Anyone know about ATL Airport...Connecting Flight with Short Layover ...

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Thanks everyone for your input. Sorry I went MIA for a few days. The Independence Holiday and then I could not remember my N.com password. TY ROB!!!
Yeah this decision kinda sucks not just cause they moved up the layover to 37 mins, but also downsized our plane. First leg is a Canadian Airjet 900 and you know the overhead cargo space is about as large as a shoe box (women's shoes, not boots LOL). Good chance our luggage would not make it on the next flight with only 36 mins from touch down to takeoff.

We are still sleeping on it, but leaning more towards taking the later flight, it has a longer layover and get us into Mobay at 3:05pm instead of 1pm on Thanksgiving. Since there is only 2 flights that day, we need to really think about if we want to take the chance. Nothing says Happy Thanksgiving worse than being stuck in the ATL airport. OMG no way.
One option is stay one extra day. We both have limited vacation time but we might be able to swing that. Honestly we NEED IT BAD. This is first time back to JA in over 3 yrs and really the first real vacation we have had in 3yrs. And we plan to celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary. so maybe playing it safe is a beter bet for this trip.

Thanks for all the good information about changes to ATL International terminal. Its good to know. Love this board for all the help you guys give people including myself.

Have a good weekend folks.

Twister,.....you and your wife going be in JA during this time? Just checking.

[Mr. Twister]

Twister,.....you and your wife going be in JA during this time? Just checking.

No. We are going to be there for the next holiday. Xmas & New Years! Wish I could see you. Maybe next trip ;-)

I'm going to talk to some local friends about the airport. This is bugging me since we fly so much. Gotta get if figured out....lol. Linda will be at the airport next week. Worse case scenario she'll find out then. We are on vacation at home right now so no flying this week

[Ohio_Buckeye_1]

I have travelled to Jamaica ON the actual day of Thanksgiving Day a couple of times now. I can't say for sure, now, with the new airline policies of less planes and more crowded planes - but a few years ago, in 2008 and 2010, it was a great travel day. Because it is the only day that whole week when there were very few travellers AND they didn't jack up the fares trying to get people like me to fly that day. The other days usually set records, but not that day. Think about it - everyone else flies the few days before and heads home the few days after.,

As for the short layover in ATL - I would do what you could to avoid it. Since THEY made a change like this, do they allow you to change to go thru, say, Charlotte, Orlando, or even Baltimore (sorry it's been awhile since flown Delta so not sure of connecting cities to MBJ). As others have said, in ATL you will definitely have to change terminals. And if you have the bad luck of both arriving at a gate way out at the end of one terminal, and departing at a gate also at the end of another - it's a long walk/run to/from the center of each terminal (where Ground Transportation is) to catch the Tram/bus/whatever.

If it were me, I would switch to the later flight - getting in to MoBay at 3PM ain't that bad. Who wants that stress if the worse happens. Not to mention Thanksgiving could have snow and delay your initial flight to Miami - getting in even later. Doubtful in Memphis - but who knows where that plane is arriving from.

Best of luck.