POE JFK SUCKS!!!!!!!!

[Marry American 0]

My fiance arrived at JFK at 10:40a.m yesterday. He remained at the immigration office unitl 7pm. His connecting flight left at 2:40pm. He was supposed to get on the next flight at 7:00pm. They would not let him on that plane although it did not leave until 8:15 because of weight limitations. They were only 44 passengers on that plane. They did not give him a reason as to why he could not get on that 7pm plane. They told him he could not leave until 7am this morning. He ended up being at JFK all night. It was also well lit, cold, and loud. And all that after traveling from Morocco.

I left my home at 4:00pm yesterday to pick him up. I live far from the airport. I thought he would be able to catch that next flight, but nope. I waited until 10:00pm before I left Ohare Airport. I had special plans for us yesterday evening as well. I cancelled and made the reservation later, but we could not even make those.

JFK sucks and so does the airline he flew in on and the connecting flight compamy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MaydayDas 1]

Sorry to hear your fiance had problems. Hope everything is ok now........ and good luck in the future

[ELW 5]

What an awful experience, I'm soo sorry!

What was the airline he used?

[payxibka 10,047]

Name names please... My So will be transiting JFK at the end of May

[^KK^ 3]

Did he get a "work" stamp? Employment authorization?

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Yes, JFK is bloody awful!

On 2005-05-31, I returned from India through JFK; the flight was part-empty from MAA to CDG, and packed-full from CDG to JFK. Based on my ticket, I had all of 51 minutes to get through immigration/customs (first re-entry into the country on my US passport--delayed a few minutes, probably due to its completely-blank pages) and then connect on a flight to DCA--as you can guess, I missed that flight.

When I went to the airline (Delta) to get an alternate booking to DCA, I was given a taxi-coupon to LGA--just when the bus to LGA arrived (which would NOT accept this coupon, so I had to fork out $15).

Next time I travel, I'll be sure to book flights out of either (in order of preference):

1. BWI
   
2. PHL
   
3. IAD (no, not a mistake--it can take longer to get from even Montgomery County, MD--let alone Baltimore County, MD--to Reston than to Philly)
   

[ya falaha! 0]

Yikes! Mo is going through JFK on Wednesday. He has a 4.5 layover. Now I'm a little worried.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Yikes! Mo is going through JFK on Wednesday. He has a 4.5 layover. Now I'm a little worried.

Can you swap it for a ticket STRAIGHT-IN to DTW? That's a much easier POE than JFK.

[payxibka 10,047]

Yikes! Mo is going through JFK on Wednesday. He has a 4.5 layover. Now I'm a little worried.

Can you swap it for a ticket STRAIGHT-IN to DTW? That's a much easier POE than JFK.

No such thing as a direct flight into DTW from Cairo... Would have to transit via AMS, LGW, FRA or CDG probably.

[homesick_american 1]

Strange...my husband used JFK as his POE and had no problems whatsoever; he said he was in and out in about half an hour. He arrived at JFK at about 4:30pm on a Thursday on a Virgin flight from London.

[ya falaha! 0]

He's flying Egyptair from Cairo to JFK, direct. Egyptair doesn't fly to DTW. #######!!!

Yikes! Mo is going through JFK on Wednesday. He has a 4.5 layover. Now I'm a little worried.

Can you swap it for a ticket STRAIGHT-IN to DTW? That's a much easier POE than JFK.

[doodlebug 3]

My fiance arrived at JFK at 10:40a.m yesterday. He remained at the immigration office unitl 7pm. His connecting flight left at 2:40pm. He was supposed to get on the next flight at 7:00pm. They would not let him on that plane although it did not leave until 8:15 because of weight limitations. They were only 44 passengers on that plane. They did not give him a reason as to why he could not get on that 7pm plane. They told him he could not leave until 7am this morning. He ended up being at JFK all night. It was also well lit, cold, and loud. And all that after traveling from Morocco.

I left my home at 4:00pm yesterday to pick him up. I live far from the airport. I thought he would be able to catch that next flight, but nope. I waited until 10:00pm before I left Ohare Airport. I had special plans for us yesterday evening as well. I cancelled and made the reservation later, but we could not even make those.

JFK sucks and so does the airline he flew in on and the connecting flight compamy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I doubt you'll have time to come on here in the next few days but if you happen to pop in.......could he let us know what took so long at JFK?

[Savanphil 3]

Dyum, I'm sorry you had that awful experience.

[Together4ever 1]

Yikes! Mo is going through JFK on Wednesday. He has a 4.5 layover. Now I'm a little worried.

My Moh came through JFK and made it through customs in a little over 2 hours. The only reason he missed his flight is because he wasn't sure what to do after customs. They rebooked him. Didn't cost him a penny.

[Reynaldo 0]

I also had a good experience going thru JFK (in feb). It took them only 15 minutes to process my visa...

I actually was going to book my flight to MSP 2 hours after my estimated arrival, but I booked it to 4 hours after i was supposed to get here. because i was afraid i would get stuck in immigration/customs. I ended up having to wait 3.5 hours for my flight.