Anyone commuting from DFW to JFK?

turbomax97

turbomax97

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How bad is the commute from DFW to JFK or even LGA? If I would have to commute to LGA, is the bus/subway method to transfer to JFK a pain?

Thanks in advance!
 
I know some guys doing that commute and as far as I've seem, it's a big challenge.

Most just share a cab LGA-JFK as it's way faster than mass trans and lots of folks you flew in with are probably trying to get to JFK as well.
 
Researching more, it seems that the commute is grueling. Will AA take as many B6 guys as jumpseaters or are they limited to one seat as well?

Thanks!
 
turbomax97 said:
Researching more, it seems that the commute is grueling. Will AA take as many B6 guys as jumpseaters or are they limited to one seat as well?

Thanks!
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Figure, you're commuting out of a city that used to be a decent sized base for Delta, to a city that is currently a junior base with an array of aircraft. If someone who lives in DFW and flies for Delta is going to now fly to work, I'd have to imagine most of them are going to sit on the plane another 60 minutes to get significantly better seniority in their seat (vs. ATL). So there could be quite a bit of jumpseat competition up to LGA/JFK.
 
turbomax97 said:
Researching more, it seems that the commute is grueling. Will AA take as many B6 guys as jumpseaters or are they limited to one seat as well?

Thanks!
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I do not currently commute on American but I do know they still have the one jumpseater rule. There could be 85 seats open on an MD-80 and they are still going to only take one off-line jumpseater. It might be that for a plane with two cockpit jumpseats, they can take two off-line jumpseaters in the back, not sure. Still though, people that I know who use them constantly carry a ZED pass on AA as a backup for this reason.

jetBlue just eliminated the option for off-line jumpseaters to ride in the extra flight attendant jumpseats, so that doesn't help either.
 
Nick said:
I do not currently commute on American but I do know they still have the one jumpseater rule. There could be 85 seats open on an MD-80 and they are still going to only take one off-line jumpseater. It might be that for a plane with two cockpit jumpseats, they can take two off-line jumpseaters in the back, not sure. Still though, people that I know who use them constantly carry a ZED pass on AA as a backup for this reason.

jetBlue just eliminated the option for off-line jumpseaters to ride in the extra flight attendant jumpseats, so that doesn't help either.
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Not a 100% true. Some airlines are coded D6L and are limited to one jumpseater and some airlines are coded D6U and are not limited to one jumpseater. The jacked up thing is if a D6U checks in before a D6L the D6L guys can't get on even if there is 100 open seats. But if the D6L checks in before the D6U then both can get seats.
 
If you're B6, AA/AE will take as many jumpseaters as there are empty seats in the cabin.

Commuting DFW to LGA, I would often use EWR, PHL via Amtrak/NJ transit to New York, BOS, DCA via Delta Shuttle to LGA or BWI via Southwest to LGA as fall back cities if I couldn't make it to LGA. AA doesn't have many (only 1 actually) flights to JFK.

Q Runner to go between LGA to JFK 718-846-4900. I think it's $16. It's faster than the Q33/E train to Jamaica/AirTrain to JFK.
 
I did this commute for about 2 years and it really wasn't that bad. 90% of the time I went to LGA as AA has a flight every hour there. The LGA to JFK shuffle can be a pain though but better. In the two years I did the commute, I don't think I ever sat in the actual jumpseat. Always had a seat in back, then again I have a friends AA login information so I was always able to check loads. I think B6 in unlimited on AA as there were other offline pilots riding on my flights all the time. My other complaint was that the flight was LONG! But it actually got me started reading books which I never use to do.

I would usually take AA to LGA up the night before my trip and stay at my crashpad in Kew Gardens. When I got done with a trip and able to get home the same I would usually just do a two leg commute from JFK, unless I happen to arrive on time for a non-stop JFK-DFW. (there are only 2 or 3) So going through someplace like BNA or CLT on Delta then AA home was what I did. This is was easier than doing the JFK to LGA shuffle when going home, unless loads from LGA were wide open. It's a choice between transfering to LGA or just two legging it, which ends up being about the same amount of time.

The FA's on AA have always given me free snacks, and I always had great gate agents in LGA.
 
Thanks everyone. Before a friend of mine uses his bluedart I wanted to see if this is really an option for me or not... JFK/BOS are where newhires have been heading and I've got family down the street from EWR so I was just considering my options.
 
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