[alwaysflyin]

You do know that flights close 10 minutes prior to scheduled departure in order to ensure not having a late departure right? If you parked at the gate at 8:02, that would have given you 3 minutes to deplane, and run between gates in order to make the flight. Not going to happen. As you said you were late because of United, not Silver. Were you expecting Silver to delay their flight and inconvenience the other passengers in order to accommodate you? Unfortunately delays on an inbound flight frequently cause missed connections. Looking at the math of your arrival time, and the scheduled departure time, it just wasn't going to work. Not sure what your complaint to Silver is....that they did not delay their flight due to the delayed United flight?