Traveling alone 14 on SW airlines and connecting flights.?
Hello, I will be leaving on Dec. 30 from Denver, CO to San Jose, CA. I will be on an early Southwest airlines flight leaving at 6:10 A.M I will be boarding a flight from Denver to Las Vegas,Nevada. I will arrive at 7 55 a.m then once I get off that aircraft I will go to another gate to board a non-stop flight from Vegas to San Jose. The flight leaves at 8 40. I'm a bit scared that I may miss my connection if we encounter any delays of 10 minutes or more. I need to make sure I make this flight to San Jose. Any tips on the layout of the vegas airport to make sure I can make the connecting flight if I encounter any delays in Denver. Also on the way back I will be departing January 3, 2010 at 7 20 pm from San Jose, CA to LAX but it's just a stop not switching flights then it will proceed to Denver and I will arrive in Denver at 12 10 A.M Jan. 3rd. I'm 14 years old therefore I'm not considered a minor on any southwest flights I'm considered an adult.
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For Southwest Airline, they have the entire terminal to their own, that is your connecting flight should leave from the same terminal that you arrive in so it takes maximum 10 minutes from one end to the other. With 50 minutes, you should have 40 minutes left. Just in case the incoming flight arrives late so you miss your connecting flight to San Jose, you don't need to worry because it's the airline's fault, and even before the first flight touches the ground in Las Vegas, Southwest's computer would have booked you on the next flight to take you to your final destination. In case you miss your flight, go up to the Southwest counter and the staff can tell you when your next flight to San Jose would be. After you arrive, check the TV monitor for the gate no. of the San Jose flight, that is the counter you should go to whether late or not.
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In Vegas all of the Southwest gates are near each other. I only had 30 minutes to change planes in Vegas once and I was worried because my first flight was delayed by 40 minutes and it was going to be the last flight of the night out of Vegas to San Jose. But they already had me in the computer and they held the plane in Vegas for me so that I could make the switch. Chances are there are other people on the plane who need to make the same transfer as you.
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also remember that you should be at the airport 2 hours before the flight which means 4:00am in the morning how do/did you plan get to the airport?
