1 hour layover in European airport - too short?

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I had a 4 hour layover in Munich that was really nice. I felt almost no stress, just tired. The airport is a little weird though. Next time I might leave from jfk or ewr because there are so many more options

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Anonymous wrote:If the system is letting you book it and you’re going through an airlines website, I’d do it. If it’s some ticket hack from a 3rd party, I wouldn’t.

The airlines know roughly what the likely scenario is. It doesn’t mean you make your connection because flights are delayed - but if it’s being offered by the airline, it’s likely it will work out. They’re not in the business of creating problems for themselves.

Exactly. I had multiple 45 min connections, and it worked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a 4 hour layover in Munich that was really nice. I felt almost no stress, just tired. The airport is a little weird though. Next time I might leave from jfk or ewr because there are so many more options

If you find a 4 hr layover after a red eye over the Atlantic relaxing and preferable to hustling to make a short layover to just get it over with, we have nothing in common and I question how you live your life.

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Anonymous wrote:I had a 4 hour layover in Munich that was really nice. I felt almost no stress, just tired. The airport is a little weird though. Next time I might leave from jfk or ewr because there are so many more options

If you find a 4 hr layover after a red eye over the Atlantic relaxing and preferable to hustling to make a short layover to just get it over with, we have nothing in common and I question how you live your life.

Well that escalated quickly

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Anonymous wrote:We had a 45 minute layover in Frankfurt over the Christmas holiday. I was SUPER stressed about it but it was all ok. Yes, you will have to go through immigration (but not customs) in Brussels if you are coming from the US and going to an EU country. You will also have to do it on the way back, which makes no sense, but that's how it works.

It makes perfect sense.

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Anonymous wrote:What you need to do is do an internal transfer within the USA. Same airline so your bags transfer. So yes, the recommendations for EWR are right. You have a million choices to get there during the day, grab a dinner, board the red eye, land in Spain, go have fun.

I would much rather transfer Brussels than Newark

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Anonymous wrote:What is your final destination?

Like if you are flying Brussels to Paris, and you miss your flight to Paris but there are 5 more flights on that airline the same day, then cut it close. If you are flying somewhere where they won't fly again to until then next day then avoid that connection.

+1 make sure it is one ticket booked directly with the airline

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Anonymous wrote:Transfer through Dublin. It's a small'ish airport with lots of flights to the continent; you can easily do a 1HR layover there. Plus, I enjoy a fresh Guinness straight from the factory in the morning for breakfast

This. We had no issue with right at an hour in Dublin last summer with Aer Lingus. And if you go through Dublin coming back, you do US customs in Dublin, which was great.

The problem with that is you never know. Friends of mine flew Aer Lingus from Boston last year, left late, and missed their connection to Amsterdam. If it works, it's great, but if it doesn't you are sort of screwed because Aer Lingus doesn't have much of presence at Dulles. If there are plane issues, it's much easier to get another United plane, than one from Aer Lingus.