Hi,
My wife is traveling on a visitor visa with our 8 month old daughter by Qatar Airways Flight 83 from Doha to JFK (Arrival JFK: 2:15 pm) and then onwards by American Airlines Flight 1657 from JFK to Miami (Dep: 4:05 pm). She has a total of 1h50m to clear immigration, customs, transit from T4 to T8 and then check-in with AA for the next flight. Is that time sufficient? I have following queries.
1) How much time does the immigration take at around 2:15 pm on a Thursday at JFK T4?
2) Are there dedicated immigration windows for mothers traveling with infants? Is that quicker than the normal queue?
3) Does Qatar Airways allow through checkin from Doha to Miami or will my wife have to pick up luggage and then hand it over to AA at T8?
4) Is there any baggage handling assistance (Skycap) available at JFK? From what point can they assist and at what cost? How to book their services or is it available on arrival?
5) Is there any extension counter by AA on T4 to directly transfer luggage instead of taking it along to T8 and then checkin?
Flying DOH-JFK-MIA with transit of 1h50m from T4 to T8