time sensitive advice needed, which NYC-IAD will get me there w/WX this afternoon?
May 27, 2008, 1:58 pm
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time sensitive advice needed, which NYC-IAD will get me there w/WX this afternoon?
for how this turned out in the end, see my post #20 below...
appreciate all your help in advance!
I need to get to IAD for 847 to EZE this evening. I was scheduled for the 7:20pm EWR-IAD, but looks like there is a ground stop and possible thunderstorms and delays piling up. Other options are LGA and JFK, but I would need to act soon to get there (and I don't know if even the res line would see any posted delay to allow alt airport, but I would be able to tell by the incoming 5pm IAD-EWR if it's going to go to @#$!). Would UA 847 LGA-IAD be a better bet, since it's the same flight number, mainline 757 (maybe able to get out when smaller RJs can't) for the connection?
Thank you!
appreciate all your help in advance!
I need to get to IAD for 847 to EZE this evening. I was scheduled for the 7:20pm EWR-IAD, but looks like there is a ground stop and possible thunderstorms and delays piling up. Other options are LGA and JFK, but I would need to act soon to get there (and I don't know if even the res line would see any posted delay to allow alt airport, but I would be able to tell by the incoming 5pm IAD-EWR if it's going to go to @#$!). Would UA 847 LGA-IAD be a better bet, since it's the same flight number, mainline 757 (maybe able to get out when smaller RJs can't) for the connection?
Thank you!
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May 27, 2008, 2:15 pm
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Your duplicate post from this morning was moved by a moderator to the Washington DC forum and can be found HERE.
Quickly answering your question, mainline usually get less messed up than regional flights. At this point, get out of the NYC area asap!
Quickly answering your question, mainline usually get less messed up than regional flights. At this point, get out of the NYC area asap!
May 27, 2008, 2:24 pm
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appreciate all your help in advance!
I need to get to IAD for 847 to EZE this evening. I was scheduled for the 7:20pm EWR-IAD, but looks like there is a ground stop and possible thunderstorms and delays piling up. Other options are LGA and JFK, but I would need to act soon to get there (and I don't know if even the res line would see any posted delay to allow alt airport, but I would be able to tell by the incoming 5pm IAD-EWR if it's going to go to @#$!). Would UA 847 LGA-IAD be a better bet, since it's the same flight number, mainline 757 (maybe able to get out when smaller RJs can't) for the connection?
Thank you!
I need to get to IAD for 847 to EZE this evening. I was scheduled for the 7:20pm EWR-IAD, but looks like there is a ground stop and possible thunderstorms and delays piling up. Other options are LGA and JFK, but I would need to act soon to get there (and I don't know if even the res line would see any posted delay to allow alt airport, but I would be able to tell by the incoming 5pm IAD-EWR if it's going to go to @#$!). Would UA 847 LGA-IAD be a better bet, since it's the same flight number, mainline 757 (maybe able to get out when smaller RJs can't) for the connection?
Thank you!
May 27, 2008, 2:26 pm
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At this point, do you have any other options other than your original itinerary? It appears the next LGA-IAD flight is in 10 minutes. If you're at LGA, get on that plane, otherwise, the next bank of flights from EWR/JFK/LGA is not until 7pm-ish.
May 27, 2008, 2:26 pm
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What MileageAddict said. When flow control hits, the bigger/fuller plane gets out first, especially if it's a domestic tag to an int'l flight.
May 27, 2008, 2:26 pm
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the 1K line has just protected me onto the 7:20pm LGA-IAD flight (UA847 continuing to EZE), so now it is a matter of choosing which trigger to pull and which flight to take...
ok, although I can already see that the flight status of the inbound IAD-EWR that I take to go 7:20pm EWR-IAD is already delayed, not arriving in to *EWR* until 7:42pm.
ok, although I can already see that the flight status of the inbound IAD-EWR that I take to go 7:20pm EWR-IAD is already delayed, not arriving in to *EWR* until 7:42pm.
May 27, 2008, 2:29 pm
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What about US shuttle LGA-DCA, then bus to IAD? At least that way there are plenty of flights...
May 27, 2008, 2:30 pm
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I am at home outside EWR in NJ. No way to get to LGA in time for the 4pm flight. I am thinking I will now take the 7:20pm LGA-IAD, since that is all that's left that is not showing delayed.
May 27, 2008, 2:31 pm
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the 1K line has just protected me onto the 7:20pm LGA-IAD flight (UA847 continuing to EZE), so now it is a matter of choosing which trigger to pull and which flight to take...
ok, although I can already see that the flight status of the inbound IAD-EWR that I take to go 7:20pm EWR-IAD is already delayed, not arriving in to *EWR* until 7:42pm.
ok, although I can already see that the flight status of the inbound IAD-EWR that I take to go 7:20pm EWR-IAD is already delayed, not arriving in to *EWR* until 7:42pm.
If you have to be there, don't count on this one.
May 27, 2008, 2:32 pm
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Storms are cropping up more in the northern NJ area than in northern Virginia. Then again, weather forecasts are accurate 50% of the time.
Murphy's law: your EWR flight will be delayed due to weather and your EZE flight will leave on time.
Amtrak is not an option at this point (I too a peek at their schedule) so I'd make a run for the LGA-IAD mainline flight.
Murphy's law: your EWR flight will be delayed due to weather and your EZE flight will leave on time.
Amtrak is not an option at this point (I too a peek at their schedule) so I'd make a run for the LGA-IAD mainline flight.
May 27, 2008, 2:33 pm
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If you absolutely have to be in EZE, I wouldn't pin my hopes on the 7:20...
May 27, 2008, 2:34 pm
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May 27, 2008, 2:40 pm
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May 27, 2008, 3:38 pm
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As of right this minute, changing your outbound to LGA was a smart move. The original itinerary flight out of EWR is already delayed about an hour.
Good luck!
Good luck!
May 27, 2008, 4:17 pm
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And the aircraft for 847 LGA-IAD is already at LGA (arrived as 686 from ORD). But according to the FAA departure delays out of LGA are averaging 2+ hours and increasing due to the t-storms, so the OP will need lots of luck to get out anywhere close to on time.