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Re: Flying through PHIL
[Re: caeguy]
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08/19/2014 04:19 PM
08/19/2014 04:19 PM
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Posts: 83,046 Central Florida!
Carol_Hill
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I wish USAIR flew direct out of JFK. Along with every other airline?? You folks from the NY area do not understand how great you have it!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Flying through PHIL
[Re: cudster]
#28612
01/13/2015 12:29 PM
01/13/2015 12:29 PM
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 588 Las Vegas, NV, USA
Ellen777
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I read a recent thread about long waits at Phil customs and thousands of people. Is this normal, or due to weather? We have Global Entry and usually clear in Mia or SJU, our April connection in Phil is 1 1/2 hours at 7pm. I am worried that this is not enough time. Appreciate any comments. Thanks, Ellen
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Re: Flying through PHIL
[Re: beechbumms]
#28615
01/13/2015 05:29 PM
01/13/2015 05:29 PM
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Posts: 1,390 Hershey, Pennsylvania
Tom
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Let me put it this way. Since the return trip for us was through Phila this past Saturday I feel qualified to say that we always try to fly through CLT because it is newer/cleaner/and generally the people are nicer. However, we chose to give PHL another chance since it got us to SXM earlier than the CLT connection flight when we booked.
We arrived on USAir Flt#878 SXM to PHL just after 7PM. First stop Passport check, over 1,000 people in single line (rat maze) and 4 windows operating ("we cut down staff after 6PM"), then customs/immigration, then security, then shuttle to different terminal by bus/then security again, then to our gate. Over 1.5 hours from beginning to end in PHL. No brainer for me, never again.
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Re: Flying through PHIL
[Re: johnhill]
#28617
01/13/2015 08:46 PM
01/13/2015 08:46 PM
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Posts: 588 Las Vegas, NV, USA
Ellen777
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Thanks Tom, your previous post on another thread, made me wonder about the airport conditions in Philly. Guess we will just have to hope for the best. We will be traveling on a Sat, hopefully, Global Entry will help us. SJU is a breeze to clear customs, and so is Mia with Global Entry. Ellen
Life's a beach
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