jagmansr--I would disagree with onlymedication re 1.5 hours in Miami being plenty of time on the way home, UNLESS you have global entry or Mobile Passport Control. If you do not have either, global entry costs money, but MPC does NOT. Often the lines for MPC are shorter than Global Entry. It's just an app that you download on your phone. Miami can be an absolute clusterf*ck on re-entry.
The good news is that the Sky Train is now operational, after having been totally out of service for about a year. One section is still not open, I don't believe. It is a VERY long walk from where the international flights come in, to passport control, so the Sky Train is a huge deal. Miami is our "home" airport when we travel to the Caribbean, as we drive 3.5 hours to Miami for a nonstop flight. Therefore we don't have to connect in Miami. But based on our experience (without either MPC or Global Entry), there is no way we would have made a 1.5 hour connection in Miami, on maybe half of our flights with checked bags. By the time one gets through immigration, retrieve your bags and re-check them, it takes a LOT of time. Most of the time, I would say we would be doing an OJ deal to make it and that makes me very uncomfortable. If it were ME, and I booked a 1.5 hour connection time in Miami, I would only do it if I had either GE or MPC. Your mileage may vary.
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