shrops-paul Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 Hello. I'm looking at booking a week in NY from Sat 26th November. Ive heard conflicting stories from people about JFK Vs. Newark. I'm looking at hotels in the Madison Sq Garden area which looks equaly distsant from both. From my home location Birmingham is the closest UK airport but only direct flights to JFK. To get to Newark I would need to travel from Heathrow. Any advice form ecperience would be great. People are telling me to use Newark as its not a s busy and the checkin queues etc are shorter than JFK, but that comes with the extra pain of getitng to Heathrow from Shropshire - 3 hours compared to baout 50 mins to Birmingham. Thanks. Quote
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 I have used both but not for a very long time, sorry. From memory Newark was easier to get to and from downtown Manhattan - a bus from the terminus rather than the usual tour of NY by the cab driver! To give you some idea when this was, I flew People Express from Gatwick! Quote
Kevin (Mr T) Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 I'm off to NY next month and flying into JFK. I had no choice because of flight requirements. However, having looked into it, there are transit options and it doesn't seem that getting to Madison Square Garden (nearest landmark to our hotel) is going to be an issue. Quote
GuitarmanUK Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 Just come back from New York and we flew into JFK. It seemed OK to me although took a while to get through immigration, but I suspect that would be the same for Newark as well. If you make sure you get one of the official yellow cabs, it is is a fixed price in to NYC from JFK, just watch out for the gypsy cabs trying to get you before you get to the official taxi rank. Quote
TAFKARM Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 I got back from New York yesterday, flew Birmingham to Newark on United. The airline was a bit pony, but absolutely no trouble getting to the city from Newark. Take the 'air train' direct to Penn Station, costs about $13 and takes 25 mins. A cab will cost a fortune. The underground is easy if you get an app for your phone. We had a great time, but hopefully the exchange rate moves in our favour because everything cost a bl**** fortune. Quote
Kevin (Mr T) Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 I got back from New York yesterday, flew Birmingham to Newark on United. The airline was a bit pony, but absolutely no trouble getting to the city from Newark. Take the 'air train' direct to Penn Station, costs about $13 and takes 25 mins. A cab will cost a fortune. The underground is easy if you get an app for your phone. We had a great time, but hopefully the exchange rate moves in our favour because everything cost a bl**** fortune. Airtrain is available from JFK as well. You change to the subway at Jamaica Station to get to Penn and it's $7.75 each way Quote
TAFKARM Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 Paul just reading you OP again, you can fly Birmingam to Newark with United. Quote
Kevin (Mr T) Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 Paul just reading you OP again, you can fly Birmingam to Newark with United. I was thinking Birmingham, Alabama when I read your post Russ Quote
Blatman Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 Went through JFK 4 times in the mid noughties. I don't recall it as anything except another airport. Mind you, one of those times was on Concorde so that may have had an influence on how I viewed the experience Quote
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 Concorde... Hmmm. Wasn't that one the co-operations with the French that didn't involve lines of longbowmen or arrows in eyes? A rare event indeed! Didn't end well though as I recall... Regression to the mean perhaps. Today may turn out to be another Waterloo! Gets coat to head for the ballot box. Not the pub at the foot of Horsenden Hill either! Quote
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 Ah, Concorde, the MGB V8 of the airline world! Wander round inside one and peer closely at it with modern eyes, and it could almost be clockwork, only from the outside does it still look like it time travelled back from the future. There's just something so British about it Quote
Welly Jen Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 What others have said. There is an excellent train service from the airport at Newark. Used it to have a day out in Manhattan after returning the hire car from a business trip before flying home. Jen Quote
shrops-paul Posted June 23, 2016 Author Posted June 23, 2016 I got back from New York yesterday, flew Birmingham to Newark on United. The airline was a bit pony, but absolutely no trouble getting to the city from Newark. Take the 'air train' direct to Penn Station, costs about $13 and takes 25 mins. A cab will cost a fortune. The underground is easy if you get an app for your phone. We had a great time, but hopefully the exchange rate moves in our favour because everything cost a bl**** fortune. Hi. Thanks - THe Mrs. is fussy about airlines and for a 9 hour flight I tend to agree with her so she was mandating Virgin or BA for airlines - no United. Looks like its the BA flight from Heathrow for us. Quote
GuitarmanUK Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 If you book through Delta Airlines, you may actually fly on Virgin as they as business partners, that is what happened to us. Tickets were under £400 return as well! Quote
bigals Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 anyone know the cost of a yellow cab from JFK to central Manhattan as i am off out there with the wife and kids next month and would prefer a taxi after a 9 hour flight Quote
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