IAD Connection. New record?
Cross posted from r/UnitedAirlines because the app recommended.
CUN-IAD-BOS 03 Oct with a 1h 39m connection.
Did my wife and I set a new connection speed record last night?
Inbound aircraft delay put us leaving Cancún over an hour late.
Nice flight to IAD. Touchdown and taxi. There’s still a shot. The FA’s make announcements and have those of us with tight connections hold up our hands so everyone can see to let us all off first.
Oh no, our gate is occupied. Tik tok. Tik tok.
Taxi to gate, C3?. Yay! If this was D there would be no chance. Oh no, nobody to move the jet bridge yet. Tik tok. Tik tok.
Finally the seatbelt sign goes off. Start the clock. It seemed like the entire plane did the right thing and tight connections got off. Thank you fellow passengers.
Race to immigration.. CBP officers at every booth getting us through quickly. Nice! Thank you CBP.
No checked bags, nothing to declare. Thank goodness. Some who were in front of us are now standing and staring at an unmoving baggage return. Tik tok.
Get upstairs and check the board. C28. #%#@. There is no way. But then, beep beep. Enter the real heroes of the story. Two airport workers on a golf cart. “Hey man, can we get a ride? C28 and it already boarded.” You guys probably broke several speed rules, but omg was that a fast trip. Horn blaring, people moving. “It’s still open! It’s still open!” I think you two were as excited about it as we were.
Gate agent scans us in, we board and sit down. Whew!
23 minutes. We disembarked, cleared customs, travelled the entire C terminal, and boarded. All in 23 minutes.
Sometimes everything and everyone just works out right. I know you wont see this but thank you to all who made it happen. Sleeping in my own bed was amazing.