Travel Secrets for Connecting Flights | Airline Pilot Explains 

I only missed a connecting flight once. I was all stressed out when I landed in Florida. Went to the service desk and they had already had us re-booked on a flight 2 hours later. Hung out, had dinner and a beer. Made my flight. No stress.

On one flight I was on, we were arriving late and the flight attendants had a list of who had which connecting flights and asked us, for the sake of people with tight connections, to let those people get off first as she called them in order of how soon their next flight was leaving. When the seat belt sign went off they read, "Flight 456 to Tuscon, three passengers," and those people got up and started getting their stuff. "Flight 4229 to Ft. Lauderdale, one passenger," etc. Everybody sat tight until the people with tight connections got off, then everybody else did so. Why isn't that routine when people have tight connections? I was one of the people who didn't have a connecting flight but had no problem whatsoever with sitting tight until those other people got off.

Travel tip I was always taught. If you have to transfer a connecting flight, as much as possible always stay with the same airline. If you switch airlines, both of them could say that

My tips based on my own experience: - Just because an airline is selling a connection it does not mean it works. Many times I saw international flights with 30-40 minute connections that you're very likely to miss if there are any delays. Check alternate flights and give yourself time. - On international flights: if your connection is super tight (e.g. you got off the plane at the same time they started boarding your connection) and it's on a flight sold by the same airline, once you enter the airport check for airline employees near the gate. They often are there waiting for people and can speed up the transit time. I've been led by them almost running through alternate hallways, been sent to alternate security checks without a queue, or been helped to skip a long security check queue.

As much as I hate sitting around airports, I try to schedule a two-hour layover. Let's just say I learned the hard way a long time ago.

"Do you want me to facetime your hamster...." ROFL! That made me actually laugh.

The last time I had to make a connection I scheduled it for just about an hour between flights. Naturally the first flight was almost an hour delayed so the second I got off the plane I had to sprint from one end of Denver airport to the other. Got to my connection gate only to see the door closed. Heart sank for a second until I asked the gate agent if the flight left. Turns out the connecting flight had been delayed too and they hadn’t even started boarding yet.

AC Flight from SanFran to Montreal then connecting to Ottawa started fine until customs left us with 0 minutes to the Ottawa departure. It was the last flight of the day so we made our way to the CS counter near the gate to see what the evening arrangements could be. Outside the window by the counter was a 767 just sitting there. We joked in the line of 15+ stranded lost connectors that maybe that's our plane. 10 minutes later a captain comes around the corner and approaches the line asking if we were all headed to Ottawa, he was holding the flight for all of us. He was more aware then the counter rep, thank goodness :-) Thanks for sharing and making great videos!

Great advice, had that experience once in Dallas, I didn't say anything, just hustled over to my connecting flight. The gate agent seemed to know my 1st flight was late and commended me on my getting over so quickly. The mystery to me is how they still manage to get checked luggage transfered over just as fast.

I once had my connecting flight delayed. 🛬 When I landed (at Dulles) I had only 5 minutes to basically get my carry on, and since I didn't see the (tram ?), I ran like hell to get from one side of the airport to the gate - d--n near on the other side! My dad had bought the ticket for me to come to Los Angeles for a visit about a month ago. If I had missed my flight, I'd been stuck in a city that none of my relatives live. And I sure as hell didn't have the extra money for motel and a new plane ticket. It was only by the grace of God I made that connection! 🛫

Do people really ask flight attendants and pilots to call their gate and hold the plane? That sounds nuts.

I once flew from Graz Austria to Vienna and had a connecting flight to Luxembourg. We arrived late. It seems I was the only one with a connection (to Luxembourg on Luxair) and they sent a car which met me at the steps on the parking area and took me across the tarmac to the steps of the Luxair connecting flight. I think I had cabin luggage only. Talk about service!

My experience is that the bad experience begins when you book the flight If you are offered a connecting time of less than an hour REFUSE IT !!!

When I look back on my flying history, most close connections (< 1/2 hour) I have made no problem. When I don't make it I just don't sweat it. Have a beer, get something to eat, meet someone new, catch up on work or reading... world ain't gonna end.

That Intro was hilarious Kelsey! 😂😂😂 Mr.Snuggles! Hahahahaha

Your cut aways are EPIC. LOVE IT!!

I see 2 scenarios, 1 I am connecting to a short haul flight, in which case, no need to worry, there will likely be later departure within a couple of hours. 2 if connecting to a long haul flight, maybe with passport control etc. I would ask the FA if I could be prioritized for de-boarding.

Great video! Thank you for taking the extra time out of your already busy schedule to put these together.

Love your videos brother keep up the Great work 👍

I've had a connecting flight wait for just me. I was dead last getting on the flight, probably 20 mins late or better due to weather and coach was full so I was forced to sit in first class... People were looking at me with that, "Who the heck is this guy?" look on their face. I should have at least had a red six pack cooler with a donor organ in it!

I was in the Navy and flying home on leave for Christmas from Norfolk, Va en route to a new duty station. I didn't make the travel arrangements, the Navy did. I was taking a regional and then a Delta to DFW. Seated next to me was a Delta FO deadheading to Atlanta. We chatted a bit during the flight because we were both in uniform. During our second stop, in South Carolina, the flight was delayed going ATL. I was worried about the connector in ATL. When we were almost on the grown in ATL, the FO said "Come with me when we land" and we get off the plane. He had a golf cart waiting and zipped me over to my next gate, in a different zip code (LOL). ATL is HUGE. Thanks to this Delta FO I made my connector. My bags showed up a day later but at least I made it home for Christmas on time.

So addicted to your channel. You explain everything so well and give us a new perspective of flying. Thanks!

The frustrating thing is when airline pricing encourages super-tight connections. I often fly ZRH-FRA-ATL. The cheapest connection has an impossibly tight 1 hour layover in Frankfurt. If I want to book an earlier flight out of Zurich, Lufthansa often wants to charge $300 more.

The best thing I got out of this video is that I finally found a youtuber who knows well enough to turn the background music down low enough so I can hear you voice over clearly.

Great video! Had three flights in 48hrs cancelled in DFW years ago due to ice. Even flight crews were wandering aimlessly.

TBH: the best chance that your connecting flight gets pushed back to accommodate a late arrival plane is that there are multiple first or business class passengers on the late inbound flight that you are also on and are late for the same next flight you’re on.

Love your videos man. I’ve always admired pilots and tossed the idea around of becoming one myself. Coming across your channel has definitely relit that fire. FOR YOUR NEXT VIDEO: Maybe an story of an emergency you’ve had while flying? Or maybe explain the noises and phrases passengers hear while they are flying.

Such great advice! And … if you’re spending a fortune on a cruise, spend a little more and fly to your port the day before. Cruise ships don’t wait for anyone 😂. Missing a connecting flight that requires you to wait for next available might have you landing at about the time your ship departs.

When I was in the Army and transporting a prisoner from Missouri to El Paso via Dallas in 1976, we were going to be late to Dallas because of weather en route. I did request the stewardess to ask the pilot to radio ahead and hold the next flight as there was no other flight to El-Paso that day and we had no means to lock up the prisoner overnight. They did so for us that one time. We even got a police car ride to the next gate.

Wanted to chime in and say this intro music is my favorite in the entirety of your channel. Love the content Kelsey!

People are afraid of flying, well, I'm afraid of airports, delays, unexpected layovers, lost bags, dirty busy toilets, expensive shitty food, and so on. Finally getting to an airplane and taking off is always a big relief for me.

As a former gate agent for Southwest, when we "opened" the flight an hour before departure, one of the procedures was to check for late arrivals making a connection to our flight. We would then inform the operations agent of that flight how many would be late and they would begin their procedures if the flight could be delayed. Several factors involved were "when is next flight", "is this the last flight of the day", "crew scheduling" and even weather. While in flight on several airlines I've heard the Flight Attendants make announcements for connecting gates.

FaceTime your hamster!🤣🤣🤣🐹🐹

Wow! I just tried to find this information, I have a flight from JFK to BUD with connection in Toronto next week! Thanks 🙏 Love your videos, every time is better and better! Way to go! 👏🏻👌🏻🤩🤩🤩

Omg, your vids are getting better and better! I still know the time you had 20subs!

Craziest delay. I got to the airport over an hour ahead of my flight, but security was slow, and I was still in the security line when my flight was supposed to depart. I got out of security ready to ask for the next available flight only to see that my flight was being delayed for 1.5hrs from Denver to Los Angeles because of fog at LAX. To my relief, I made original my flight. 🙂 Shortest connection was when I was in the army (early 90s) traveling on orders (the unit booked our flights) with a few other soldiers, we landed with 20 minutes to get to our next gate which was all the way across the terminal to so we ran the whole way and just made our flight before they closed the door. When I plan for a connection, I typically leave about 1 to 1.5 hrs for my connection. I'm not into creating stress or drama for myself.

I was on a late flight into Vienna once and it wasn't until I landed that I realised I had maybe 15 minutes to get to my next flight, so off i got and then started running - far too late of course. Found the Austrian Airlines desk and it was like they were waiting for me, already had me sorted out for the next flight along with a 10 Euro voucher for a meal and drink while I waited! Excellent service :)

I have flown only once since I got out of the Army, but I remember December of '90 I was flying Pan Am from San Francisco to Frankfurt with a stop at JFK in NY. The stop was supposed to only be, I think, 20 min for a quick passenger swap and those of us going to Germany didn't have to deplane. But about 5 min after those who were getting off in NY had deplaned the rest of us were asked to deplane as there was a maintenance issue that safety rules required all passengers to deplane. I'm not sure if I eventually got back on the same plane or different one but I remember they had us move to a different gate and wait. The layover instead of being 20 min was closer to 90 min.

20 minutes... "why would you do that". love it. Been on a plane since five. Bottom line, enjoy your direct sarcastic side as a pilot. Intelligent and down to earth. thanks from van island

Hahaha your sarcastic humor is very humorous Cap, nice work!

Good tips. We travel a lot & always consider connection times. Airlines have short timed us & we always check in early so we ask if we can be put out on an earlier flight when reservations refused to change it without a fee. Another airline we had a good connection time with (2 hours) changed our booking & I noticed a connection of 25 minutes (less the 10 gate closure) & mentioned it to reservations. The girl said it was plenty of time. We were travelling out of Montreal in December, connecting Cincinnati for LA then to Tahiti. I mentioned de-icing delays & her reply was that I wouldn't know if it will happen." Canada in December 7AM flight- yeah, it's almost a certainty with frost. Not only that, we had to connect through a different terminal. She changed it to another flight & plenty of time for our flights.

I always look at the terminal maps at the back of the magazines to learn the layout at connecting airports, but I didn't think about installing airline apps when traveling. Thanks. I enjoy your videos. Keep the blue side up.

I really enjoy watching your Videos...I fly often...and relate to all you say...keep up all the good work. Peace be with you.!!!

Great advice! Thanks man 👍🏻

Well, this is an old video, but I just have to write about the worst missed connection delay I have ever been involved in. In Dec 2018, my wife and I were headed back to the US for Christmas from our home in Japan. We took a United flight from Narita to Chicago Ohare and had a connecting flight for my hometown departing 4.5 hours after out scheduled arrival. Plenty of time to get through customs and immigration. Always had been before. But this was our first, and hopefully very last time through customs/immigrations at Chicago. There was mass confusion as soon as which hit the first stage with some guy---immigrationS? drunken bum?---in civies yelling at everyone (many who did not understand English well, even when listening to a sane person---yelling "Come on People, it's not so hard!" Well, it was because there was no way to know what to do or where to go except follow the line and then go to a computer you had likely never seen nor used and enter information for some reason you couldn't understand. (O'hare is the only US immigrations/customs I have seen that uses this system. Long story short, it took use over 4 hours to get through that mess, by which time we were too late to make our connecting flight---even though we had arrived 20 some minutes early. We had to stay in at an airport hotel for nearly 26 hours awaiting our the next available connecting flight. And it was late due to weather or something. I avoid Chicago it at all possible now. There is nothing any airline or crew could do anything to improve the horrible mess that is customs/immigrations at O'Hare

In the years after 911, I was traveling to WDW with my young son. We connected through DFW. We had a short, but doable connection time. HOWEVER……as we were riding the SkyLink…..they put the SkyLink system in lockdown because someone on another train found an unattended “item” on the train! So, we sat…..and missed our connection. But, I guess the reservation system “knew” which terminals we were going through, and when we finally got off the train, found out that they had rebooked us on the next flight❣️❣️ I was one relieved and grateful Mom❣️

Big fan! Keep up the good work, love the videos.

Your channel is awesome. Great to get a perspective from a real pilot and not all the other people making claims about stuff they don't really know. Keep up the great content. By the way, what does "74Gear" stand for?

Great information for all air travelers! Thanks for the vid... only now I'm worried about Mr Snuggles 😦

I had a flight once with low cost carrier Jetstar from Melbourne to Ho Chi Minh City nonstop with an STD of 15:25, we arrived at the airport at 12:30, way more than enough time, but when we got there we were greeted by a delay till 17:00, which at that point we thought it was convenient as we would have some extra time for lunch. Our aircraft, a 787-8, was at the gate at 2pm, there was no communication about the reason for the delay either. By 16:20, the delayed boarding time on our boarding passes there was no announcement made, absolutely nothing, so we sat tight for a little longer as a line of impatient individuals formed. By 17:00, an announcement of a further delay STILL hadn't been made and the line stretched all the way down the gate lounge. Only at 17:30 the ETD on the BOARD changed to 19:00, still no verbal announcement though, and the gate agents were just sitting there with straight faces. We were sitting there until 19:00 when a boarding announcement was FINALLY made and left at 20:00. a 4 and a half hour delay and 5 hours of sitting in a gate lounge with no communication from the Jetstar staff. Note: Melbourne is Jetstar's main hub as well! What a dissapointment!

Very helpful video, thanks mate!!!

As much as I love the new direction Kelsey's going with his channel, I do sometimes get a kick out of these old videos! This explains something I always wondered about. In my 2 1/2 years of flying from ship to ship and back to shore, I only had one tight connection, right when I flew out to start my new job. After that point, either the company's professionals booked great connections for me, or I gave myself plenty of transfer time, because of that one time I had to run... The company booked a four-leg flight across the US, and because my family has a lot of lost-luggage horror stories, I double-checked my luggage at every airport, especially since the airline swapped me to a different flight for one leg. At the last leg, onto a regional carrier, the airline employee was nice enough to point out that I had a long trek to my gate and not much time. I ended up jogging with my heavy backpack and laptop case (I don't believe in filling up half of an overhead bin with a wheeled "carry-on" monstrosity), but when I made it to the gate agent, she told me, "We wouldn't have left without you." Wait... what? I realized the people I'd asked about my luggage had called ahead for me, but I could never believe, until I heard it just now from Kelsey, that aircrews had any leeway *at all* to wait for passengers! After that, whenever I had to book my own flight, I would make sure to build plenty of time in between connections, not only to get to the next gate in time, but also because I learned I preferred the cheaper transfer flights to sitting in one seat in economy for four hours or more. Other than some back pain and ringing ears, I actually really miss all the flying I used to do when I worked on ships for a living...

I once had a connection flight with 45 min time window and my first flight got delayed due to heavy snow. By the time we arrived at the first destination the plane for the second flight should have departed one hour ago xD. However the flight was with the same airline and turns out they were actually going to use the same plane so we just casually got off and got back in with everyone else from that airport who were quite upset about the delay as well but it worked out for me! We ended up delayed by like 2 hours lol but I guess that's just low cost airline tactics as when I got the ticket they sold it as one trip, didn't even realise it was a connecting flight at first, till it asked me to select seats twice haha

Excellent info!

If you haven't already I'd love to see to you make a video of how to get to and from an airport. That's the part I struggle with most. There's just so many options and what not and it's difficult to know which way and what to do when trying to get to the point where you go through security.

I am very impressed with the editing

thank you so much it’s my first time to take long hour flight i’m going to canada to see my husband thank you so much sir👍🏻🙏🏻

Amazing video, like always

Wow, this was very helpful and informative to a great many, I'm sure.! Thank you for confirming what some have learned the hard way. Thumbs Up To You...!

One time I was connecting in Phoenix on the first day of daylight savings time - except Arizona doesn't use DST - I was my own travel agent so I thought I had full 90 minutes with no checked baggage, just my carry-on. I made the very critical connection (for me) as they were boarding - because I was arriving from L.A. in fact I only had 30 minutes!

Longest I’ve been delayed was about 20 hours, LA going back home to Australia. We boarded the flight but I guess there was some kind of engineering issue they couldn’t fix and after about the third time telling us they were trying to restart whatever system I was honestly a bit relieved when they told us to disembark and they were getting a new plane for us the next day.

Well, thanks to my good friends at United, it took me 26 hours to go from Seattle to New Orleans due to mechanicals, cancelled flights, missed connections and an overnight sleep over on the floor of terminal B at IAH. Good times!

I have to wait 17 hours for my connecting flight this Sunday, guess I will have enough time. Haha. Thank you

I was flying from Pittsburgh to Dallas/Fort Worth in winter time. I left a two hour window for my connector. The plane was delayed for icing in Pittsburgh by about an hour and a half or hour and 45 minutes. When we got close to Dallas I informed the flight attendant that I was a US servicemember and then I had a connecting flight leaving in about 20 to 25 minutes. They were nice enough to frontload me off the plane and I had to run from one side of that airport to the other. I still didn’t make it. I literally ran up to the gate to see the plane pushback. Major drag.

Great job

Very useful information and great tips. Thank you. Longest delay about 8 hours. If I remember correctly it was due to some kind of mechanical issues.

Loved the KBUF shout out!

I enjoy long layovers. I get to explore more.

I always book my flights with the shortest connecting time as possible. Stress is "including" in the traveling ;). Once i was the last person on to the plane, the crew was acctually around looking because i did check in my luggage and preceded through the security check, BUT I whent back out to talk to my girlfriend and her family. The time was flying and I was VERRY late on to the plane. Once the crew found me. - ARE YOU MR: ERIK? ME: Yes Flight crew. PLEASE HURRY, HURRY. When i boarded the plane, everyone was sitting down waiting just for me :):)

Informative! As a non-rever, I constantly shake my head when I see what people do to flight crews.

OMG I was *that* person, once :P My travel agent had booked my flights from ADL-SYD-LAX-ORD-SYR… there was nowhere near enough time made for my connections in the US. American Airlines were having a bit of a bad day too… the flight out of LAX was delayed by nearly an hour. I was totally freaking out as we approached Chicago because we hadn’t landed and the boarding time for my flight to Syracuse was about to start… I bugged the flight attendants to help me. They were so awesome!! As soon as we got to the gate in Chicago, they showed me on the ORD map in the magazine where I had to go and let me get off first… it was really just a quick sprint across the corridor… the staff on the next flight were amazing too… they waited. I got onto the connecting flight and they closed the doors behind me. I’ll never forget how wonderful they were.

Hi Kelsey as a former Agent/Manager I have heard someone ask absolutely everything you covered. Great Video and ohh so true.. Keep the Blue Side Up

I saw passengers with connecting flights get hot. We landed in EWR and sat on the taxiway for 2 1/2 hours! There were planes all over the place waiting for an open gate. The pilots had to know that we were going into a sh!tshow but never said a word until we had been sitting for a while. One thing that could have helped people would have been for the crew to have people with connecting flights deboard the plane first.

New camera? Great video as always!

About 15 years ago, I had flown from Minnesota to Texas to meet my brand new niece in Kingsville. The flights south were uneventful, but the return trip was… a learning experience. My brother in law was quite air travel savvy, and was aware of the existence of a weather related delay for my initial departure, so at least I wasn’t dropped off at some small regional airport the recommended hour or whatever before my scheduled takeoff. Midwest weather in the end of March can be mixed bag of clear skies and winter storms. Add in whatever human and/or mechanical delays that might have occurred, and my flight didn’t takeoff until about three hours past schedule. As the pilots were preparing for approach at some other airport (I don’t remember anymore, maybe St Louis?) The FA ran down a list of what gates different passengers were to go to as the airline had already rebooked some of them on later connecting flights. Once we were on the ground and off the plane, most of the remaining passengers who needed connecting flights swarmed the gate agent at the gate we had arrived. Me? I thought I would be smart and go over to the next gate agent (same airline) where there wasn’t a line. Told her that I had almost certainly missed my connecting flight to MSP, and asked her to please help me get home. She was able to get me on another flight with only about another 90 minutes wait time. Since the airport I was standing in was large enough to offer more than coffee and prepackaged donuts, 90 minutes was acceptable to me. I asked about my checked bag and was assured that it would make it through to my destination. When I finally arrived in MSP, and went down to get my checked bag at the carousel announced to us by the flight crew… I watched, and watched, and watched… as all the bags were claimed, but I never saw mine on the carousel. I went to the department of lost luggage to file a claim and when I began to tell them my saga, they asked “what was your name again?” They had my suitcase over in the corner of the office. Why? Because my suitcase got to MSP a good 90 minutes or so before I did. It seems that the plane I had assumed that I had “missed”, earlier in the day was the exact plane I had just gotten off of. My suitcase never got off the plane until it landed in Minnesota. Had I just bothered to bother the FA with my personal “what about…” question… I could have gotten home much earlier.

I've learned to to leave a suitable gap for layovers. Once when flying back to the US from the U.K. The flight plan must have been changed at the last minute. The normal six hour flight turned into about eight hours as we flew more northerly. A bunch o passengers were a little upset they were going to miss their connections. I'm thankful I added a buffer on to my next connection. Not sure why our flight diverted so far north to go to NY

Great and informative video. Thanks

It once took me a full 24 hours to fly from Buffalo, NY to Anchorage, AK. Winter storms in the East; once we flew out of Chicago, no issues at all.

The most stressful one I've had was when I was 13, on CDG, I believe. I was flying with my grandma and sister, we had only 30 minutes or so, we've never been on this airport and the entire weight finding our way, listening to the announcements and communication was on my shoulders - my sister was 10 and barely spoke English, my grandma spoke no English at all.

God, I remember when my sister and I had a 20 min layover. Literally running across an airport. NOT fun. NEVER AGAIN

I was on a flight that was delayed several hours. The flight attendants get up and say that they think everything will be fine, but if it's going to be too close, they will reschedule in flight. Ok. Sounds good. So we get close and they make an announcement that we've gotten even later, and 4 of the passengers need to get off the plane first. Of course, everyone gets up, no one lets me and the other 3 off the plane ahead of them. We had 6 minutes to go from one side of DFW to the other. I ran, I took a train, I ran, I barked at people to get out of my way on the escalators and powered sidewalks, I ran, and I was the last person through the gate onto my connection. They closed the door behind me and declared the other two people from my plane misconnects. This would all have been fine, just bad luck, except for the part where they told us they would reschedule. I'm sure they did help the people that misconnected, but being lied to wasn't cute. And the train in DFW takes 5 minutes, so if they really could get us rescheduled early, I don't know why they though we could cover the rest of it on foot in 60 seconds. It's only coincidence two of us ran onto the train as it was leaving.

I've got one huge problem in this whole system: I do get stuck at immigration / security quite regularly. While I'm always innocent, it seems like I fit a profile that requires "special attention". Sometimes, I have to re-clear security on connecting flights aswell - on some airports that depends on the ate where we arrived (for non-obvious reasons to me). I do plan ahead and have at least three hours on every layover. The problems do start if my first leg is delayed - but there's still more than 90 minutes until my next departure. Everyone considers 90 minutes to be a reasonable time while I know that it's not always enough for me. I simply miss the option to tell my airline in advance that I'll need more time (for any reason) for layovers, and therefore their "emergency system" should trigger earlier. On top of that, some airlines claim that it's your own fault if you get stuck in the airport and it's not their responsibility to find a new plane for you. Or at least I got told, I never experienced that myself luckily. If I the layover would be 4 hours, reducing it to two hours due to delays really cuts my connection from "good" to "very stressfull and I'd not make it" - while the airline still thinks "he'll be fine, no worry". Arrr...

last I went through Heathrow, before the covid, it took about an hour and half to get through security, so I was glad I had to wait 4 hours for my connecting flight

You should do a video comparing Jeppesen plates vs FAA plates. Love your videos.

getting better each video

Very helpful for a first time flyer 😬

good info bloke,i always give my self,4 to5 hours between flights that way no panic for me,cheers

Love your videos keep it up

Years ago, was flying KDCA to KJFK then on to UUEE. Plane stuck on KDCA tarmac for 6 hours due to weather. Obviously missed KJFK-UUEE leg. Had to wait till next day for next UUEE flight. Fortunately local friends put us up so we didn't have to spend night and most of next day in the lovely KJFK terminal.

I never, ever book a layover that's shorter than 90 minutes - I've learned from experience that there is absolutely no way I can get through DEN, have time to fill my water bottle, use the restroom, perhaps eat a snack, and still be to my next gate with at least a little spare time to chill before boarding starts, especially if I have to change not just concourses but terminals (I hope they've finished the construction by now so that I won't have to change terminals again)... unless it's in a single-concourse airport - I've never had a layover at a small one, but I usually fly into and out of them, and it's really nice not needing to get to the airport until an hour before my flight.

As the guy that had Southwest change the boarding procedures to call “A list” members with a “B” or “C” position after A1-A30, I must push back on @74 Gear saying under no circumstances will the flight crew of the prior flight help with a tight connection. I have had it happen once. It was back when AirTran was flying, it was late at night, they talked to ground. It was baller. Still remember it like 20 years later.

You are fantastic. Thank you.

My flight got super delayed overseas and I missed my flight out of JFK to get home. It was terrible. Everything was booked or tons of people flying stand by. Had to fly an entirely different airline into an entirely different airport. It was so stressful. Always try to be prepared. Remember. There's the plan... and then there's what actually happens. Safe flying. ;)

The longest I’ve been delayed was 4-5 hours. It was in Vietnam a local connection. From HCM (Saigon) to DaNang. We suspect because the noon flight didn’t sell enough seats to justify the cost of fuel so they push back the flight to early evening. Once we boarded the evening flight it was packed.

Love the intro..

G'day Kelsey, Just caught this older video (don't know how I missed it). Apart from first or second time passengers, I'm amazed that you had to make this video. It's not like waiting for a bus or a train. I've sat next to people on a flight and they get all in a tangle about missing their next flight. I ask, 'Is this your first time flying?'. Most have said, 'hell no I fly all the time...' or something like that. Well, who's not paying attention. I've waited at an airport for 5 hours only because the flight I was leaving on had a technical fault and we all had to wait for a replacement aircraft; we weren't at the airline's hub. But that's no big deal. In most large airports these days there are plenty of things to do to pass the time. It's one of the reasons my partner and I both invested in Lounge membership with the airline we fly the most. It's great. If for any reason we have to wait longer than usual you can eat, drink, have a shower (which is fantastic if you've been flying for a day or so). Plus some airports have gyms or games parlours... then there's the shopping and duty free. Also, being a lounge member means you get warned of your next departure and sometimes get priority boarding. We had an unexpected change in aircraft which meant the schedule was put out, so one of the Lounge staff organised one of those 'golf buggies' to whisk us to the departure gate. It was like being VIPs. So, there's a lot of stuff to do at your average airport. Cheers, BH

I usually give myself at least two hours, because most of the times I need to transit on international flights in very large airports. I have only ever missed one transit flight because the first leg was late. Ironically the aircraft that took me to the transit location was the same one going to my final destination, but the inbound and outbound gates were at completely opposite ends of the airport, so there was no time to physically get there.

Initially we were supposed to leave at 7am from Vancouver to Dallas, Texas, however our plane was delayed until 3pm the same day. The second longest wait was in Lihue, Kaui from 4:30pm to 11:30pm.

Looking forward to this Kelsey! Best flight channel on YT IMO!

Okay, legit had no idea about the maps in the back of the magazines that is a game changer for me