Flying mco-jfk-gla baggage question

ajsmom · 15 Sep 19, 02:34 PM

Hi,
Sorry if this has been asked before. I�m returning home on the above route with Delta next July & just wanted to check that I do need to collect our bags at JFK & take them to baggage drop for the onward flight to Glasgow
1st time travelling with a stop in the US so will probably be back with a million other silly questions before next July 😀

**BevS97** · 15 Sep 19, 02:36 PM

No. As you aren�t clearing customs at jfk they will be checked through.

If you are also flying indirect on the way there then you will have to collect your bags to walk through customs.

galaxyflorida · 15 Sep 19, 02:45 PM

Your bags will be checked through to Glasgow on the way back.

Just to add connecting at JFK is really easy. All of Delta's gates are really close together.

ajsmom · 15 Sep 19, 02:50 PM

Thank you both so much!
Flying direct on way out but indirect back, normally do BA through Gatwick but this was a much better deal.

Peko · 15 Sep 19, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by galaxyflorida

Just to add connecting at JFK is really easy. All of Delta's gates are really close together.

Though you may have to change terminals (from 2 to 4 on a return), depending upon the terminal at which the domestic flight arrives.

ajsmom · 15 Sep 19, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by Peko

Though you may have to change terminals (from 2 to 4 on a return), depending upon the terminal at which the domestic flight arrives.

Thanks for taking the time to answer. Is quite easy to get between terminals? I have just under 3 hours which I�ve been told is plenty of time, it�s just this will be the 1st trip to Disney I�ve done on my own with the kids since my husband died so will be a bit stressed out for many reasons.

galaxyflorida · 15 Sep 19, 06:42 PM

Originally Posted by ajsmom

Thanks for taking the time to answer. Is quite easy to get between terminals? I have just under 3 hours which I�ve been told is plenty of time, it�s just this will be the 1st trip to Disney I�ve done on my own with the kids since my husband died so will be a bit stressed out for many reasons.

Yes it�s really easy. Terminal 2 and 4 are linked by a bus called the �jitney� which you can use airside. So if you land in Terminal 2 on your MCO-JFK flight, you just follow the signs to Terminal 4 (it might be signed as A & B Gates) and get on the bus. 3 hours will be fine. We only ended up with only an hour and a bit due to a delay and still had plenty of time for food/toilets/shopping.

Peko · 16 Sep 19, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by ajsmom

Thanks for taking the time to answer. Is quite easy to get between terminals? I have just under 3 hours which I�ve been told is plenty of time, it�s just this will be the 1st trip to Disney I�ve done on my own with the kids since my husband died so will be a bit stressed out for many reasons.

So sorry for your loss, but hope you all have a great time on the trip.

Yes, as mentioned in the post above, it's pretty easy to transfer from T2 to T4 on the return.

If your flight arrives to T2, don't exit the terminal, stay airside and take the bus from next to gate C60 (T2 is small, it won't be hard to find). There are two stops in T4, next to gates B18 and B54.

If you know your onward flight gate in T4, you can get off at the closest stop, but even if not, go to the stop at B18 and it may just mean a few more minutes walk in T4, it is all one building. Of course, your domestic flight might arrive to T4, in which case you just walk to the next gate.

With a 3 hour connection, you will have plenty of time unless there is a serious delay on the domestic (even a two hour delay would leave you with enough time to make the connection between terminals).

It's a little more complex on the way out, though quite manageable, but I guess you are not going out by that route?

ajsmom · 16 Sep 19, 06:41 PM

galaxyflorida & Peko, thank you both for taking the time to answer & provide me with such detailed instructions, I really appreciate your help.

Peko you guessed right, I�m flying out direct Glasgow to Orlando as no direct flights on our homeward trip so having to brave the indirect flight with a US stop.