Flying Jetblue next Friday from BUF!

[biggroofy]

Our flight is at 4:30pm next Friday. I live close to 407 & 404. Planning to leave home around 10am, 407 -> QEW -> Peace Bridge -> BUF.

Do you think we should have more than enough time for unexpected delays, traffic, cross-border queue etc?

Thanks!

 

[minnie56]

Oh my you should be fine...we are leaving Wednesday at 12:50 and are not planning to leave Oakville till 10 am! Maybe we shoud rethink that? Hmmmm....

 

[dvc deernut]

WE LIVE HERE IN NIAGARA ON THE LAKE, WE USUALLY FLY OUT OF BUFFALO USUALLY JET BLUE SOMETOMES SOUTHWEST. JET BLUE MUCH NICER. YOU MUST BE TAKING A FLIGHT WITH A STOP OVER. THE DIRECT FLIGHT IS USUALLY 830am.IF YOUR TAKING THE 407 YOU SHOULD HAVE NO TRAFFIC PROBLEM NO MATTER WHEN YOU LEAVE. IF YOU ARE LEAVING AT 430pm I WOULDNT BE AT AIRPORT UNTIL 230pm. WHE WE LEAVE HOME WE ARE AT AIRPORT AND IN TERMINAL USUALLY IN 45 min. GO OVER PEACE BRIDGE AND YOU SHOULDNT HAVE ANY TROUBLE ONCE YOU GET THRU CUSTOMS AT PEACE BRIDGE YOUR ONLY 20 min FROM AIRPORT. IF YOUR DRIVING FROM THE 400 ALONG THE 407 ID SAY IT WOULD TAKE YOU ABOUT 1hour and a half TO THE PEACE BRIDGE.
THAT WOULD BE IF WEATHER IS FINE. REMEMBER ONCE YOU GET UP NEAR LAKE ERIE YOUR IN LAKE EFFECT AREA. IF WEATHER IS BAD KEEP CALLING JET BLUE FOR UPDATES. BUFFALO IS USUALLY UP AND RUNNING FASTER THAN TORONTO. BUT IF YOUR FLIGHT ISNT DIRECT FROM ORLANDO IT COULD BE COMING FROM A SNOW AREA SO IT MAY GET DELAYED THAT WAY. HAVE YOU FLOWN JET BLUE BEFORE. LOTS OF LEG ROOM AND TVs AT EVERY SEAT. I ALWAYS BRING MY OWN HEADPHONES. IF YOU FLY TO NEW YORK THEY HAVE A BRAND NEW TERMINAL THERE GREAT FOOD PLACES.

 

[dvc deernut]

Oh my you should be fine...we are leaving Wednesday at 12:50 and are not planning to leave Oakville till 10 am! Maybe we shoud rethink that? Hmmmm....

IT TAKES 45 MIN TO DRIVE FROM OAKVILLE TO THE GARDEN CITY SKYWAY IF YOUR DOING THE QEW. ADD ANOTHER 25 MIN TO PEACE BRIDGE THATS WITH NO DELAYS. ANOTHER 20 MIN TO AIRPORT THATS ABOUT 1and half BUT ADD SOME TIME AT BRIDGE. THEN PARK YOUR CAR AT AIRPORT AND TAKE SHUTTLE IN TO TERMINAL AND GO THRU CHECK IN AND THEN SECURITY. YOU MIGHT BE CUTTING IT A LITTLE CLOSE. IF YOUR FLIGHT IS AT 1250 YOU WILL BE BOARDING AROUND 1220.

 

[minnie56]

Yes--I think so too. Maybe we will leave at 9:30...that might be better.....

 

[biggroofy]

Thanks everyone. This is our first time traveling with JetBlue. We did Southwest once but last time we stayed in Hilton Garden Inn (across BUF airport) for a night prior to our flight.

DW was a little concerned because we never drove to BUF on a Friday, not sure if there will be more traffic than usual.

I am thinking about 10am because it is after school/office traffic, and hopefully we will be in Buffalo area by 12:30pm. Worst of the case, I guess we will for sure be there by 2:30pm which is still 2 hours ahead from our flight time. I am giving more time because the kids will need some washroom breaks, and it took me some time to find a desired parking spot at BUF airport

dvc deernut - Our flight (JetBlue 663) is also a non-stop flight, arrives Orlando at 7:21pm. What is the size for the ear-phone plugs? Will I be able to use the regular ones for iPod/iPhone?

 

[dvc deernut]

THEY ARE THE SMALL PLUG INS. YOU WILL GET DIRECT TV UP THERE MAKES FLIGHT GO BY FAST. I THINK 2 and half hour flight. STRAIGHT DOWN OUT OVER COAST NEAR SAVANAH THEN DOWN OVER WATER UNTIL YOU HIT DATONNA THE IT MAKES A RIGHT TURN FOR FINAL DECENT INTO ORLANDO. DECENT SNACKS AND DUNKIN DONUTS COFFEE. THEY MUST OF ADDED ANOTHER DIRECT FLIGHT OR MOVED THE TIME OF THE OTHER. WE JUST FLEW DIRECT DOWN TO ORLANDO ON AN 830am FLIGHT.