Originally Posted by
monitor
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.
I agree on this. The mitigating factor, though, is as these are likely separate tickets, SDC would be possible on ORD-JFK, and then allowing more time for connection. 1h 15 should be barely enough if all goes well and you are a last-minute boarder - but not otherwise.
Originally Posted by
Nyurka
I am considering buying a ticket which involves an flight from Moscow to JFK on Aeroflot, arriving at Terminal 1 at 5:10 pm and a onward domestic flight on Delta at 7 pm from Terminal 2. How doable is this for immigration and transfer (non-US citizens)? The passenger will need a wheelchair (can walk but very slowly and I am ordering the service to help him out).
Delta flight is the last of the day, if anything happens he is stuck in JFK overnight so if this connection is too tight I'd rather get smth with a longer layover.
Could you take the DL flight form SVO? Gets in earlier and arrives into T3/T4... Wheelchair passengers are often among the last to be helped out of a plane - and while they might be able to cut the immigration lines, I am not sure if and how that works... 2 hours is about enough time, but a 20-minute delay could make it a very stressful connection - not sure it's worth the risk.
My answer would be very different if it were a US citizen with global entry
