Originally Posted by
philip868
hi hope you can help me. On a Wednesday morning in June I have the following flight connection to attempt. My Travel consultant thinks it's very doable. I however has reservations.
Here it is
FLL to JFK on Jetblue. Arrives at 08.41 terminal 5
Connecting Flight
JFK to HKG Cathay. Departs at 10.00 Terminal 7 - seven
I am assuming that I can check my luggage with Jetblue all the way. Not sure it's relevant, but my Cathay flight is business class.
I have not used these airlines together before so I have no clue how logistically feasible this is.
Any advice will be gratefully received.
Many thanks
Phiip
Welcome back to FlyerTalk.
Here's a JFK map with airlines by terminal:
link.
It will certainly be
possible if your flight arrives on time, but if not you could be stuck; IMO, risky. I might choose an earlier flight and be prepared to spend a little time in the decent British Airways Galleries lounge available to you in terminal 7. (After security, turn left from the top of the escalator.)
What you'll have to do is arrive Terminal 5 and head for the AirTrain station. If you take a Howard Beach or Jamauca Station train, both travel anti-(counter) clockwise around the airport before heading to Federal Circle,, both are free within the airport grounds, board at T-5 and disemark at the next station, Terminal 7.
Proceed to the terminal, get your boarding pass if you don't have one, proceed through TSA security and head for the British Airways lounge.
If you take the Airline Terminals Train, it normally travels clockwise, so you'll board at Terminal 5 and travel pretty much around the airport circuit (terminals 4, 5, 2, 1, 8 and 7) before reaching Terminal 7.
See this map
here.
I just did this late last month, though from Terminal 7 to T-8.
I'm assuming you have an interlined ticket (rather than two separate tickets), and Google says the airlines established an interline agreement in 2012, so your baggage should be checked through by jetBlue. (Frankly, IMO, if your Travel Consultant can't tell you if jetBlue and Cathay Pacific have an interline baggage agreement and advise you about these issues, it may be time to search for another one. The fact you're asking these things here tell me the consultant is probably not providing the services you're presumably paying for.)