On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:49:34 +0100, B Vaughan wrote:
>We've just returned from a Christmas visit to Mexico, where our whole
>family met in Cancun for a week. On the way back, we missed a
>connection in Mexico City and as a result spent 24 hours in the 7th
>circle of Hell that passes for an airport there.
>
>We had bought a Lufthansa ticket Bologna->Frankfurt->Mexico
>City->Cancun and return. I made the purchase over the phone, as
>Lufthansa's web site was hiccuping that day. The segment Mexico City
>-> Cancun was operated by Mexicana (Mexico's most modern airline,
>giggle, cough) whom Lufthansa doesn't blush to claim as a partner.
>
>The first thing that irritated me was that, although we landed just 15
>minutes late, our flight to Frankfurt didn't wait for us.
I hope you're not seriously saying you had a 15 minute connection. I
take maybe 50 flights a year and have learned to leave as much time as
possible between connections. Some airports demand more time than
others--for example, Chicago's O'Hare airport in the US, possibly the
US's worst airport (on United, anyway), demands a minimum of 3 hr
layovers in the winter. |