Boston, Logan Transfer Terminal E to A
 

We are a party of 8 who will be arriving on an International Delta flight into Terminal E at Logan, and then connecting on a Delta domestic flight from Terminal A. I have been trawling through the web to try and get a definitive answer as how we should make the connection, but thought I'd double check with the people who will know...

We originally had 3 hours to make the transfer but Delta have been changing the flight times on a regular basis and this has been nibbling away at this time, so now we're down to 2 and a half hours, so...

When we clear immigration and customs in Terminal E, I assume we then recheck our hold bags and exit landside into the main departures concourse?
Is it correct that we should then walk or get the Airport Shuttle bus to Terminal A?
I have seen reports of airside transfers from A to E, but assume they don't go the other way and what ever we do, we need to go back through TSA security when we get to Terminal A?

Any help in clarifying things would be greatly appreciated. 👍

You can take the free airport shuttle bus from Terminal E to Terminal A. The routing varies at certain times of day, but at most times you will want to take the bus that stops at all the terminals, not the one that goes from E to the rental cars and the airport T station (for public transportation into downtown Boston). Terminal A will be the next stop after leaving Terminal E.

Thank you, I think it's Shuttle Bus Route 11. 👍

You are correct that you will need to re-check your bags after customs and will then be landside. You have a few options:

1. The airside shuttle now goes both ways. You can go upstairs, clear TSA at Terminal E, and take the shuttle from E13 to Terminal A.
2. You can take the Route 11 free airport shuttle bus to Terminal A as JPG3392 said, which runs pretty frequently from the curb on the lower level directly outside customs at Terminal E.
3. You can take the elevator up and walk through the central parking garage to Terminal A. There are moving walkways but it still takes about 10 minutes.

The airport provides an interactive map at maps.massport.com.

I think it would be easier to clear TSA at Terminal E, but am I right in thinking it is this airside bus from gate E13 that people have been saying is very erratic, think I read wait times of 45 minutes on occasion!!!! 🫣

Not worth going back in Terminal E security unless there is nobody there in line at all. Usually, E security is long and slow, and then you have to wait for up to 30 min for the airside shuttle to get over to A, and the shuttle takes a while since you'll basically get a tour of the entire airport on the way.

I would recommend just exiting the terminal ground level and taking the airport shuttle from E->A as that is a close/next stop. There is a walking path as well as VFR mentioned but if you have 8 people they may not all want to walk.

You should have enough time, but immigration could take over an hour if there is a long line.

rylan Thank you, decision made.

Will check the times of the Shuttle bus on the FlyLogan app when we get outside and make a decision on whether it's a walk or bus ride. 👍

We are all going to try and use MPC in the Immigration Hall, so hoping that might save us some time.

Just walk, it’ll be much faster than the bus which has to deal with traffic and crowds. You can re-check bags in E with DL outside customs and then walk to A via the indoor Skybridge with moving walkways.

Once you recheck your bag at the transfer desk, take the elevator near the Hudson News to Level 4 which is the SkyBridge. From there it’s a quick 5 minute walk to A, all indoors with moving sidewalks.

MCO Flyer Brilliant advice, thank you.

Infact thank you to everyone who has replied, has made things a lot clearer.

I did the walk from A to E just a couple of weeks ago. It was quite easy even with my luggage with me on a cart. I wanted to try for an earlier connecting flight, couldn’t get confirmation on the app, so kept my suitcase with me to ensure that it was on the same flight.

The immigration hall at BOS is huge, especially compared to my home airport of MSP. I’ve gone through there twice in the past year and found it really fast both times.

Yes, MPC will save significant time if you're all able to use it, since you will basically use the Global Entry line.

First, they have opened a new security area in e and security is actually very fast and efficient, especially if you are landing mid day when not much comes in, the reports of security being a mess I think are outdated and based on the old setup, the new security has clear and a bunch of tsa pre lines and is arguably quicker than security at terminal A

they have also beefed up the post security shuttle between terminals it seems to come more frequently and there is a “gate agent”

I would make walking my first option, it is an easy walk and after a long flight a little leg stretch is nice, second option would be to go back thru security and take the internal shuttle,

baggage recheck is kind of hit or miss, there can be lines,

BOS has improved it's MPC procedure. When I used it in March, they said they would get to the MPC line once all the GEs had cleared. As there was a constant stream of GEs from multiple flights, I said "I would have been better off in the regular line" and they waved me up. When I used it 2 weeks ago, there was one agent who prioritizes MPC so I got through very quickly.

So I’m flying in the Boston a few weeks from Paris and have quite a long layover because it’s an unprotected connection back to Atlanta.


I would really like to go back through security ar E and see the new sky club. It sounds like that’s not normally going to be a problem

the only thing I’m concerned about is my luggage will not be checked through because while I know Delta will check through luggage on these “connections”. I also know the crew at Air France can barely do this when it is on one ticket. I’m not very optimistic that I’ll be able to to convince them to check it through to Atlanta (the last time I checked luggage in Paris, they would only check it to New York because that was where I was going, even though my final destination on the ticket was Atlanta when I took it to the agent in New York she just rolled her eyes 😂)


So so this is all a long way of asking. Will they check domestic baggage at E after I pick it up and go through customs?

My short answer is Yes. Here’s my longer explanation:
I flew CDG-BOS-MSP on DL flights on two separate tickets about three weeks ago; like you, I had a very long layover (6 hours IIRC). My luggage was checked only to Boston (I didn’t try to check it all the way through at CDG). The Delta staff in Terminal E were quite willing to check my bag on to MSP. However I wanted to SDC to an earlier flight, was having trouble doing it on the Delta app, and didn’t want to end up with my bag on a later flight than I took. So I took my bag to Terminal A, secured the SDC, and then checked the bag.

I also had a 6 hour layover on my outbound trip and spent several hours in the SkyClub in Terminal E. When I checked in the staff told me (without my asking) that I could stay longer than the 3-hour limit since the club wasn’t very busy at the time.