Quick question for the NYC crowd

[trinityvixen]

I'm heading out to Reno for my brother's "graduation" (he has completed his fellowship and is getting a party or something), and I need to get to JFK. I was planning on taking the A down to the AirTran, like I've done before.

But every time I went to any site to map out the time it would take (MTA Trip Planner, Google, etc.) they keep wanting me to transfer to the E and go to Jamaica Station instead. Is there really any goddamned difference in time? Why do they keep sending me that way if there isn't?

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[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I can't quite cope with the 1.5-2 hour trip to JFK from here, but at least it's direct. Or it would be if I did it my way instead of listening to every trip planner site (except HopStop, which was like, "Why get off the train?"). But I've had bad luck being delayed at LaGuardia to the point of almost missing connections too many times, so I tend to default to JFK unless it's cheaper not to.