Originally Posted by
stevento
I travel internationally every other month for many years, but being NY-based, every entry into US has been into JFK/EWR and we had no connecting flights.
However, every time we land there is an announcement that "all passengers must collect their luggage regardless of their final destination".
Booking a GIG-MIA-JFK flight. Will I need to collect and re-check my luggage in MIA? Would 1.5hrs be enough?
1. Yes.
2. Maybe. (It depends on how much time you spend in Immigration and Customs, and how long it takes you to clear TSA security at MIA to get back airside for your second flight.)
Note that (assuming both of your flights are on a single PNR) your checked baggage can be tagged "through" to JFK when you check in at GIG. That means that after you claim your checked baggage at MIA and submit to Customs inspection, you should then be able to just drop your already-tagged baggage at a "re-check" counter located just past Customs.