Express connecting flight from Dulles to my final destination. My flight from LHR is scdeduled to land at 7:34 pm, and the flight I must catch leaves from an A gate at 9:15 pm. With only 1:41 between flights, I wonder if I will have enought time to catch the connecting flight, Tthe horror stories I have seen online dealing with average times required to pass through immigration and customs at Dulles are rather dated. I know the time required depends, among other things, on how many planes are landing close together and how many lanes are staffed at a given time, but does it still often requiring an hour or more just to clear Dulles immigration and customs and recheck luggage? Thanks in advance for anyone's opinions or suggestions. If you'reon time youll be fine. The flights are well after the "rush hours" |
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