What happen if your flight is late and your transition plane isnt?

Say you have to make a transition to another place. The first plane your on is late, does the 2nd plane wait for you, if not what happens? Do they put you on a nother flight?|||The airline will put you on another flight if you miss a connecting flight.





The pain is not necessarily missing a flight outright. (which I prefer)





I hate thinking I have a 45 minute layover (time to decompress...get something to eat...etc), but a late plane has me dashing through the airport to make a connection in 5 minutes.|||yes thats right,the secend plane doesn't wait,they just leave and put you on another flight|||If the first flight is late getting into your layover, the 2nd flight wil leave on time. Airlines cannot delay flights for one passenger. I do know of cases where if the 1st flight has landed and you are running to the gate, they will sometimes delay the 2nd flight by 5 minutes or so. If you do miss your 2nd flight, you will be put on standby for the next flight. If this flight 100% full and confirmed AND everyone shows up, then you will be moved to the next flight. Some airlines work together so that you could get moved between carriers to get you to your final destination too. Of course, this increases the chance your luggage will go into the black hole of teh airport. Another things is if your first flight is just a little late, but you miss your flight, your luggage may not! (Or vice versa)|||That depends... say both of your flights are of the same airline or of the same alliance (Star Alliance, etc..) they might wait or delay the flight a bit, say 20 mins. But if it was of two different airlines then they (the 2nd) flight would probably not delay the flight and you'd have to catc the next plane, provided that it is not full.|||It depends.





If there are 50 other people also connecting on your flight, they will probably hold the connection.





If there are five other flights to your desination, probably not.





I flew international long haul and we waited countless times but most of my flights were once-daily's so we stayed put for them most of the time.





How full they are also counts.





The ground agents decide and often, very late, like as you're landing. Please don't bug the F/A's 10,000 with that question during the flight. They honestly don't know and usually can't find out.





When you arrive, listen carefully for an announcement for your connection. Don't be distracted by getting your stuff, even if you're in a hurry. If unclear, talk to a ground agent before taking off to find your next gate. Often, you are escorted over there as a group so no one gets lost.





Fingers crossed for the bags!