MoBay Departure Lead Time?

[madtowndan]

We're heading back to the states on a Tuesday (probably not the busiest of travel days). Sounds like I should plan on leaving Negril about 3.5 hours before departure. That will get us to Sangster roughly 2 hours before our flight. I think I'll go ahead and book a Club Mobay departure, if they still have openings, just for peace of mind (and we can grab some eats before boarding the plane).

Our original itinerary had our return flight departing at 1:00pm, with a relatively short layover at DFW. Shortly after I booked though, American Airlines decided to cancel that flight and put us on an earlier one (I think it's right around 10:00am). Now we'll have to kind of scramble in the morning, and our layover in DFW will be about three hours longer. :-( Oh well, I'll be well-relaxed after our time in Negril, so it'll all be irie!

[wrtiii]

Just remember that Club Mobay doesn't help with the airline checkin, and that's what we've always found to be the long wait (if any). Club Mobay outbound gets you in a separate security line after you're done with the airline, and seems to us to be the equivalent in time saved of TSA Precheck (which we have) in the states.

[jamaicarob]

we plan 3 hours before takeoff, very soon come

[LivinInThe603]

I'm always more concerned about getting my luggage checked in within the time-guidelines my airline recommends. Most international flights recommend 3 hours. I usually check one bag. If that weren't the case, I'd probably go ahead and arrive about 2.5 ahead of scheduled BOARDING (which is always about 30 minutes prior to the actual flight)

Some people would rather so me that extra hour on the beach, but at that point, really... what's an extra hour? If you haven't done everything you wanted by then, an hour won't help! Book another trip, haha !

I am a proponent of Club mobay but haven't found a huge benefit to the outbound security line, as yet. I travel [home] mostly on the last Saturday of April, which on occasion is the first Saturday of May. I have seen the line run the length of the departures hall, however, and would absolutely HATE getting stuck in that kind of line. Ive had both fast and slower lines at my airline counter. I think it's kind of hit or miss, aside from the more obviously busy travel dates. I have only traveled in April and June.

[leigh]

I need to chime in on this one. We normally leave on Sunday. Flight time is usually around 3pm. We always check bags and fly Delta. I think we flew Southwest once. We have never left Negril before 12 noon. A couple times we left Negril at 12:30 pm. I don't think it has ever even taken 45 minutes from curb to terminal. We always say we're too early. We always have to sit and wait to board. Never had an issue in at least 10 trips.

Driver always says based on our flight time, we need to leave Negril at 11:30am. We always say how about noon (and we are usually running late) when he arrives.

We tried Club Money departure once but it's really not our thing. In fact, we've gotten to the airport with friends who had CM departure and we beat them through security.

Not recommending this for everyone but we stay until the very last minute that we possibly can.

[jojo p]

Hi, are you a new girl ???

[leigh]

I think you know who I am, sparkly girl. Lol. I just don't post often.

[Jenn]

I agree with the 3.5 - 4 hours ahead. Last year, the lines were crazy - we got there 2 hours before and barely got through on time for our flight. We booked Club MoBay and didn't even have a minute to use it. This year, we depart at 3 - I plan to be AT the airport around 11:30. I agree with Livininthe603 - as much as I want to spend the extra hour on the beach - if I haven't done it - it's not gonna get done in the hour before I leave. I hate leaving...but I hate making a stressful rush through the airport more. Besides - there's always our next trip!

[saeyedoc]

I agree, I'd rather give up an hour of beach time than be stressed out or even worse miss my flight. With the timing we usually want at least a snack if not a full meal.

[deanna]

I would say 3 hrs, last month I was flying Jet Blue and spent an hour just getting my luggage and boarding pass while my cousin who was flying Delta zipped through her check in