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I had a similar experience the week before: Delta PDX -> MSP -> BOS with 50 minutes in MSP, last flight of the day from MSP. Freezing rain and snow in PDX the previous 30 hours, many cancellations and delays, but the MSP flight was showing on time. Then suddenly a 1-hour delay. The inbound plane was showing as on time on flight tracker, and I could see it parked on the ramp, but no gates were available.
The Delta rep (in the club) booked me on the next morning flight out of MSP but protected my seat on the evening MSP->BOS leg. Watching the flight tracker estimates the arrival and departure times in MSP were hovering right around the same time, but the gate assignments were on opposite ends of MSP.
Plane boarded and got away quickly, pilot said good winds, quick flight. Landed 10 minutes before the BOS plane's scheduled departure, as soon as we landed, re-checked the gate assignments on my phone, now adjacent gate. Doors open 10 minutes after scheduled departure of the BOS flight, sitting in row 1, bolt out the door and sprint to the gate, make the flight and home.
Best part was getting off the plane in Boston, use the phone app to track my bag (naturally didn't make the BOS plane), straight to the baggage office to set up delivery, no waiting.
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