Hi George yes, 2 hours to go though customs and immigration at JFK will be tight (especially if you have checked luggage), but the thing thatll make it easy is that you wont have to switch terminals. Please view our advertising policy page for additional details about our partners. Youre very welcome Carolyn! Often, after booking, AA will change my outbound flights forcing a tight connection and I have to phone to change it My personal policy outbound on international itineraries is 2 hours +/- 15 minutes MCT given that my international flight, if a misconnect occurs, forces a 24 hour delay. The only two connection options of the day were 45 minutes, or 6.5 hours. Which happens to end good for me and 5 other people who I invited as my "friends" to board the flight. I live in Austin and fly every week. Not sure what's betterno response or bullshit response. take your overhead into consideration. The following is a detailed breakdown of exactly how long itll take you to make connections at JFK for nearly any situation (based on my own personal experience). Thank you! Also, dont get hung up on the fact that Terminals 3 and 6 are nonexistent. Youll need a minimum of 2 hours to connect from an international flight to a domestic flight at JFK. Not too big of a deal if there are other frequencies later on in the day, but if that isn't the case it can be a @Nelson lucky you Fortunately based in MUC with most of my travels being intra-EU to hubs (so usually little need for connecting), but the 2 times I have connected in FRA with less than 1h in between, I have always ended up having issues and missing the connecting flight. Advertiser Disclosure: Some links to credit cards and other products on this website will earn an affiliate commission. MINIMUMCONNECTION TIMES. I figured I was OK because I was traveling first class, and I have global pass. If you book far enough in advance you'll almost certainly get a schedule change that makes the window less than the minimum connection. connection where I have to go through transit security. I try to avoid Austin for any traveling. As a New Mexico resident that flys out of ABQ or ELP on AA often, I was confident you would be talking about a ticket leaving from one of these airports. I suspect another consideration to MCT is the padding of schedules. I fly every other day some weeks and constantly lookup ticket prices. No checked bags and have global entry. Hi, were flying from Toronto to JFK (Feb 6, 2023) our first time to have layover in US, what do we need to provide . However, for the sake of preserving your sanity, youre probably going to want a little more time than that. Hi Carole if youre flying American Airlines the entire way (DFW-JFK-LHR), you wont have to switch terminals at JFK. Here's what the official rules are when booking: American: Reported to be 25 minutes. You should have enough time to meet your friend IMHO. This sounds like a leisure approach. Then still out of breath from running with heavy backpack with underlying asthma I sat in one of the MULTIPLE empty handicap seats nearby because I was too exhausted to go any further hoping to finally rest and catch my breath but of course the bitch decided AA hasn't ruined my day enough and comes over and tells me to vacate the seat as it's for handicap, I move to another seat and course never ever does come occupy those seats. After all, if you book a really short connection, youre increasing your odds of misconnecting. Hi Phoebe Im glad youre finding this useful! This is a carry-on only proposition. Hi Scott! But I need to mention, never ever the flight departed on time. Only way would be if there were other flight options from AUS-DFW-TPA that would work if you miss connection and those flights had lots of empty seats. I have not against black people in general but you all know exactly the type of person I'm talking about with their distinct tone if voice full of cold hearted attitude. I would love your input. I was willing to pay more and change my seat for 1 in coach closer to the front with extra leg room. all on one ticket American Airlines operated by British Airways. Unfortunately I don't have always the choice but for sure, in Europe my favorite airport is MUC. When I grabbed my suitcase from the carousel due to trying to hurry, I dropped it right bellow my knee and broke my leg!!! But starting at BRU I don't have always the option MUC to connect. for all kind of connections. My wife needs wheel chair service to the plane, although I would prefer a short connection I normally need at least 1 hour depending upon the airport, in Phoenix I book minimum 90 minutes. A few months back I was connecting in MCO to MIA (after being rerouted through MCO) and the inbound was late. Thank you. The connection time was 80 minutes. Minimum Connection Times: What Are They and How Do They Affect Were you flying international or domestically to a smaller service airport? None of my flights on American Airlines were problem free! Check if your destination has travel restrictions. Thanks for the article, very informative. Learned yesterday that MCT is based upon time to transfer bags from one plane to another, has nothing to do with people getting off one plane and onto another! at FRA the MCT is 45min. And I'm talking as flying about an average of 400k miles a year, so yes, I have had some luck. Accra, Ghana (ACC) 3-4 Hours Before Departure - Even if not Checking Bags. So I booked the same itinerary again for this Thanksgiving, but I recently looked at it again and it only had a 45 minute connection time in DOH! I saw it routed through Austin, which is a fairly new focus city for American. (Which I'm not inherently against, though some have gotten patently ridiculous.)
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