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Take the AeroTrain from A to C. If you're worried about being able to walk, you can arrange for wheelchair service by calling United.

Currently United Airlines uses Midfield Concourses A, B, C & D (with corresponding gates. I suggest you open www.ifly.com/iad, then click on 'Terminal Map' under QUICK LINKS and scroll down to the detailed text.

You will be cutting it extremenly close. Baggage check for international flights closes about 30 mins prior to departure, and if you're stuck taking one of those big people movers to the main terminal then it's a crapshoot - last year I was one one that broke down in between terminals and we had to wait nearly 45 minutes (!!!) for them to try and re-start it then finally order a new one to be sent over. Even when they are in proper working order, you could be waiting a while for it to fill up with passengers before it actually departs your arrival terminal.

My baggage will be checked in at Houston and through to Beijing, I don't have to claim at IAD, but I'm still worrying about the 46 minutes layover.

You would probably be fine with the 6:30 but the 7:30 will be safer, since if you're bringing baggage you will have to claim it and then re-check it with JetBlue or United for your flight to Boston since it will be two separate tickets. If you're not checking a bag I think the 6:30 would be OK.

If using Qatar for both legs of your journey, your bags will be automatically transferred. Make sure you use YYZ's US customs clearance, saving you time at IAD.

Prior to your departure, make sure that All Nippon Airways will transfer your bags at IAD to your connecting American Airline Flight - if not, you will have, after customs clearance procedure, check in your bags at the NH check-in counter, taking extra time. 2. On arrival at IAH, follow signs 'TO BAGGAGE CLAIM / GROUND TRANSPORTATION'- international arrivals will board the shuttle bus to US Customs. After going through passport check, picking up bags, going through customs and re-checking them in where indicated (if NH transfers bags to AA) - you need to take the shuttle bus to your connecting gate. (If NH does not transfer bags, check them in at the upper level (also obtain a boarding pass for your connecting flight, if you need one), then take either (a) the Aerotrain, accessible on the lower level of the Main Terminal to the C gates 1-30 and walk over to the D1-32 gates, or take the shuttle from the main terminal to the D gates. (Airtrain does not serve D gates).

1. your first concern should be whether your first airline will transfer your bags to your connecting airline flight - if not, you would need to re-check in your bags after customs clearance at the connecting airline's counter on the departures level - taking extra time. 2. Regardless of nationality, all international arrivals at IAD are being transported to the International Arrivals Building at the west end of the main terminal for TSA clearance, where you need to go through passport check, retrieve checked bags, go through customs clearance and - if transferring to another flight - re-check-in bag where indicated. Allow for plenty of time if you need to transfer to another flight: International arrivals who continue their journey cannot use the AeroTrain, but need to take the shuttle bus to their connecting gate. 3. Your arrival at, and departure from IAD, depends on the airline you take. The Main Terminal has two parallel Midfield Concourses with corresponding gates - A/B & C/D. Your ticket & the overhead screens will indicate your flight number & gate: (A gates A1-32; B gates B35-79; C gates C1-30 or D gates D1-32.) Transfer time should be enough if you don't need to transfer your bags; it would be extremely tight for bag recheck and not allow for incoming flight delay.

On arrival at IAD, follow signs 'TO BAGGAGE CLAIM / GROUND TRANSPORTATION'; domestic arrivals at A, B or C gates should follow the AeroTrain sign; as the train currently bypasses Concourse C, a moving walkway at the end station takes you to the C gates C1-30.

On arrival at IAD, follow signs TO BAGGAGE CLAIM / GROUND TRANSPORTATION - International arrivals will board the shuttle to US Customs in the International Arrivals Building attached to the main terminal, where they go through passport check, pick up bags, go through customs clearance and, if continuing journey, re-check in bags where indicated. Thereafter they need to take the shuttle bus (not the AeroTrain!) to their connecting Concourse /gate (A, B, C - depending on the airline you use). If your London flight is not seriously delayed and the lines at Customs not unusually long, you will make it comfortably within the given time frame.

Tell your mother to make sure to go through U.S. Customs control at Dublin Airport - saving her time on arrival at IAD and making her a 'domestic arrival'; she has enough time. United uses Concourses A, B, C, D (with coresponding gates). On arrival she should follow signs TO BAGGAGE CLAIM / GROUND TRANSPORT and should follow the AeroTrain Sign to either A, B or C domestic gates.

As of this morning's news 9,000 flights have been canceled due to the Monster Hurricane approaching the East Coast, going all the way inland to the Great Lakes. I cannot give you advice as to what happens to all the passengers stranded, but express my deep concern for their well-being.

United Express at IAD Airport uses Concourse A, gates A1-A6. On arrival, follow signs 'To Baggage Claim / Ground Transportation' and then follow the AeroTrain sign which gets you to the B & C gates - United uses A, B & C gates (it also uses D gates, which are not served by the AeroTrain,, but by shuttle b from Concourse A (I doubt that your departure will be from a D gate). Look at overhead screen on arrival for your departing flight number, gate & departure time. You have plenty of time.

You arrive at IAD at Midfield Concourse D. 1. Arriving passengers: Follow signs 'TO BAGGAGE CLAIM / GROUND TRANSPORTATION'; international arrivals will board the shuttle to US Customs, which is in the International Arrivals Building at the west end of the main terminal for TSA clearance. Unless you have gone through US customs clearance by participating airports, you need to go through passport check, retrieve checked bags, go through customs clearance and - if transferring to another flight - re-check-in bag. Allow for plenty of time if you need to transfer to another flight. International arrivals who continue their journey cannot use the AeroTrain, but need to take the shuttle bus to their connecting gate, which could be at either of the A, B & C concourses (all of which are used by United) - your ticket and the overhead screen will tell you which gate you need. A gates A1-32; B gates B35-79; C gates C1-30. Your time should be sufficient.

As an international arrival at IAD your grandfather will be transported to the International Arrivals Building at the west end of the Main Terminal for TSA clearance (go through passport check, retrieve checked bags, go through customs clearance). Open http://www.metwashairports.com/dulles/815.htm and click on Main Terminal's Arrivals area to get an enlarged layout. Then pick a meeting point there.

United uses Midfield Concourses A, C & D with corresponding gates. Look at your ticket (and also at the overhead screen on arrival at IAD) for gate number, i.e., A gates are A1-32, B gates B35-79, C gates C30-17 & C14-1 (divided by walkway). Only these gate areas are connected by the Aerotrain: A1-32, B35-79 & C1-30. If you depart from the D gates (D1-29) you need to take the shuttle which departs from the A gates near gate A6. If arriving at B gates, walk to the main terminal and take the shuttle there to the D gates (follow signs). No time to waste!

thanks for information. I haven't bought the ticket yet, therefor I would like to know whether it is possible at all...I am willing to take a chance, but if it is really impossible, I will need to book a day later...