Advice on getting to LGA for 4PM DL flight?
Jan 26, 2018, 7:11 pm
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Advice on getting to LGA for 4PM DL flight?
Hi flyertalk,
I was hoping to get some advice on LGA, because I usually use EWR. I am trying to make a Friday 4PM Delta flight to BOS to catch a Celtics game. My class ends at 1:45PM, around Mercer/Bleecker St area. If I call an Uber right at 1:45, can I make the flight comfortably? Or is it better to do the E train to Jackson Heights+Q70 SBS? I will have no check-ins.
Thanks for your help!
I was hoping to get some advice on LGA, because I usually use EWR. I am trying to make a Friday 4PM Delta flight to BOS to catch a Celtics game. My class ends at 1:45PM, around Mercer/Bleecker St area. If I call an Uber right at 1:45, can I make the flight comfortably? Or is it better to do the E train to Jackson Heights+Q70 SBS? I will have no check-ins.
Thanks for your help!
Jan 27, 2018, 6:53 am
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At that time of day, you are pre-rush hour. Stick with Uber and you will be in a car by 1:50 and at LGA around 2:20 for your 4:00 PM, which means that you will likely make the 3:00 PM.
Jan 29, 2018, 12:17 pm
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Look on Google Maps before you call the car to make sure there aren't any major traffic problems, but you should have PLENTY of time to make a 4pm flight if you leave at 1:45.
BTW, if you opt for public transit, I'd use the F from Broadway/Lafayette rather than schlepping to the E from Mercer/Bleecker.
Also have you considered the Acela? Depending on timing it might be more efficient.
BTW, if you opt for public transit, I'd use the F from Broadway/Lafayette rather than schlepping to the E from Mercer/Bleecker.
Also have you considered the Acela? Depending on timing it might be more efficient.
Jan 30, 2018, 7:56 am
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Jan 30, 2018, 8:59 am
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Maybe the OP should ask in the New England forum for advice?
Jan 30, 2018, 11:42 am
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You think so? I used to spend a lot of time in downtown Boston and getting from Back Bay Station (train should arrive there close to 6:30 PM) to TD Garden is easy peasy. Just a simple transfer to the T which goes straight to the Garden. Getting from Logan to TD Garden seems much longer.
Maybe the OP should ask in the New England forum for advice?
Maybe the OP should ask in the New England forum for advice?
Jan 30, 2018, 1:28 pm
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Back Bay Station, not South Station. Still a long way off, but right now Amtrak is expecting 2164 to arrive BBY at 6:25 PM... 14 minutes early.
Jan 30, 2018, 7:33 pm
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