Pre-clearance?
Hello,
First time poster, long time reader.
My girlfriend and I are Swedish citizen (European Union) and will be flying JetBlue from Aruba to JFK, arriving at terminal 5 (as I understand it) at 6.45 PM on a Wednesday. We then have a connecting international flight to Reykjavik, Iceland by Iceland Air at 8.30 PM from terminal 7.
My questions are, can we check our bags in Aruba all the way to Europe, or will we need to pick them up at JFK?
Will we, as non-US citizen benefit any from the pre-clearance deal made with Aruba in terms of "buying us more time" to make the connecting flight to Europe?
In short, is the 1h 45min sufficient time to connect from JetBlue inbound from Aruba into T5 and going outbound with Iceland Air to Reykjavik, Iceland from T7?
Any help, especially in clarifying this pre-clearance deal and how it would, if any, affect us, is greatly appreciated.
We'd rather make the connection obviously, but if the risk is great that we will not, we'd prefer to book an extra nights hotel close to JFK.
Thank you in advance!
Regards,
Daniel