I just learned our flight from Frankfurt to Budapest has been changed, so that it now leaves four hours earlier. (We are travelling from Calgary to Budapest via Frankfurt.) Initially, there were five hours between flights. Now there is 1 hour and 5 minutes, assuming our flight to Frankfurt is on time. Travelocity tells me this is considered to be a "valid" flight connection (i.e. there is enough time), but I have my doubts. Wouldn't we have to go through EU customs in Frankfurt? And there's no cushion at all if our first flight is late.
I am concerned, because we are renting an apartment in Budapest, so it's not like a hotel, where we can arrive in the middle of the night, if we miss our connection and can't get to Budapest until some odd time.
I've never been to the airport in Frankfurt and have no sense of how realistic a connection this would be. I tried to leave Calgary a day or two earlier, but there are no reasonably-priced options with the same airline. In order to change our itinerary, we have to either book an alternate flight with the same airline, or we have to cancel our entire itinerary and rebook (currently, at a higher cost).
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