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Anywho, I will be traveling to Goa in December and this will be my first trip to India. I am very excited and anxious to visit India. As an American, it will surely be a culture shock, though these kind of trips fascinate me.

I have a couple of questions about the flight itself however, I feel I have read countless praises and nightmares about transferring from International to Domestic as BOM.

My current itinerary is to depart EWR at 5.00PM on December 8 2015 scheduled to arrive BOM at 5.32 BOM time the following day..

THEN, I am schedules to depart BOM at 8.10PM BOM time for GOI for a respective 9.20 arrival.

I guess I am asking a couple of question, with main priority, will transferring in BOM be a nightmare? Is there enough time to connect and clear customs? I assume, since it seems we will be basically switching airports at this transfer...will I need to collect baggage and clear customs at the international terminal? Or, will it be a positive experience?

As an American (travelling with a Goan, mind you) have a hard time in BOM?

Has anyone taken this flight before? Any reviews on experience? quality of aircraft? Customer Service off and on board the flight?

I booked this itinerary via Orbitz and I have never had issues with them before. I requested a window seat and an adjacent seat. I have heard stories of passengers just taking their own seats and not giving them up even when presenting their tickets to them, people say people may pick their own seats and then refuse to move regardless. I have been very lucky with air travel in my lifetime (except a 36 hour bout stuck in Panama , thanks Copa...) SO I guess just let me know what I NEED to know.

Thank you for including me in your community and I hope to have a pleasurable stay here.

Take Care Guys!
Dan