JFK Arrivals
Mar 13, 2018, 12:26 pm
#16
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Thanks for the tip!
Mar 13, 2018, 12:33 pm
#17
Join Date: Apr 2016
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I did not know this, but very glad to hear it! I have used the returning ESTA queue with great effect in the last 18 months and had been thinking about GE now that there are London dates, but I don't use it that often to make it worthwhile. If I get a new ESTA in the summer before my PHX with the same passport then I think that will be the best mix of time vs cost for me.
Thanks for the tip!
Thanks for the tip!
Mar 13, 2018, 12:37 pm
#18
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Mar 13, 2018, 12:42 pm
#19
Join Date: Nov 2010
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Or did you just mean it is illegal for riff raff. It was a nice experience to be cleared in a similar fashion and sent off in a Limo with mrs rapidex.
Mar 13, 2018, 12:55 pm
#20
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 2,422
Maybe a bit stupid question, but arriving at JFK T8, how do I know what is the returning ESTA queue? Is this a separate queue in the same immigration area? Is the entry to the queue marked with returning ESTA or something similar? I would hate to join the wrong queue and since I will be departing the plane first I would like to be in front of the queue. I have an onward connection to LAS with the A321T in F so would like to maximize my time in First Class dining if I get access since my ticket is BA marketed
Mar 13, 2018, 1:38 pm
#22
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There will still probably be a wait for bags, but AA seems to do a lot better than BA at acknowledging priority tags.
Mar 13, 2018, 1:48 pm
#23
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Really! When I arrived at EWR with a certain Saudi Prince in his BBJ the head of Immigration for the Eastern seabord met us onboard and cleared his entourage and off they went in Limo's with Police escort.
Or did you just mean it is illegal for riff raff. It was a nice experience to be cleared in a similar fashion and sent off in a Limo with mrs rapidex.
Or did you just mean it is illegal for riff raff. It was a nice experience to be cleared in a similar fashion and sent off in a Limo with mrs rapidex.
Mar 13, 2018, 5:38 pm
#24
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: BOS
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 479
Fast track lanes may not be illegal as in Congress passed a law banning them. But the fact that not a single US airport has one, despite how much of a cash cow they could be for airport authorities, suggests that they are not allowed for in CBP regulations.
Mar 13, 2018, 5:45 pm
#25
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Fast track lanes may not be illegal as in Congress passed a law banning them. But the fact that not a single US airport has one, despite how much of a cash cow they could be for airport authorities, suggests that they are not allowed for in CBP regulations.
anyway we are going a bit off topic now, so let’s settle on “we don’t know”
Mar 13, 2018, 6:07 pm
#26
Join Date: Dec 2016
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If you arrive on AA with a tightish connection in business class (and probably other classes) you get issued a large dayglo priority card which speeds you through landside and back in priority queues, though not immigration. Even so, I got in on a new passport/esta combo in less than 10 minutes.