Need quick help regarding JFK terminal 8 to terminal 4 transit time
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Need quick help regarding JFK terminal 8 to terminal 4 transit time
Hi, not sure if this is the right place to post this, but since terminal 8 is AA so I figured its relevant.
Anyways, I'm 3 hours early at the gate because my girlfriend's flight got cancelled and she's switched to a flight 3 hours earlier than the original. Now she's gone and I have 3 hours till departure.
I forgot to bring my Amex Plat card so I cannot enter the Admiral Club. I did Bring my priority select card. I'm thinking about going to the lounge in terminal 4, take a shower and come back to terminal 8. Do I have enough time to do that? First time at JFK. Thanks!
Anyways, I'm 3 hours early at the gate because my girlfriend's flight got cancelled and she's switched to a flight 3 hours earlier than the original. Now she's gone and I have 3 hours till departure.
I forgot to bring my Amex Plat card so I cannot enter the Admiral Club. I did Bring my priority select card. I'm thinking about going to the lounge in terminal 4, take a shower and come back to terminal 8. Do I have enough time to do that? First time at JFK. Thanks!
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Sure. AirTrain takes about 6 minutes between T8 and T4, in either direction. Just make sure that you board the "All Terminals" AirTrain when going from T8 to T4, or you'll be in for a very long ride.
From T4 back to T8, take the first AirTrain to arrive, regardless of posted destination or direction of travel.
Sure. AirTrain takes about 6 minutes between T8 and T4, in either direction. Just make sure that you board the "All Terminals" AirTrain when going from T8 to T4, or you'll be in for a very long ride.
From T4 back to T8, take the first AirTrain to arrive, regardless of posted destination or direction of travel.
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Sure. AirTrain takes about 6 minutes between T8 and T4, in either direction. Just make sure that you board the "All Terminals" AirTrain when going from T8 to T4, or you'll be in for a very long ride.
From T4 back to T8, take the first AirTrain to arrive, regardless of posted destination or direction of travel.
Sure. AirTrain takes about 6 minutes between T8 and T4, in either direction. Just make sure that you board the "All Terminals" AirTrain when going from T8 to T4, or you'll be in for a very long ride.
From T4 back to T8, take the first AirTrain to arrive, regardless of posted destination or direction of travel.
Nvm.. Apparently I need a boarding pass that departs from terminal 4 to get into terminal 4.
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I can't comment on the length of security lines at T4 at this particular instant in time. But is the lounge you're hoping to access at T4 pre- or post-security? And if it's post-security, are you sure that the TSA will let you pass, since you are not departing on a flight that leaves from T4?
In any event, if you immediately head over to T4 and are turned away, you should have no trouble getting back to T8 in time.
I can't comment on the length of security lines at T4 at this particular instant in time. But is the lounge you're hoping to access at T4 pre- or post-security? And if it's post-security, are you sure that the TSA will let you pass, since you are not departing on a flight that leaves from T4?
In any event, if you immediately head over to T4 and are turned away, you should have no trouble getting back to T8 in time.
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All of the lounges in T4 are now post-security.
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How will you access Terminal 4 airside without a boarding pass?
I'd try downloading a copy of my AMEX account page reflecting my AMEX Platinum or Centurion status and trying for one of the two Admirals Clubs, myself.
I'd try downloading a copy of my AMEX account page reflecting my AMEX Platinum or Centurion status and trying for one of the two Admirals Clubs, myself.