Originally Posted by
jsloan
...I assume you’re asking about the return leg? I’ve been through EWR twice this year, and while I typically try to avoid it, there were virtually no lines when I arrived. A 2-hour connection would have been fine. The problem, of course, is that it’s very unpredictable — if you’re the first widebody in your bank to land, you’re golden; if you’re the sixth, you’re going to have 1,000 people in line ahead of you.
Yes, asking about the return. My two connecting options allow for either a 1:50hr layover or a 3:40hr layover coming home to Chicago. I'm leaning toward taking my chances to avoid the very long layover after a long day of flying. I realized that I've never cleared customs at EWR in my ~15 years of heavy flying, which is kind of crazy.