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I have realized that on my booking (American Airlines, through Kayak, on a single ticket) I have a domestic-to-domestic connection with 35 minutes layover at Melbourne Tullamarine (MEL) airport: Qantas 680, scheduled to arrive at 12:25pm AEST -> American 7342, scheduled to leave at 01:00pm AEST.

This looks very little. Is this going to be enough to change flights?

If the answer is "probably no", do you think it's better to contact the airline and get rebooked, or wait to be re-routed in case I miss it? There is a flight by the same company one hour later.

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Actually I believe this is an illegal connection because for Qantas to Qantas in terminal 1 the minimum connect time is supposed to be 40 minutes. I am surprised the booking engine allowed 35 minutes (possibly the AA codeshare confused it).

AA 7342 is a codeshare on QF 434. I tried to force QF 680 connecting to QF 434 at several dates, and although the flight times move about a bit throughout the year, I could never force it below 40 minutes (instead I would get a >24 hour stopover).

It sounds like you booked with American Airlines directly, in which case they have ownership of the booking (until the first flight on the booking is flown) and you would have to discuss changes with them. If kayak sent you to a travel agent then the TA would own the booking and be responsible for fixing it at this stage.

Eventually a ticketing robot might spot this is an illegal connection and try to rebook you automatically without any warning, potentially messing up other parts of your itinerary. Therefore I suggest you contact AA or the agent and ask for the flight to be changed. You may have to emphasize that it is a codeshare on QF which is why it looks like it's allowed.