u/DoniLaw1018

How early do we need to get to SJU airport?

I understand we have to go through various inspections. Is allowing 2 hours before the flight long enough? This is for a Friday midday flight.

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u/DoniLaw1018 — 1 day ago
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Allow 2.5 hours for domestic flights

We had a flight at JFK, Terminal 5 on JetBlue at 9 am this morning. There's a lot of traffic getting to the airport because of construction, and then the departures level was closed so there was a long line of cars waiting to get to the arrivals level instead. There was a line at bag drop off. After waiting in security line for an hour, they told me there was a problem with my ticket and I had to go to JetBlue helpdesk. My teenage kids went on without me, but one of them was selected for secondary screening which took quite a while. In the end, we all missed the flight and got booked on a flight 12 hours later!

Even without those complications, a lot of people don't allow an hour to get through security. (We would have made the flight if we had not encountered other complications). Several people on our flight (and presumably other flights) missed their flight.

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u/DoniLaw1018 — 5 days ago