Originally Posted by
bitburgr
Assuming you're checked in before your first flight, there would be no need to check in again at F. FYI, the walk from A to F landside would be completely outside (although I guess you could walk into D, over to E and then on to F...actually, that option gives you the chance to look at D/E security and possibly go through there).
US might consider this a legal connection, but I would prepare for the worst. Hope the arriving flight is early, CBP is empty, and the departing flight is late.
If the OP's daughter went through D/E security, she would have to backtrack to C16 in order to get the bus to F.
Originally Posted by
ludocdoc
I think the walk to F would not only be outside security (you can walk to E airside) but outside as in outdoors, in the heat/rain/whatever, and looooong. MAYBE you can make it indoors, but I dont think so. I would leave A, walk towards or into the B/C combined ticket area and check out those lines -- you can see the B line from the sidewalk as you're walking up from A, you have to walk further to see the C line. I'd either reclear at B/C or take a cab straight to F. I wouldn't walk to F. Too painful. If you have the time to walk to F, you have the time to sit in the A line, IMHO.
There is an indoor connector between E and F, but it is landside. On the other hand, there is no way to get between any of the other terminals landside without going outside. I have never had to reclear security in International Arrivals in A, but I would still think the best bet is either to reclear at A and get the bus at A1 or walk no further than B and then get the bus at C16. In my experience, security lines at either A-West or A-East are rarely very long.
If you don't want to risk the great outdoors, I think the only option is to go to the parking garage and then back into B (you can't get any further than that because the airport Marriott is in the way).
I can't imagine any Philly cab driver would be very happy about accepting a fare going from A to F. It would probably be easier to wait for the economy parking shuttle and just take it to F, although the stop at F requires walking through a rather long connector to get across the service roads and back to the terminal.