GRRRRRR. IAH), which have to go through an extra security check. Min Time at Gate Before Departure. Travelling with Miles? We will have carryon nothing checked. If customer elects to cancel their reservation and use the value of the ticket toward the purchase of a new ticket outside the Travel Notice . Will cab go from one terminal to another? We arrive in JFK terminal 4 from Brussels (Belgium) at 1:30 pm with Delta. Great info can I ask a question Im travelling from UK (via Amsterdam) to JFK then on to Cincinnati (CVG) You gotta be stupid if you are trying to connect in a large urban airport for under an hour domestically. Doable? Anonymous needs to work through their issues with racism. do we need to pay for the AirTrain. As a pretty frequent American flyer, I find that most hubs have a minimum connection time of 40 minutes, and of course thats already pushing it. WILDCARD: if youre traveling alone and are worried about your connection, try to book a seat in the front half of the plane. American Airlines is the absolute worst, run by brain dead fools. Of course, just as I suspected, my luggage hadn't arrived at GRU. or go from American Airlines to a British Airways. Tight Connection - JFK. Gotta run, I guess. at FRA the MCT is 45min. What is the minimum connection time for international flights at JFK? Personally, thats cutting it a little bit too close, but its entirely possible if you hustle. Flight attendants tried to calm me but.they confessed that it was just a couple of gates shy of the longest distance I could walk between the terminals. Since you're talking about connecting in AMS and JFK, I imagine you are looking at flying Delta/SkyTeam. I think KE lands in T1 and DL is in T4. We have a domestic-international with terminal change, no checked bags, and we have TSA precheck, would 1 hour 40 min. I had a 55 minute connection in Charlotte this week. Were you flying international or domestically to a smaller service airport? Wow ! They advised me to not stop for bathroom or to buy food/beverages. As noted in the comments, the staff unfortunately pay the price of the poor planning. Once I was seated in the plane it took one more hour for departure. Hi Leyi youre very welcome! One of my regular flights is LAX to Austin. I avoid booking an intinerary that does not have at least an hour connection scheduled. When I called American Airlines , their response was if they scheduled it , you can make it ! Luckily it's a 6-hour layover so you have plenty of time, but alsoit's a 6-HOUR LAYOVER AND YOU CHANGE AIRPORTS. What an awesome collection of information your site provides! I would say you could do a 25 minute connection if your flight was on time. If you book it, be prepared to run. Basically making this connection requires (your inbound being on-time or early AND you're in row 1-3 AND your connecting flight is an adjacent gate) OR your outbound flight is delayed. And behind me were another 25 passengers. Could take 10 minutes, or it could take an hour. The listed minimum connection time in AMS for a non-Schengen to Schengen, Delta to KLM flight is 60 minutes ( see info here ). After booking I became aware that even though we connecting at JFK and not leaving the airport we need to clear . This means that you can just walk to your connecting gate without going through any additional checkpoints. Id try to get a longer layover if possible, but it wont be the end of the world if you cant. Hi Claire youre going to be fine. They will more likely be paging you a final boarding call that you hear as youre walking up to your connecting gate. Have a good trip! It's especially a problem at MIA, where they don't have elevators at every gate, so they have to take it a few gates away and then bring it from there (other airports carry it up the jetbridge stairs, it only weighs 120 pounds, and can be disassembled). 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. 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! Luckily by the grace of God our connecting flight was directly across from our arrival gate and all the gate attendants were doing was waiting the last few minutes to close the doors as boarding had completed. If you do have luggage to check (and it wont be transferred to your next flight automatically), an hour and 34 minutes wont be enough time. Have a great trip! Traveling is stressful enough most of the time. Not entirely anyway. Your feedback is important in helping us keep our community safe. Thanks for your Antwerpen. thank you please advise. We're part-time European residents and our nearest (truly) international airport is ORD. The John F Kennedy Airport is in a constant state of evolution, and a lot has changed over the years (including the elimination and combination of some terminal buildings). Have a great trip! Hi what about the baggage? Youre welcome Jenny! Do you think 2:33 is enough to catch my flight to Sao Paulo? Years ago I was coming back from Argentina to Dallas. I recently booked a ticket with Qatar Airways from the U.S. to Asia on the same flights that I have flown on a few times before and normally had a connection of 3 hours. As long as you use the Air Train to move between terminals, youll most likely be able to do it in half that time. I give up and head to my new gate where all the other passengers have already arrived and sat down and I try to ask the agent for proper boarding pass because what I was given had no seat listed and of course she gives me attitude and doesn't help. MCTs (Minimum Connecting Times) are standardised and agreed data sets which provide the minimum possible connecting time for both a passenger and their luggage to connect between an arriving flight and their departing flight. Note that there are 3 separate AirTrain lines: the Airline Terminals Train, the Jamaica Station Train, and the Howard Beach Train. The individual airlines all have a certain set of gates they lease and they're all clumped together. I'm a free agent for US3 flights anymore because, well, they all generally suck for one reason or another - product, miles, whatever - and AA insists on doing this to us. When I called American Airlines , their response was if they scheduled it , you can make it ! Domestic to international all within terminal 8 in 1.5 hours? MAD-JFK-CLT. What I have observed is that if you want a longer connection time, then there is a cost increase associated with that convenience. I would want a minimum of 2 hours for this if it were me. American Airlines (AA) have given me 90mins to connect at JFK. And try running through Charlotte with the crowds of people who take their sweet time. So if you want the cheaper fare you take the risk. Stay connected with the latest travel, aviation, and credit card news. 25 minutes seems extreme for Austin (where all the gates are close to one another), and it seems even more absurd for Phoenix, where you have a huge terminal. And because youll go through US customs and immigration prior to departing YYZ, youll arrive at JFK as if it were a domestic US flight. Its free if all youre doing is switching terminals. If I miss the connecting flight, I will have to wait 25 hours at DOH, and I cannot enter the country for a hotel because of the World Cup. A good rule of thumb when booking a connecting flight: I'd rather not have to 2 stop a domestic trip. It would have likely prompted them to change their connection time to at least 40 minutes. Southwest: At least 30 minutes if you have checked bags. with their bullshit. I would want a minimum of 2 and a half hours for a no stress connection from a domestic flight to an international flight departing from a different terminal at JFK. AA can do turnarounds faster than deliver mobility devices to the gate. Learnt my lesson and now I refuse to connect in FRA if the layover is less than 90min unless there's another convenient flight later on the day. Note to American (and all other) hiring managers: Angry black bitches who hate everyone and everything do NOT belong in customer service roles. Whats your experience? Its easy to switch terminals using the AirTrain, but Id highly recommend finding out where the stations are located in each terminal before you arrive (so you can hit the ground running). Keep in mind this is for an "interline . The flight with the lowest connection time is usually cheaper by a fair margin. Arriving on a commmuter flight and connecting internationally is impossible in less than 1 hour, especially if you are a disabled wheel chair user. check back later." The agent I was going from LGA to ORD with 30min connection in PHL. Jet blue keeps changing our flight! I fly a lot. It's just dumb. Have booked some really cheap awards and ultimately ended up getting a much more favorable schedule. This means that all partner airlines are grouped together in a way that makes sense. Despite its reputation for being one of the busiest and most congested airports in the world, JFK minimum connection times might be surprising to novice travelers. . Its so frustrating flying with them. Needles to say the pain was unbearable and Hell no! Hi Scott, It took about half an hour after the door opened for it to get to us the last 6 times we flew AA. There are 5 passenger terminals at JFK. I was stunned when I realized I had booked Palm Springs to Boston through Phoenix with the 25 minutes MCT. Probably 5-6 minutes at a fast pace. The day after I got my luggage. What Is the Minimum Connection Time for a Flight? 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! Hi Scott! Outside of banner ads published through the Boarding Area network, this compensation does not impact how and where products appear on this site. Minimum Connecting Time (Approximate) (Within JFK) Note Please be aware that transfer times can sometimes be longer. It would be probably too difficult to use Air Train. Itll be especially easy if you dont have to change terminals. however, now that I know how easy it is, my minimum connection times have been reduced quite significantly. People dont ever look at Connection times when they can save cash. and 3 hours for international. Many do this (Ive done this twice) to get better fares or award seats out of JFK. 1B). Not just the rebooking risk but that you go from seat 11F on a 321ceo to seat 32B on a 738. If you do end up missing the flight to LAX, theyll just put you on the next one. The Charlotte Airport it takes at least 19 minutes to get to your next gate and that has been for every flight I have taken from there. You wont have to go through any security checks (or anything else) to get to your connecting gate after you arrive. Hi Im coming from Barcelona British Air and then Delta back to PR how long would it take. At the airport Travel information American Airlines I am arriving JFK Delta from Barcelona. And when would this occur during a connection? There's also little to no chance of them holding the departure for you anymore. Anything less than 3 hours would make me nervous, but if everything goes right you could easily do it in far less time than that. I avoid booking an intinerary that does not have at least an hour connection scheduled. Usually time for a bathroom stop and thats it. Thank you very much. While deplaning in ten minutes - then, taking zero minutes to walk and board your connecting flight fifteen minutes prior to boarding - and making a connecting flight departing 25-minutes later may smack of a need for a power to time travel, lets view this through the prism of reality. It will be a lot more challenging otherwise but you should still have enough time for it. I made it with a 3 minutes to spare before them closing boarding but was soaked in sweat and felt like I had fast walked a 5k. And behind me were another 25 Clearly you don't fly American because American rarely will hold a flight. Travel and health restrictions by destination Check flight status Agreed. Thank you for your advice. I know that seems like a really wide range of time, but stay with me. As long as I didnt have to switch terminals, my personal minimum connection time for a domestic to international flight at JFK would be 1 hour and 10 minutes. Delta: 30-minute minimum connection time. 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When I grabbed my suitcase from the carousel due to trying to hurry, I dropped it right bellow my knee and broke my leg!!! Absolutely absurd especially now when such a large percentage of flights are late. For more information, please contact the Japan Airlines Reservations Center. Hey Jim! The connecting flight is likely going to be Delta as well if its a nonstop flight to Prague. I have also seen 30 An advantage of this would be access to cheaper fare inventory when the system creates a connecting itinerary. Yes, an hour and a half will be cutting really close even if you dont have to switch terminals. The customs and immigration facilities at this airport are extremely large and state of the art, but that doesnt always mean that its fast and efficient. Itll simply be a matter of walking from one plane to the next (unless you have to change terminals, which in that case, will require going through a security checkpoint). I did this once going to Los Angeles from Raleigh with only a 30 minute connection time in Atlanta. This is one of those internal operations things that AA wouldn't actually answer because some Lean Six Sigma'd it, customers be damned, and that's just the way things are. Is an hour and 38 minutes enough time? What is the ideal connection time at JFK? Air France doesnt fly from JFK to Prague nonstop. I get that planes only make money when theyre flying, and that airlines have heavily banked hubs, and that customers want itineraries that look like they have the shortest possible travel time.