Originally Posted by
Skymilesaddict
There will be two teens, two adults, trip's on one ticket thru Delta. Another option is a redeye from PHX to JFK, which would mean a 13 hour layover before the straight shot to Milan. There are later flights JFK to MXP, but all with a layover in either CDG or AMS, which i would like to avoid. But if i gamble and hope everything goes right and it doesn't, and Delta reassigns us a new flight, i'm afraid the four of us won't be seated together, which i would like to avoid. So leaning toward the 13 hour layover, but lugging our carryons around to see one or two rushed NYC sights doesn't sound appealing. Is there bag storage at JFK now? Last time i tried was a decade ago and i was laughed out of every place i asked.
Yes, DL operates only 2 flights/day for PHX-JFK. Personally, I would take the risk of 56 min connection because taking a red eye from PHX and then spending 13 hrs in NY before your flight to MXP is not fun at all. You can certainly take a look at PHX-JFK flight performance using for example flightaware.com to evaluate your risk. However, your flight will be in March and a lot of things could change before that. I would not be surprised if DL would adjust the schedule and your connection time in JFK would increase or even decrease below legal. DL could also introduce another flight, who knows... I would keep the tickets as they are for now and evaluate again about two months before your flight.