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I am planning a flight from Atlanta, Georgia to Manila, departing Monday, March 13th.

I want to catch the flight to Manila at 11:54 am out of JFK.

The earliest flight i could find getting into jfk from atl arrives at 10:27am. Is that cutting it too close?

The other option is to fly into LGA. There is a flight that arrives in LGA by 8:10 am. Is that enough time to go by taxi from LGA to JFK and arrive at JFK by around 10 am on a monday morning?

If I buy the ticket, does that mean the carrier(s) have left enought time for the transfer?

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10:27am to 11:54am is insanely tight. The domestic to international MCT at JFK is 1:15 so I think the booking is possible but JFK is notorious for issuing impossible MCTs (at one point United was selling a ticket with a transfer time of 30 minutes to a different terminal!). So you are a full 12 minutes above the official unrealistic MCT. Nope.

You land at LGA at 8:10AM, let's say you clear that airport in 40 minutes, that's 8:50AM, the drive over should not be more than 40 minutes but even if it's 60 you have two hours to go through JFK check-in and security. This is way more realistic.