shirleyk

How long approximately will it take me to walk briskly from Concourse C to Concourse A? I have a 40 minute connection time and Delta will not ticket me on the flight because they say I need 90 minutes. They say I must take the connecting flight the next morning. A 12 hour layover.

KipM

I believe that if your flight gets there on time, you should have no problem getting from C to A concourse in 40 minutes. Of course, the earlier you get off your plane, the better, so sit near the front (boarding door).
I have made concourse A to E in 35minutes (albeit running)on a flight to Los Angeles. This was back when they flew one 777 from Atlanta to LA (flight 101, i think-----They stopped this flight soon afterwards due to rising fuel costs.) I got there just when the door was closing.....(I was determined to make it b/c i was in 1st class and on this plane, and 1st had the 180degree stretch out seats, which i thought was very comfortable with lots of room)...Kip

rkkwan

First, DL uses basically all concourses at ATL. In many cases, you don't know which concourse you will use. And it's 1/4 mile from the furthest gate at each concourse to the escalators to get down to the train.

Second, airlines have internal "minimum connection time". They won't sell you a ticket below that because they figure that the chances are high you will not make the connection, and they will need to re-accommodate you in the event of a mis-connection.

You may be complaining about why DL won't allow a 40-minute connection at ATL, but more often the complain on this and other forum is "Why does Airlines XXX sell me such a short YY-minute connection?"

Rastaguytoday

Last year I flew into Atlanta twice, and had two nasty late planes, each 1 hour+ late.

Check Atlanta's on time % and then decide. That's a big puppy of an airport for 4 minutes. If you're not flying nonstop into Atlanta, don't even think about it.

Last year, I had a very short connection due to a late arriveing plane at ORD. I ended up paying one of the wheel chair pushers to run me from one concourse to another.

I still barely missed my plane, but the ride alone was worth the $20.

dutyfree

Concourse C is the commuter airline terminal (I believe,Comair,ASA,etc.?) so there are alot of variables when you are transferring from a RJ aircraft (and waiting for your carryon from below) to a real Delta aircraft in terminals A,B,T and E.

Luisah

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And I'm one of them. I have 35 minutes to connect for a flight to LAX. I would have booked the next flight but it cost quite a bit more.

ccolor

Luisah: Please let us know how your mini-layover turns out. I've been hesitating booking a flight comparable to that because of the short time period so I'm curious and very glad you're trying it out first! *smile*

Luisah

Hi ccolor,

My flight is in April, I'll let you know how it works out, but that may be too late to help you.

Dutyfree, I've flown ASA many times, it uses both C and D. My last flight from ATL in October left from D.