| I understand that your parents are worried, but please assure them that plenty of kids your age have changed planes with no problems. My daughter flew to several colleges by herself senior year, and she even had some issues with cancelled flights & subsequent rerouting. She made it just fine! You will be in a secure airport the entire time, and if you are going for a scholarship interview ... I assume you are intelligent enough to navigate an airport! I agree with having at least an hour between flights, because planes often arrive later than scheduled. Once you make the reservation, be sure to give the airline a mobile phone # and sign up for alerts. And check the flight status before you leave for the airport. If something happens enroute, don't worry ... you can get it taken care of. D had a connection at O'Hare that was cancelled after we left for the airport for the first leg of the flight. For some reason, they called only our home # to let us know, so we didn't know about the cancellation. She flew the first leg & then didn't have a flight once she got to Chicago. She talked to the ticket agent, who rerouted her through St. Louis ... she eventually got to Memphis! Neither of us panicked, and it all worked out. |