Originally Posted by
sbm12
With the very few passengers the time to offload in SNN clear and reload will be minimal. And I'm guessing that with the focus on business travelers it will be fewer checked bags than not. And the lines at SNN are almost guaranteed to be shorter than those at JFK.
Plus it means a non-stop back to LCY, too, which is an even bigger time saver.
For BA's sake, I hope so. But, the downloading pax at SNN will be going to the back of the line of whatever pax are going through the pre-clearance process when the plane lands.
Doesn't BA run their own terminal at JFK? Couldn't they simply put a priority on this flight if they wanted it to be an 'elite special'? I've only landed at JFK once on a BA flight, and the CBP process was not at all long. But they could certainly creat a priority line for this flight if they really wanted to. It might anger other inbound BA flyers to get bumped for them, but what is the real purpose of this flight?
I would think BA would almost be smarter in asking US CBP to put one or two officers at LCY and do the pre-clearance there instead of dumping the plane at SNN.