Time to get through LAX immigration to make another flight?

Hi all,

I will be travelling to Los Angeles from Sydney, Australia on Monday 26th January 2009. The flight is with China Airlines and arrives from a stopover in Taipei at 6:50pm.

We then want to continue onto New York that same night and there are two options:

AirTran leaving at 9:57pm and arriving at LaGuardia

US Airways leaving at 10:30pm arriing at Newark

Ideally, we would like to do the Airtan flight due to it being cheaper and the fact we are staying closer to La Guardia.

So is the 3 hours and 7mins enough time to get through customs, collect baggage and then check-in for the flight to New York?

Any assistance/advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Mark

Time to get through LAX immigration to make another flight?

You%26#39;re fine with the 9:57 flight, it should be enough time.

Time to get through LAX immigration to make another flight?

Keep in mind that the onward flight is a domestic one so you need to be at Air Tran only about an hour before departure -- 8:57. That will give you about 2 hours to get through immigration and customs which is plenty of time. You will have to change terminals, through. This should help:

http://www.lawa.org/lax/terminalmap.cfm

thanks for you help...in addition:

what are peoples opinions about going Airtran over US Airways? Is the saving on the flight worth it? Or are they more likely to have delays...i have read some negative reviews of both and can%26#39;t decide.

thanks again,

mark

Since these are overnight flights, there is probably not much difference in service between the two airlines. (I used to be an elite flyer on US Airways, and I can tell you that their level of service is now consistent with any budget airline.)

I am not sure that these are non-stops for these routes and airlines. Given the length of your trip, you may want to make sure that these are non-stops (not the same thing as ';direct%26#39; which may include a stopover). You may get a better selection of non-stops by checking out flights to JFK, which is linked to Manhattan by subway lines and a bus to Grand Central.

You said that you will be staying close to La Guardia. If that means that you will be staying in one of the eastern parts of NYC (e.g., Queens, Brooklyn), then by all means fly to La Guardia. If you will stay in Manhattan, it won%26#39;t make that much difference whether you fly to Newark, La Guardia or JFK. All airports have affordable transportation options into Manhattan.