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Old Jul 30, 2015 | 3:47 am
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Originally Posted by monitor
I would not dare booking a flight into LGA leaving me 2h25 for an international flight. It could (god bless the Van Wyck ) take a half or even more of that 2:25 simply changing airports.

This OP should avoid all possible heartburn by booking into JFK the afternoon before with Plan B being that first DL flight the next morning. Nothing else makes much sense to me.
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THIS is the correct answer to the $64,000 question. Playing LGA arrival roulette followed by VanWyck traffic roulette with the ramifications of a potential mis-connect to another carrier on an INTL itin is crazy.
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