Is 50 minutes too short

[Whoppery5k]

Just seen a rather nice price for our holiday on travel republic.
Going though the motions and noticed MCO to Washington, then on to the UK.
Issue is the layover from mco in Washington is only 47 minutes.
That seems awfully short.
Having never done a lay over less than 3 hours I feel like that is cutting it way to fine.
Am I just over reacting or is 50 minutes just asking for trouble

[loldis]

On the way back, it's fine IF everything is on time because it's just a gate change. This can take a matter of minutes if your flights are in the same gate area. But that's a fairly big if, even a 10 minute delay in MCO could mean you'd miss your connection. It's not something I'd risk as you'd then have to wait for the next available UK flight.

Which airline is it with? If you search their flights directly, you may find they have an earlier flight you can book on for much the same price.

[Whoppery5k]

Originally Posted by loldis

On the way back, it's fine IF everything is on time because it's just a gate change. This can take a matter of minutes if your flights are in the same gate area. But that's a fairly big if, even a 10 minute delay in MCO could mean you'd miss your connection. It's not something I'd risk as you'd then have to wait for the next available UK flight.

Which airline is it with? If you search their flights directly, you may find they have an earlier flight you can book on for much the same price.

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United airlines

I'm having a look now to see what's about,
What would you say is min? 90mins

[loldis]

I'd be comfortable with 90 minutes. Should have decent choice with UA, they run several flights a day between MCO and IAD.

[Joshie1]

Incorrect advice given

[Whoppery5k]

Ok that settles that, would 2 hours each way be ok? 2 hours on way and 2 hours on way back

[BevS97]

2 hours on return is fine. On way out it all depends on the queue at immigration.

Bear in mind the second flight will start boarding before the departure time. On an international flight they can start boarding 15-30 minutes before.

[Whoppery5k]

Originally Posted by BevS97

2 hours on return is fine. On way out it all depends on the queue at immigration.

Bear in mind the second flight will start boarding before the departure time. On an international flight they can start boarding 15-30 minutes before.

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So LHR to Washington then to mco.
The Washington to mco leg you would leave how long?

[Peko]

Originally Posted by Joshie1

50 mins is from landing of your first plane to take off of your second flight - take into account time to gate from landing for first flight

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This is not correct. Airline schedules are “gate to gate”, the scheduled arrival time is the time the aircraft is scheduled to reach its parking stand (gate), not the landing time. Departure time is the time the aircraft is scheduled to push back from the gate, not take-off time.

United uses C and D gates at Dulles airport, so at worst it’s a walk between concourses. 50 mins is of course possible on the return, but not much contingency for delays, anything more than a 15-20 min delay and it would be pretty tight making the connection.

Do best in mind that if this is for next year, schedule changes are a distinct possibility, especially on the domestic flights.

[Joshie1]

Originally Posted by Peko

This is not correct. Airline schedules are “gate to gate”, the scheduled arrival time is the time the aircraft is scheduled to reach its parking stand (gate), not the landing time. Departure time is the time the aircraft is scheduled to push back from the gate, not take-off time.

United uses C and D gates at Dulles airport, so at worst it’s a walk between concourses. 50 mins is of course possible on the return, but not much contingency for delays, anything more than a 15-20 min delay and it would be pretty tight making the connection.

Do best in mind that if this is for next year, schedule changes are a distinct possibility, especially on the domestic flights.

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Thank you for clarifying - I’ll edit my post