JFK Terminal 4 to Terminal 8 Transfer Doable in 30 minutes?
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JFK Terminal 4 to Terminal 8 Transfer Doable in 30 minutes?
I've seen some threads about this on Google, but most are Terminal 8 to Terminal 4 with checked baggage etc. I will be flying in from LAX to JFK Terminal 4 (Delta One, no checked bags) at 7 am. Given that I should be deplaning first, would it be possible to make it to Terminal 8 for a separate ticket American Airlines flight to BOS departing at 7:57 am? My inclination is that it would be tight but doable since I have no checked luggage and will not need to go back through security or check-in (will be on mobile).
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I've seen some threads about this on Google, but most are Terminal 8 to Terminal 4 with checked baggage etc. I will be flying in from LAX to JFK Terminal 4 (Delta One, no checked bags) at 7 am. Given that I should be deplaning first, would it be possible to make it to Terminal 8 for a separate ticket American Airlines flight to BOS departing at 7:57 am? My inclination is that it would be tight but doable since I have no checked luggage and will not need to go back through security or check-in (will be on mobile).
Also, its appropriate to add that DL's JFK T4 concourse is insanely long. If your plane parks at a gate towards the end, it could take a while to walk towards the terminal exit.
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OP may have a compelling reason for wanting to take AA, but I'm pretty sure DL has at least one early morning JFK-BOS flight that they sell as a legal connection from the redeyes ...
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That said, it's still a solid 10 minute walk to the AirTrain, then another 10 minutes to change terminals (if the AirTrain is running normally), then clearing security. Theoretically doable, but I wouldn't try it.
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I think it's totally doable if you hustle, and if the flight is on time, and if the DL flight doesn't arrive at a high-40s B gate (that's a ~12 minute walk to curbside maybe 15m to AirTrain), and if the AA flight doesn't depart from the far end of the remote concourse, and if the AirTrain is running properly, and if the AAgents don't decide to close the door 10 minutes early in their relentless pursuit of "D0" ontime departures.
It's a lot of ifs. My best guess is that you'd make the flight 65% of the time (admittedly without checking the track record of the inbound DL redeye). So what's your risk tolerance and the potential cost of that other 35%?
It's a lot of ifs. My best guess is that you'd make the flight 65% of the time (admittedly without checking the track record of the inbound DL redeye). So what's your risk tolerance and the potential cost of that other 35%?
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Perhaps OP is trying to save money, but connecting in JFK doesn't make a whole lot of sense when the logical routing would just be the LAX-BOS nonstop.. it's a D1 route too.
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In this case OP is already flying the redeye from LAX. The only difference is that LAX-BOS redeye leaves an hour earlier than LAX-JFK. Not sure if it's worth a connection to change your departure time by an hour.
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I think it's totally doable if you hustle, and if the flight is on time, and if the DL flight doesn't arrive at a high-40s B gate (that's a ~12 minute walk to curbside maybe 15m to AirTrain), and if the AA flight doesn't depart from the far end of the remote concourse, and if the AirTrain is running properly, and if the AAgents don't decide to close the door 10 minutes early in their relentless pursuit of "D0" ontime departures.
It's a lot of ifs. My best guess is that you'd make the flight 65% of the time (admittedly without checking the track record of the inbound DL redeye). So what's your risk tolerance and the potential cost of that other 35%?
It's a lot of ifs. My best guess is that you'd make the flight 65% of the time (admittedly without checking the track record of the inbound DL redeye). So what's your risk tolerance and the potential cost of that other 35%?
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otoh, not sure if OP has the ability to reschedule whatever is on the calendar that day in LA to be able to make a nonstop that departs an hour earlier ...
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While MCT does not apply because this is not a connection, the fact that carriers will not sell this as a connection tells you that they do not want the risk of a misconnect.
AA requires passengers at the departure gate no later than T-15. While AA will not generally offload a pax until the flight is closed, it will do so if it needs the seat or if the aircraft is ready to go and all passengers at the gate have boarded. Thus, this gives OP 15 minutes to make it from brakes locked on the inbound to the gate reader on the outbound. That seems unlikely and the risk means that he purchases a new ticket to BOS.
Agree with others that unless schedule and other factors do not work, flying this as LAX-BOS may make a lot more sense. I would, in any event, price the ticket with the change. It might not be far off.
AA requires passengers at the departure gate no later than T-15. While AA will not generally offload a pax until the flight is closed, it will do so if it needs the seat or if the aircraft is ready to go and all passengers at the gate have boarded. Thus, this gives OP 15 minutes to make it from brakes locked on the inbound to the gate reader on the outbound. That seems unlikely and the risk means that he purchases a new ticket to BOS.
Agree with others that unless schedule and other factors do not work, flying this as LAX-BOS may make a lot more sense. I would, in any event, price the ticket with the change. It might not be far off.