@lioness We did miss a flight when we flew from Denver to Charleston. I forget what the intermediate city was, but we missed the plane so they got us on the next one which was fine. It actually gave us time to grab some lunch. I called beforehand to see if they could change the flights but it would have been quite costly, so I was just as happy that our plane got in late and they had to at no cost to us.

@gingerw Have a great time in RI. That still sounds like a lot of hours for coast-to-coast. It never took us that long when we flew to visit our son in CA. He was in Hermosa Beach so we flew into LAX. I am one of the few people who does not mind layovers, it gives me time to stretch my legs, but I generally want the layover to be in the middle so I am making progress. Flying to Atlanta and then to RI really is not making progress. Going coast-to-coast if the layover is in Chicago or Denver, I'm OK with it.
I presume you are flying into the airport in RI, and unless that has changed considerably it's a fairly small airport so not much of a problem at all.
JK