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Sep 29, 2012 | 8:46 pm

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Originally Posted by iceland80

I have a Delta flight from O'hare to JFK, arriving at 6:45 PM (Dec 15th).
Then I'm booked on a flight to Iceland leaving at 8 PM.

Assuming the Delta flight is on time and they can transfer my bag to Icelandair, I should be aable to get to Terminal 7 in time, right?

However, I'm worried about the Delta flight not being on time and have no idea about how frequently that happens. Are we talking about 2% of these flights or 20%?

Thanks for your help...

This is not something that I would at all consider booking. Unless you have a refundable ticket or F1 has another flight that they will put you on (doubtful). If anything goes wrong, you are dead in the water. DL certainly will not protect you if they are late into JFK, which at that hour is a rather busy place and, if there is any mid-December type weather to contend with in NYC, or especially in Chicago, you are likely to be up the proverbial creek.

ETA to add a side note that even if you do somehow make it, I would bet against you seeing your bag come off the F1 flight.

Last edited by monitor; Sep 29, 2012 at 8:52 pm

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