LGA-CLT 6:55am flight: reliable?
May 9, 2019, 8:15 am
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If you have a critical meeting or other event, you should never count on any one plan to get you there. Even a flight / train which has operated on schedule 100% of the time for the past year could suffer a maintenance delay, a transient thunderstorm could hover over the field, or a passenger could have a heart attack. Thus, whether you depart at 05:00 from EWR or 06:55 from LGA is not significantly different.
I would strongly advise against the 02:00 train service. That is beyond miserable, subject to lengthy delays (because freight trains take precedence).
Sorry to say this, but only you can judge the impact of missing your meeting and if it is critical, there is no better option than to fly in the day before.
I would strongly advise against the 02:00 train service. That is beyond miserable, subject to lengthy delays (because freight trains take precedence).
Sorry to say this, but only you can judge the impact of missing your meeting and if it is critical, there is no better option than to fly in the day before.
May 9, 2019, 9:30 am
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If you have a critical meeting or other event, you should never count on any one plan to get you there. Even a flight / train which has operated on schedule 100% of the time for the past year could suffer a maintenance delay, a transient thunderstorm could hover over the field, or a passenger could have a heart attack. Thus, whether you depart at 05:00 from EWR or 06:55 from LGA is not significantly different.
I would strongly advise against the 02:00 train service. That is beyond miserable, subject to lengthy delays (because freight trains take precedence).
Sorry to say this, but only you can judge the impact of missing your meeting and if it is critical, there is no better option than to fly in the day before.
I would strongly advise against the 02:00 train service. That is beyond miserable, subject to lengthy delays (because freight trains take precedence).
Sorry to say this, but only you can judge the impact of missing your meeting and if it is critical, there is no better option than to fly in the day before.
May 9, 2019, 10:21 am
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Can we start a Gofundme to get this poor guy a hotel room in CLT for the night before his meeting? Sheesh.
May 9, 2019, 10:37 am
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12 hours on the Crescent, even without the inevitable delays due to freight priority? Madness. You'll be just as likely to be sitting outside of Lynchburg yielding way to coal trains as to make your meeting.
Can we start a Gofundme to get this poor guy a hotel room in CLT for the night before his meeting? Sheesh.
Can we start a Gofundme to get this poor guy a hotel room in CLT for the night before his meeting? Sheesh.
May 9, 2019, 11:34 am
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I have a critical meeting in uptown Charlotte at 10am in a few weeks. Oddly, the first flight of the day from LGA leaves at 6:55am and arrives at 8:50am. I figured it would have left closer to 6am.
Is the first LGA-CLT flight of the day reliable? A delay of half an hour would likely be OK, but I absolutely positively must be uptown by 10am, so If this flight isn’t reliable, I’d better try another one.
Thanks!
Is the first LGA-CLT flight of the day reliable? A delay of half an hour would likely be OK, but I absolutely positively must be uptown by 10am, so If this flight isn’t reliable, I’d better try another one.
Thanks!
But seriously, go the night before. Period. No matter what you choose, you can get screwed. CLT could have AM weather and ALL carriers are hosed. Flying the night before gives options- even fly to ATL and drive to CLT overnight.(ive done it)
Plus, you will be well rested, breakfasted and a=caffeinated if you go the night before. Honestly, what WILL you do the night before if you stay in NYC?
May 9, 2019, 2:45 pm
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Thanks, everybody. I'm going the night before. 5am from EWR was looking pretty painful, as was talking Delta or taking a 6:25-ish flight from JFK.
Odd that the first flight of the day from LGA-CLT--which must be a pretty important business route--is so late.
Thanks again.
Odd that the first flight of the day from LGA-CLT--which must be a pretty important business route--is so late.
Thanks again.
May 9, 2019, 2:52 pm
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Thanks, everybody. I'm going the night before. 5am from EWR was looking pretty painful, as was talking Delta or taking a 6:25-ish flight from JFK.
Odd that the first flight of the day from LGA-CLT--which must be a pretty important business route--is so late.
Thanks again.
Odd that the first flight of the day from LGA-CLT--which must be a pretty important business route--is so late.
Thanks again.
May 9, 2019, 6:22 pm
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I saw that there was a Delta flight that was earlier. I take the first flight out from LGA every now and then on a weekend and don't have a problem, so I wanted to poll around.
May 9, 2019, 6:28 pm
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Who has time to post joke posts on the internet? I don't. And why would anyone waste others' time by doing so?
I saw that there was a Delta flight that was earlier. I take the first flight out from LGA every now and then on a weekend and don't have a problem, so I wanted to poll around.
I saw that there was a Delta flight that was earlier. I take the first flight out from LGA every now and then on a weekend and don't have a problem, so I wanted to poll around.
Safe Travels
May 10, 2019, 8:33 am
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12 hours on the Crescent, even without the inevitable delays due to freight priority? Madness. You'll be just as likely to be sitting outside of Lynchburg yielding way to coal trains as to make your meeting.
Can we start a Gofundme to get this poor guy a hotel room in CLT for the night before his meeting? Sheesh.
Can we start a Gofundme to get this poor guy a hotel room in CLT for the night before his meeting? Sheesh.
https://juckins.net/amtrak_status/archive/html/historychart.php?train_num=19&station=CLT&date_sta rt=01%2F01%2F2019&date_end=5%2F10%2F2019&sort=d_ar &chartsize=2&smooth=0
May 10, 2019, 11:53 am
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May 10, 2019, 4:42 pm
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Actually, the average delay for the Crescent since the beginning of the year has been about 30 minutes, with the latest arrival at 7 am.
https://juckins.net/amtrak_status/archive/html/historychart.php?train_num=19&station=CLT&date_sta rt=01%2F01%2F2019&date_end=5%2F10%2F2019&sort=d_ar &chartsize=2&smooth=0
https://juckins.net/amtrak_status/archive/html/historychart.php?train_num=19&station=CLT&date_sta rt=01%2F01%2F2019&date_end=5%2F10%2F2019&sort=d_ar &chartsize=2&smooth=0
May 11, 2019, 5:51 am
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Outside of the NEC and the SAN-LAX corridor, I would never leave it to Amtrak for transport for an important meeting.
As others mentioned, go the night before. I do important business meetings in CLT couple times a year. We always fly the previous night. A 5:05 am flight to CLT -sucks-. No sleep, fatigue that day, often no Pre-check at airports, and lousy experience.
As others mentioned, go the night before. I do important business meetings in CLT couple times a year. We always fly the previous night. A 5:05 am flight to CLT -sucks-. No sleep, fatigue that day, often no Pre-check at airports, and lousy experience.