Missing connection flight in Chicago - what happens?

i%26#39;m flying to vegas from the uk via Chicago and have 100mins to catch my connections. With the increased security, what happens if I miss my connecting flight to vegas cos it took a long time getting thru immigration.

My flight to chicago is with BMI and my connecting flight is with Us Airways/America West and I booked thru Expedia. I booked the flights together - they were an option that expedia gave me, so not really booked seperately.

Missing connection flight in Chicago - what happens?

I wrote a similar question yesterday as I am also on manchester

las vegas via Chicago flight pick up the thread by doing a search on BMI there seems to be a lot of us panicing due to the hightened security

Missing connection flight in Chicago - what happens?

As the airline allowed your flights to be booked deeming your connecting time to be acceptable, it%26#39;s their responsibilty to get you to your final destination should you not make the connection due to no fault of your own. They%26#39;ll put you on another flight (either one of their own or with a different airline) leaving later. Their responsibility is to get you there %26#39;in a reasonable amount of time%26#39; which admittedly isn%26#39;t that specific.

This has happened to me a few times and 9 times out of 10 the various airlines involved have been pretty good at fixing the problem without too much delay. The worse case scenario for you is maybe an extra 3-4 hours at Chicago.

Your lucky we arrive in chicago at 13:20 and don%26#39;t leave intill 16:55. what is there oto do in chicago airport for so long

I%26#39;ve missed a connection in Chicago from the UK, I was put on the next flight 2 hrs later.

just had some scran and pottered about, it soon passed.

Henry

';just had some scran and pottered about';

Huh?

blagger is correct. They are obligated to get you there by contract.

You may not have to worry too much though. The TSA is planning to relax the security very soon. Remember you heard it here first.

Sorry to be a spoil sport but from my experience pre the latest security alert 100mins is not nearly enough, cant see it being nearly enough now. Dont worry tho they will get you there one way or another.

Scran BTW is food and pottering about is just wandering around for those of you wondering lol

Best thing is not to worry you will be fine ok, and I hope you have a great time in Vegas.

I would contact expedia and they should change the flights for you, I had a similar problem with a change time also booked via expedia, i phoned them up ready to complain about them offering inapropriate flights and they apologised and changed them for us no problem, we now have 3 hours to change. They did say that had we not changed them they would have got us on the next available flight but if the next flight is full you could be in for a long wait, best to call them and be booked onto it

we have similar problem but changing at Philadelphia. Original flight returing to UK gave us 1hr 35mins which USAirways says is the legal requirement as your luggage goes straight thru from Vegas . Now with a flight times changing they are only allowing us 74mins to get from one terminal to another??? Called expedia who say that the airline says this is ample time but even if it is according to seatguru etc US Airways flights only arrive fromVegas on time 40% of the time HELPPPPP.

Have asked for extra days holiday from work just in case but am really more worried about having to try and hurry up my dad who is 73 and does get bother with one of his legs when walking.

Do you think expedia would listen if i mentioned seatguru etc [did say to call again couple days before we leave UK] Any advice on this one will be greatly appreciated

Sharon

shazzer - for your dad request whelchair assistance ahead of time. both arriving and departing chicago. that will help tremendously - do this in advance and confirm again when you leave your origination city.

Hi

I%26#39;m flying with BMI from Manchester to Vegas via Chicago with only a 1hr 25 min connection.

I got in touch with who I booked with - Expedia and they were not very sympethetic. After being put on hold for 5-10 mins, I was told that if I wanted to change my internal flight I would have to pay 拢70 pp.

I have now got their email address to complain, as why should I have to do all the worrying about going through US immigration and dash through the airport to get to another termainal which is on the other side.