Logan - LAX - SYD: enough time?

[melodien]

I am booked on AA143, flying out of Logan at 16:45 on a Thursday, getting into LAX at 19:50. I believe it lands at Terminal 4. This allows me 2 hours and 20 minutes to get to Terminal B to catch the QF12 to Sydney. Is this enough time to change terminals, check in (if I have not managed to do so earlier in the day), and navigate the inevitable security circus? Can I hope to get my case checked straight through to Sydney from Logan, or should I expect to have to retrieve it and recheck it?

 

[docjames]

I am booked on AA143, flying out of Logan at 16:45 on a Thursday, getting into LAX at 19:50. I believe it lands at Terminal 4. This allows me 2 hours and 20 minutes to get to Terminal B to catch the QF12 to Sydney. Is this enough time to change terminals, check in (if I have not managed to do so earlier in the day), and navigate the inevitable security circus? Can I hope to get my case checked straight through to Sydney from Logan, or should I expect to have to retrieve it and recheck it?

Plenty of time, bags will be checked through and you'll have bps for qf12 so no need to re-check.

Note that "Terminal B" is Tom Bradley International Terminal. You can either walk or get the bus airside.

 

[Paddy55]

Plenty of time, bags will be checked through and you'll have bps for qf12 so no need to re-check.

Note that "Terminal B" is Tom Bradley International Terminal. You can either walk or get the bus airside.

I find the walk a good chance to stretch legs and can be faster than waiting for the bus :shock:

You've plenty of time for the xfer over all, assuming AA143 is close to on-time.

Now, going the other way, connecting from QF11 to something domestic in less than 2.5 hrs is not for the faint of heart

 

[melodien]

Thanks for the info, I will worry less - I'll be ready to go home by next week!

 

[melodien]

I find the walk a good chance to stretch legs and can be faster than waiting for the bus :shock:

You've plenty of time for the xfer over all, assuming AA143 is close to on-time.

Now, going the other way, connecting from QF11 to something domestic in less than 2.5 hrs is not for the faint of heart

I know that only too well! I've missed that flight in the past, and had to wait for the next one.

 

[ozbeachbabe]

I am booked on AA143, flying out of Logan at 16:45 on a Thursday, getting into LAX at 19:50. I believe it lands at Terminal 4. This allows me 2 hours and 20 minutes to get to Terminal B to catch the QF12 to Sydney. Is this enough time to change terminals, check in (if I have not managed to do so earlier in the day), and navigate the inevitable security circus? Can I hope to get my case checked straight through to Sydney from Logan, or should I expect to have to retrieve it and recheck it?

What month are you flying in?

As long as it's not snowing your chances are pretty good of making that connection but I'd be cautious if travelling mid-winter.

We were flying BOS/xMIA/SJU 08 Nov when they had the first snowfall of the season & were delayed a bit while our 757 was de-iced then after taxiing out we had to return to the gate for a minor technical issue to be sorted.

We arrived at our gate in MIA only to watch our 737 pushing back from the gate without us however AA put us on a flight a couple of hours later.

 

[Hvr]

If this is on the one PNR you'll be protected but if two separate PNRs there might be a little less concern by the airlines.

I've had two major delays on AA this week, tonight my JFK-BOS flight was >60 mins late because there was wet carpet in the Y cabin. F pax were allowed to board and wait in their seats which was good.

The other delay was about five hours and a missed flight due to a combination of weather and a pax being unloaded on the previous flight. These things seem to happen a bit more in the US that Australia for some reason.

 

[Ewing]

If this is on the one PNR you'll be protected but if two separate PNRs there might be a little less concern by the airlines.

No worries if AA:

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