Missed connection

How it is used

When both flights are on the same ticket, the airline usually rebooks passengers on the next flight free of charge; with separate tickets the passenger is often responsible. Transfer desks at hub airports handle missed connections.

Example sentences

1. Because of the delay, I had a missed connection in Frankfurt and had to stay overnight.

2. Passengers with missed connections, please go to the transfer desk.

Common collocations

• miss your connection
• transfer desk
• tight connection
• rebook after a missed connection

Related terms

• connecting flightThe second or later flight you take to reach your destination when there is no direct flight, after changing planes at another airport.
• delayA situation in which a flight, train or other service leaves or arrives later than planned; as a verb it means to make something late.
• rebookTo book again, especially to move a passenger to a different flight, train or date after a cancellation, delay or missed connection.
• layoverThe time you spend at an airport between two flights when you change planes on the way to your destination.
• compensationMoney or something else of value given to a passenger because of a problem such as a long delay, a cancellation, denied boarding or damaged bags.

More terms: Delays, Cancellations & Connections

• cancel
• gate change
• overbooked
• transit
• ETA
• stopover