How much time needed in MIA for Customs & Immigration?

I am returning from the Caribbean on the President's Day holiday (Feb.
21), changing planes in the early evening (8 PM) at Miami International
Airport. Scheduled time between flights is 80 minutes. I will have to
go through Customs and immigration, and am a U.S. citizen.

Is this enough time to be relaxed about not missing my connection?
(It's the last flight of the day for my destination.)

In article <1104422106.620814.231740@c13g2000cwb. .com>, Fred
<fredhanson@att.net> writes
>I am returning from the Caribbean on the President's Day holiday (Feb.
>21), changing planes in the early evening (8 PM) at Miami International
>Airport. Scheduled time between flights is 80 minutes. I will have to
>go through Customs and immigration, and am a U.S. citizen.
>
>Is this enough time to be relaxed about not missing my connection?
>(It's the last flight of the day for my destination.)
>
Maybe at that time in the evening you may just make it. If it's American
to American or carrier/same carrier you stand a batter chance ... so do
your bags. A lot depends on what other flights are coming at it that
time and from where. I have transited MIA many times - sometimes no
probs (I have a UK p/port), other times it has taken me up to 3 hours to
get through immigration with lines 100 yards long. But I blv your
evening timings should make it easier.

Good luck!
--
Tom Withycombe
Dorset/UK

Tom--

Thanks.

I am flying American on both legs of the trip, but if the line is 3
hours (or even half that) I'm going to end up in a hotel for one night,
and the airline isn't going to pay.

in article 10t94qgthnh2l36@corp.supernews.com, Becca at becca@hal-pc.org
wrote on 12/30/04 3:46 PM:

>
> I am not sure if the terrorists are bothered by any of this, but it
> really irks me. Something needs to be done about this.
>
> Becca

What could be done has been in the voting booth. Now that the USA has
another 4 years of fear mongering, you are just where they want you, in the
viewfinder of their "security camera".

For now, just deal with it or you will be labeled a terrorist and
unpatriotic.

Scheeeesch.........

I make a point of flying home from international locations on weekdays.
Weekends in Cust/Immigration (esp in Miami) is just nuts, leading to the
stupidity you experienced.

Mtbchip

mtbchip wrote:

> in article 10t94qgthnh2l36@corp.supernews.com, Becca at
> becca@hal-pc.org wrote on 12/30/04 3:46 PM:
>
>
>> I am not sure if the terrorists are bothered by any of this, but it
>> really irks me. Something needs to be done about this.
>>
>> Becca
>
>
> What could be done has been in the voting booth. Now that the USA
> has another 4 years of fear mongering, you are just where they want
> you, in the viewfinder of their "security camera".
>
> For now, just deal with it or you will be labeled a terrorist and
> unpatriotic.


They say the pendulum swings, I will be glad when it does. Maybe four
years from now, when we have a new president.

Becca