JFK Connection: Enough Time
#1
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: JAX, FL USA
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JFK Connection: Enough Time
My family and I will be arriving back to the USA on CX888 arriving into JFK at 0600 on 29 Nov. Our connecting flight on DL to Florida leaves at 0800. Will this leave us enough time to clear customs and immigration?
#3
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I have done something similar before, but instead of JFK I did HKG-JFK/LGA-JAX etc. instead of doing a lot of walking + waiting/taking the train within JFK...I'd rather just hop on a cab exiting the JFK terminal and in ~15 mins arrive in LGA (assuming good traffic of course). I have done LGA-JFK ~9-10 am / 9-10 pm and JFK-LGA ~1-2 pm...usually not bad.
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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My family and I will be arriving back to the USA on CX888 arriving into JFK at 0600 on 29 Nov. Our connecting flight on DL to Florida leaves at 0800. Will this leave us enough time to clear customs and immigration?
I have done something similar before, but instead of JFK I did HKG-JFK/LGA-JAX etc. instead of doing a lot of walking + waiting/taking the train within JFK...I'd rather just hop on a cab exiting the JFK terminal and in ~15 mins arrive in LGA (assuming good traffic of course). I have done LGA-JFK ~9-10 am / 9-10 pm and JFK-LGA ~1-2 pm...usually not bad.
#6
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: JAX, FL USA
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Enough Time?
Does it help if we're flying J? Not sure if JFK has preferred immigration lines. Also, shouldn't things be pretty dead at 6am? This is also 29 Nov - the Sunday after the Thanksgiving holiday. Probably a huge travel day, but I'm guessing 6am immigration queues will be short...Plus Delta has changed the schedule again - now 8:30 departure to JAX. 2.5 hours now. Next available flight to JAX on DL isn't until 13:40.
#7
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: London
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Part of the challenge will be escaping the CX terminal, trudging up to the SkyTrain (or is it AirTrain at JFK?), waiting for the right train, and heading to the DL terminal. All three variables can be very short, or quite long. After flying CX to JFK last month we sailed through immigration but got held up for 15 mins in the queue to hand in our customs form. Then we had to wait 8 mins for the right train. The train goes only in 1 direction so if your destination terminal is 'behind' you in the route then that adds more minutes to the journey. All told, these three variables if all working against you can create a significant delay to your journey. I advise checking the train route map at the JFK website. Maybe they give train times as well, because the frequency at 6:30am may be different than at 7:30am.
#8
Join Date: Jun 2008
Programs: AA Plat, NW, SQ
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I missed my flight with a 2 hour layover at LAX.
Aiport employees excuse. too many flights landed at once.
But I'm urgent, Too bad they said. wait in line.
No sense to open another line for urgent passengers and have someone check tickets as a confirmation. they just stood around, had to ask my way to the front, some said no, so I was stuck halfway to the front and missed my flight by 10 mins.
Aiport employees excuse. too many flights landed at once.
But I'm urgent, Too bad they said. wait in line.
No sense to open another line for urgent passengers and have someone check tickets as a confirmation. they just stood around, had to ask my way to the front, some said no, so I was stuck halfway to the front and missed my flight by 10 mins.
#9
Join Date: Nov 2006
Programs: MPC,CA,MU,AF
Posts: 8,171
I missed my flight with a 2 hour layover at LAX.
Aiport employees excuse. too many flights landed at once.
But I'm urgent, Too bad they said. wait in line.
No sense to open another line for urgent passengers and have someone check tickets as a confirmation. they just stood around, had to ask my way to the front, some said no, so I was stuck halfway to the front and missed my flight by 10 mins.
Aiport employees excuse. too many flights landed at once.
But I'm urgent, Too bad they said. wait in line.
No sense to open another line for urgent passengers and have someone check tickets as a confirmation. they just stood around, had to ask my way to the front, some said no, so I was stuck halfway to the front and missed my flight by 10 mins.
#14
Join Date: Mar 2008
Programs: UA 2P, CX MPC, CO
Posts: 80
The DL terminal at JFK is horrible when I've been there. Ridiculously long security lines, check-in lines (even for kiosks - OLCI before you leave YVR!) are horrible, etc. i usually have flights out of terminal 7 in JFK (used by CX, UA, BA, AC and some others) and whenever i have DL flights, I'm amazed anyone makes their flights at that terminal.



