Customs questions for flights returning from England

I'm taking my first international trip in 30 years, and on my return
flying from
London to Philadelphia and Philadelphia to Boston. In other words, I
change plane in Philadelphia and fly to Boston.

Question: Do I go through customs in Philadelphia or Boston?

This is important for me to know because I'm arranging my airport
pickup before I leave, and since my plane arrives late, if I have to
go through customs upon arrival, the person picking me up will not be
able to do so --- since it will probably be midnight. (How long might
one expect going through customs to take - in this case it's a
September flight arriving around 10pm on a Wednesday night? I have no
idea if I should expect it to take 15 minutes or more than an hour).

Can anyone clarify - especially in regard to where I'd go through
customs? THANKS!
Tracy

In article
<a57252c9-3689-42fd-a420-1c06ba1a6b7f@f36g2000hsa..com>,
tracymar55 <tracymar55@netscape.net> wrote:

> I'm taking my first international trip in 30 years, and on my return
> flying from
> London to Philadelphia and Philadelphia to Boston. In other words, I
> change plane in Philadelphia and fly to Boston.
>
> Question: Do I go through customs in Philadelphia or Boston?
>
> This is important for me to know because I'm arranging my airport
> pickup before I leave, and since my plane arrives late, if I have to
> go through customs upon arrival, the person picking me up will not be
> able to do so --- since it will probably be midnight. (How long might
> one expect going through customs to take - in this case it's a
> September flight arriving around 10pm on a Wednesday night? I have no
> idea if I should expect it to take 15 minutes or more than an hour).
>
> Can anyone clarify - especially in regard to where I'd go through
> customs? THANKS!
> Tracy

YOu will go thru immigrations and customs in Philly. You then have to
recheck luggage (usually easy) and go thru full TSA security again. It
can take anywhere fro 15 minutes to a couple hrs depending how many
flights arrive in that period, whether you are late to start with, etc.
Hope you have a nice long layover scheduled in Philadelphia. In my
experience it's more likely you miss the connection due to less than
enough time for all three events.

Thanks for explaining. Fortunately I have about 2 3/4 hours in
Philadelphia.
Hopefully that will be enough.
Tracy

On Sep 1, 11:07 pm, Tamzen Cannoy <tam...@cannoy.org> wrote:
>  tracymar55 <tracyma...@netscape.net> wrote:
> > I'm taking my first international trip in 30 years, and on my return
> > flying from
> > London to Philadelphia and Philadelphia to Boston. In other words, I
> > change plane in Philadelphia and fly to Boston.
>
> > Question: Do I go through customs in Philadelphia or Boston?

> > Can anyone clarify - especially in regard to where I'd go through
> > customs? THANKS!
> > Tracy
>
> YOu will go thru immigrations and customs in Philly. You then have to
> recheck luggage (usually easy) and go thru full TSA security again. It
> can take anywhere fro 15 minutes to a couple hrs depending how many
> flights arrive in that period, whether you are late to start with, etc.
> Hope you have a nice long layover scheduled in Philadelphia. In my
> experience it's more likely you miss the connection due to less than
> enough time for all three events.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 19:07:50 +0100, "tim....." <tims_new_home.uk> wrote:

>
>"tracymar55" <tracymar55@netscape.net> wrote in message
>news:a57252c9-3689-42fd-a420-1c06ba1a6b7f@f36g2000hsa..com...
>> I'm taking my first international trip in 30 years, and on my return
>> flying from
>> London to Philadelphia and Philadelphia to Boston. In other words, I
>> change plane in Philadelphia and fly to Boston.
>>
>> Question: Do I go through customs in Philadelphia or Boston?
>
>That would be Philadelphia, Co Durham and Boston, Lincoln I presume?

Why? Reminds me of the Bark Endeavour offer of a sailing trip from Whitby to
Boston for *only* GBP 600. I actually asked if it included the return flight LOL
--

Martin

On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 23:51:57 +0100, "tim....." <tims_new_home.uk> wrote:

>
>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
>news:bderb4t60e9mpaenqq4cqq7k2eghts6l2a@.. .
>> On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 19:07:50 +0100, "tim....." <tims_new_home.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"tracymar55" <tracymar55@netscape.net> wrote in message
>>>news:a57252c9-3689-42fd-a420-1c06ba1a6b7f@f36g2000hsa..com...
>>>> I'm taking my first international trip in 30 years, and on my return
>>>> flying from
>>>> London to Philadelphia and Philadelphia to Boston. In other words, I
>>>> change plane in Philadelphia and fly to Boston.
>>>>
>>>> Question: Do I go through customs in Philadelphia or Boston?
>>>
>>>That would be Philadelphia, Co Durham and Boston, Lincoln I presume?
>>
>> Why?
>
>Because I could find any other towns of these names in Europe!

He did mention flying from London.
--

Martin