Advice and how early should I arrive at JFK
Apr 25, 2018, 10:24 pm
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Advice and how early should I arrive at JFK
Hello,
I am planning to arrive in JFK from an international Flight with KE on a Saturday night it arrives around 9pm. How busy is CBP during these times, and at most 1 to 1hr 30mins enough, since I will be getting a hotel for a night to catch a 9am DL flight to SYR the next day? I am not a Citizen or a PR with no Global Entry or anything. I also do not hold an ESTA.
I would also like to ask for my flight to SYR it leaves 9am on a Sunday, should I arrive 2hrs 30mins to 3 hours before flight? Since, I heard that JFK T2 had long lines for security? Is it that bad even on a Sunday morning?
I am planning to arrive in JFK from an international Flight with KE on a Saturday night it arrives around 9pm. How busy is CBP during these times, and at most 1 to 1hr 30mins enough, since I will be getting a hotel for a night to catch a 9am DL flight to SYR the next day? I am not a Citizen or a PR with no Global Entry or anything. I also do not hold an ESTA.
I would also like to ask for my flight to SYR it leaves 9am on a Sunday, should I arrive 2hrs 30mins to 3 hours before flight? Since, I heard that JFK T2 had long lines for security? Is it that bad even on a Sunday morning?
Apr 25, 2018, 11:02 pm
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The good news is that the KE flights is the first in the series of international arrivals in to JFK Terminal 1 for that time period. AF & DW are scheduled to arrival 20-60 minutes after. The downside is those flights can arrive early putting them on par with the KE flight. The KE flight is also an A380s worth of passengers many of which will not have ESTAs making your wait time longer. Ideally you'd be in & out in 45 minutes but up to 2+ hours is possible.
For the morning flight, are you checking luggage? On a Sunday morning with checked baggage I'd still think 90 minutes is plenty. Good luck riding the CRJ-200 aka the Devil's Chariot.
For the morning flight, are you checking luggage? On a Sunday morning with checked baggage I'd still think 90 minutes is plenty. Good luck riding the CRJ-200 aka the Devil's Chariot.
Apr 25, 2018, 11:13 pm
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Thanks. KE flight arrives around 9pm.
For the Morning flight with Delta, I do have 2 checked luggage and a backpack as a hand carry. I checked it on Delta it says its on a CRJ900 hopefully thay does not change. So 2 hours is enough time? But to be safe maybe I should arrive by 6am lol
Apr 26, 2018, 5:44 am
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Apr 26, 2018, 7:11 am
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I checked a few dates and they all were T4 B gate departures. T4 security is pretty good in mornings and has the more updated scanning systems which help speed things up. The B-50+ gates are far down the terminal but still doable within 90 minutes with buffer time.
Hopefully you do get a CRJ-900 instead of the CRJ-200.
Hopefully you do get a CRJ-900 instead of the CRJ-200.
Apr 26, 2018, 11:05 am
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You can still clear in T2 and take the Jitney bus to T4B if you think the T4 lines are going to be worse than T2, but I would expect T4 departure given the dedicated RJ gates at the end of the concourse.
Apr 29, 2018, 8:28 am
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Your arrival into JFK is irrelevant because you are headed to a hotel and because as a non-USN holding a non VWP passport, it is possible that your immigration experience will be a good deal longer.
On departure, two hours is a good 30 minutes longer than you will need even with checked luggage and no Pre-Check.
On departure, two hours is a good 30 minutes longer than you will need even with checked luggage and no Pre-Check.
May 1, 2018, 6:29 am
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Thanks. KE flight arrives around 9pm.
For the Morning flight with Delta, I do have 2 checked luggage and a backpack as a hand carry. I checked it on Delta it says its on a CRJ900 hopefully thay does not change. So 2 hours is enough time? But to be safe maybe I should arrive by 6am lol
May 1, 2018, 6:32 am
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Are both flights on a single ticket? Will your checked baggage be checked through to SYR? If so, then you might be able to drop the checked bags at the bag drop after Customs, and not have to worry about re-checking them in the morning. (This assumes that you will have everything you need for your overnight in your carry-on bag.)
Actually they are on separate tickets. One with KE, one with DL plannin on getting First class RT.
May 1, 2018, 7:05 am
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I don't know what KE's policy is on through-checking baggage on separate tickets to another SkyTeam carrier, but if you would like to through-check the bags, I would ask at the KE check-in counter at ICN. Be sure to bring a print-out of your DL ticket if you opt to do so.
May 1, 2018, 7:15 am
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