A passenger is not concerned with gates or who sets connection times. If the OP was flying into Philadelphia and then out of Philadelphia on the same airline and both flights were sold to him together as a connection whether the airline sold it or an agent did, the airline is responsible if his plane into Philly did not land on time for hiim to make the connection. At age 59 and with arthritis, I would never have slept in the airport if it was me. Philadelphia has 2 star airport hotels for $50 - $60 a night with free airport buses and instead of sleeping on the airport floor I would have checked into one of these then later demanded that the airline reimburse my expense, and I feel sure that they would pay up if only to get rid of the nuisance value of my claim.
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