Hello,

I am flying from Melbourne to New York (via LAX) on 21st December 2009.
What confuses me is that this flight only has a 1.5 hour transit time between arriving in LAX and connecting to New York (JFK). Furthermore, the flight from Melbourne to LA is on a Qantas A380, and then you change to a Qantas 747-400 at LAX.
There is no way that you can clear immigration, re-check baggage, and go through all the security checks in 1.5 hrs at LAX.

I've done this flight many times in the past (before A380 introduced) and it would always be the same aircraft (747-400) that does the whole trip (with a refuel at LAX). And, they would always wait for the Mel-LAX passengers to go through the nightmare process at LAX (i.e. clear immigration/re-check baggage and clear security) before taking off for New York.

So how does it work now that they change aircraft at LAX? Do they wait for the Mel-LAX passengers to clear immigration and re-check baggage before leaving? And why does Qantas publish a 1.5 hr transit time at LAX, when this is completely unrealistic?

Cheers

Bottom line.... Will i get to New York?