<p>Wondering about booking connecting flights through here; can anyone tell me if an hour or so is enough to go from American to Air Canada? Does one have to leave and pass through security again to make flights on those airlines? What about customs coming from the Carribean or do they leave that to your destination at home?</p>
<p>Tell us your departure city and city of destination. An hour between flights is never enough-your departing flight can be delayed for an hour for the silliest reason.</p>
<p>If you are coming from the Caribbean you have to go through customs & immigration at the first U.S. port where you land. If that is Miami, 1 hour is nowhere near enough…the queues are long. I know that Aruba has US customs/immigration so if you were flying from there you wouldn’t have to worry about the process in Miami but…still it is a large airport and you are changing airlines…which usually means a different terminal…and add even a slight flight delay…you likely won’t make it.</p>
<p>American is terminals D/E, which are essentially the first ones in the semicircle since they consolidated A/B/C into them. Air Canada is Terminal J, the end terminal clear on the other side of the semicircle.</p>
<p>It will be a long walk to transfer, after you get out of immigration. An hour isn’t enough.</p>
<p>I’ve lived in Miami for 18 years… do not use MIA… go through Fort Lauderdale if you can. MIA always has delayed flights and the airport is a mess, save yourself the trouble.</p>
<p>I AGREE. Use Ft Lauderdate or even West Palm or Tampa. When you arrive from an international destination you go through customs in MIAMI before you do anything else. And yes the lines can be intimidating. I remember there was the line to get your luggage and then the line to get through customs ( I seem to remember two different lines??). Then you have to recheck your bags and get to your gate. If you travel with only carry-ons, you save a little time. But one hour is NOT enough.</p>
<p>Thanks for your input; I figured as much. Those itinerary generators on flight websites cobble together the unlikeliest combinations of connections, some of which aren’t even possible. I just wondered if for some odd reason it was doable in Miami, guess not.</p>