Originally Posted by KentownFlorida
When will you Yanks stop moaning ?, 30 minutes is unpleasant !, it takes longer than that to get my fingerprints and photograph at immigration in JFK, then I have to wait another 40 minutes to collect bags clear immigration and customs after completing 2 totally unecessary forms [ I am after all only transiting] , then another 30 minutes to change terminal, than another 30 minutes to clear security. Tolal time 2 hours 10 minutes and 6 lines. Against 30 minutes maximum and 2 lines and no self baggage check or customs or useless baggage declaration at LHR. Get a Life
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Sorry to hear your JFK misfortunes. Where are you transiting to- if in the US of course you will clear customs at first port of entry. I'm not sure where the "best case" of 30 minutes from the other poster came from- I find connecting in LHR to be wholly unpredictable and unreliable. I have at least four stories of missing long haul flights connecting at LHR- my "favorite" is connecting at LHR from ZRH en route to HKG on our honeymoon- friends had arranged for a Rolls to pick us up on arrival in HKG as a surprise- we missed the LHR connection (last BA HKG flight of the day) with almost 3 hours of advance arrival in LHR, and were then treated to the double delight of the LHR Renaissance for an unscheduled stay plus a red cab from HKIA to the Peninsula.