It this connection enough? Which would you choose?
Dec 29, 2017, 10:19 am
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It this connection enough? Which would you choose?
Good day.
Looking for some advise about making a connection. For the general information the tickets I am flying with are both bought separately from Delta and Korean air.
I am flying from ICN to JFK with KE arriving at 11:30am. I am connecting on a separate ticket same day flight with DL from JFK to MIA at 3:25pm. Would this be enough time to clear immigration (non-us citizen), customs, then transfer to T2 and check-in and get to the flight? or will i still have time to stretch and relax a bit?? Or should I rebook and get a later flight which leaves 7:27pm with DL, still on a separate ticket?
Looking for some advise about making a connection. For the general information the tickets I am flying with are both bought separately from Delta and Korean air.
I am flying from ICN to JFK with KE arriving at 11:30am. I am connecting on a separate ticket same day flight with DL from JFK to MIA at 3:25pm. Would this be enough time to clear immigration (non-us citizen), customs, then transfer to T2 and check-in and get to the flight? or will i still have time to stretch and relax a bit?? Or should I rebook and get a later flight which leaves 7:27pm with DL, still on a separate ticket?
Dec 29, 2017, 10:42 am
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@orca15 Thanks for the response. I am a citizen of a country that does not have GE. I read mobile passport can only be used by Canadian citizens and Us citizens is this correct? You think I will still have a bit of time to have a short walk to T4, to get some thing of a stall there??
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Dec 29, 2017, 11:05 am
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@orca15 Thanks for the response. I am a citizen of a country that does not have GE. I read mobile passport can only be used by Canadian citizens and Us citizens is this correct? You think I will still have a bit of time to have a short walk to T4, to get some thing of a stall there??
Thanks. But isn't mobile passport only allowed if you are a US citizen, or canadian citizen? So, 4 hours is enough time for all of these and have some time to get to t4 to grab something I need over there?
Thanks. But isn't mobile passport only allowed if you are a US citizen, or canadian citizen? So, 4 hours is enough time for all of these and have some time to get to t4 to grab something I need over there?
https://www.cbp.gov/travel/us-citize...ssport-control
Dec 29, 2017, 11:11 am
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Thanks guys. Even though both tickets are separate, and a non US citizen arriving 11:30am in JFK. 3hrs and 55 minutes to make an international connection to domestic DL enough? with time to stroll over t4 to grab something I need over there? 
Could anyone tell me if I could directly check in at Terminal 2 right after passing customs at terminal 1?
Could anyone tell me if I could directly check in at Terminal 2 right after passing customs at terminal 1?
Dec 30, 2017, 7:19 am
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I didn't mean the GE statement to be a qualifier. Four hours is plenty. There is a bunch of walking and line standing to do, so 2 hours would be tight, but should be no issue for yours.
Dec 30, 2017, 8:01 am
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Thanks guys. Even though both tickets are separate, and a non US citizen arriving 11:30am in JFK. 3hrs and 55 minutes to make an international connection to domestic DL enough? with time to stroll over t4 to grab something I need over there?
Could anyone tell me if I could directly check in at Terminal 2 right after passing customs at terminal 1?
Could anyone tell me if I could directly check in at Terminal 2 right after passing customs at terminal 1?
DL has a check-in (baggage drop) desk at T1. You could even check in for your flight online 24 hours in advance, then just drop the bags (if any) at T1. Then go directly to whichever of T2 or T4 your flight is departing from. (Confirm this when you arrive.) T2 is ~5 minute walk, T4 is 2 or 4 stops on the AirTrain (depending on which train you get on). Allow another 20 minutes to clear security.