I want to mention several things here. I am going to fly from Cancun back to NYC. I am not buying a roundtrip ticket as I'm going back to NYC. Also I am planning to fly back to NYC this month. I do know the airfares are much lower the next month. It will be either to JFK or La Guardia.


So for example if you check one stop flights from Cancun to NYC, there are some that are 1.5 hour layover, some a bit less than 2 hours. Some are a bit over 3 hours. For example if you check orbitz or AA, there are flights that go from Cancun to Charlotte. Then there is a bit over 1.5 hour layover... or 3.5 hour layover. Then the connecting flight flies to NYC. There are also other flights that go from Cancun to Dallas or Miami and then there is a 1.5 hour or around 2 hour layover. Then the connecting flight goes to NYC. There are many of these like this where the first stop is to Charlotte or Dallas or Miami if you take a look. So if they have flights with layovers as short as 1.5 hours, would that mean usually there is no issue then?


The thing is I do have checked luggage so I will have to wait for it at the carousel right after going through US immigration? Also couldn't this also take very long as well? So there is that, and then there is the waiting for the luggage at carousel. Then you need to go past customs and then drop the checked luggage off at the AA desk counter? But how long does that take and that rarely has a line right? Because you are just dropping your checked luggage as oppose someone checking in? Or is it similar? So you have to go through all these 3 things... then you have to go through the Charlotte security scanning things where you need to take off your belt and put everything in the bin right? But don't they only allow you to go there as long as your flight is at least 30 minutes from departure? Then you also have to get to the gate at Charlotte because usually they tell people to board about 30 minutes in right? So if there is any delay in any of these things, then what happens? Also I didn't even mention the fact that your flight from Cancun to Charlotte could also be delayed as well. So assuming your flight from Cancun to Charlotte isn't delayed... you basically have to go through US immigration, wait at the carousel for your checked luggage, then go to the desk counter to drop off your checked luggage from Charlotte to NYC, you have to make sure this is all done within 1 hour because they won't let you go through the scanning thing if your flight departs less than 30 minutes? So basically everything has to go right in order for a 1.5 hour layover to work in this situation?


You mentioned if you had no checked luggage and have global pass, this would be simple on 1.5 hour layover. But I have checked luggage and no global pass. So you would not recommend this then? But 3.5 hour layover at Charlotte would be fine? What about 1.5 hour to 2 hour layover at Dallas or Miami? What about 2.5 hour layover. Is that worst than Charlotte because I heard lot of international flights come to Miami internationally so that would be worst?



Would like opinion from others who has done this one stop flight.