Sorry about your no-fly-list status my man.Quote:
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Sorry about your no-fly-list status my man.Quote:
Originally Posted by digitaldeath
best delta lounge I evar (ab)used. Only for pass through though, no Yapan trip yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
self serve all you can drank sake, bottled beer, sushi, and some old iMacs taking up space for good measure.
This.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bromontana
I've had rotten luck getting baggage in any reasonable amount of time from DIA.
The Disney crowd in Orlando is fucking miserable.
PDX is great for location, eating and drinking.
Having JAC as my current hub is pretty surreal.
that would be funny if they tried blackballing a true patriot like myselfQuote:
Originally Posted by iceman
LAX gets a lot of deserved hate but it really is a microcosm of the destination. Some of the gates are nice, some are completely ghetto. What really fucks the place up is all the yahoos that know NOTHING, clogging up the loop. Honest to God, if you are not familiar with the airport, have someone else drive! You are not going to figure it out on your 3'rd lap around the place. It is a nice primer for the traffic on the So Cal freeways you are about to encounter where the same rules apply.
Hmmm, I guess I have been lucky, as the only really fucked experience I have had was tryin to clear customs (took over an hour in line) in San Jose Costa Rica.
I fly out of San Diego all the time with no issues. Get the TSA Pre pass to keep moving quickly most anywhere. I love smaller airports, but then there is a connection involved.
Ditto on this. The rental car place is a hike though.Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
DIA: I just can't get past looking down at the security line and thinking WTF???
LAG: top of the heap....of shit
MSP: my favorite large airport....so large and yet: so clean.
I was just at MCI and: WTF indeed....I think Providence is larger...and better run.
I'm in CLT as I type this. I like CLT....when I'm not in a hurry.
Small market airport that rocks? . Buffalo. I don't think it's ever taken more than 10 minutes to get from dropoff to the gate.
For whatever reason, I've gotten delayed like 50% of the time going into SFO. Damn fog.
Unlike your critics I understand that you are a true American, focused on freedom.Quote:
Originally Posted by digitaldeath
Yet I like to fuck with you. Odd.
It's insane how far away the rental cars are, but it's Rhode Island, somebody got paid off bigtime to make it so.Quote:
Originally Posted by smartyiak
But other than that it's a great place. The pizza place right on the departure side of security is pretty good, it's part of my ritual.
Security line at CLT, yesterday was a nightmare...perhaps not their fault as there a bunch of flights cancelled the night before (for no good reason to this amateur)... By the way when did tsa start asking you to remove all books and magazines? Huh? Yeah, that was a new one.
As CLT is my home airport, it has some redeeming qualities that I like and it's probably good to just connect through, but as a destination or departure city, there have been problems.
1: you will not get your bags for a least 45 minutes. Take a dump, grab a beer or two, then make your way to the claim area. Absolutely no reason to rush. This is true today...
2: good luck getting on a parking shuttle bus. (Granted I think this has improved but)... And this wasn't a singular instance. Wife, 3yo and myself got to CLT after multiple flight delays coming back from a ski trip; 11pm at least . We are parked in the daily deck... Took at least 30 minutes to get a bus...in the meantime the same empty employee bus came by 3 times, as did a number of other busses that picked up no one. Meanwhile 20 plus people waiting for the daily decks bus to stop sat and watched empty bus after empty bus drive by multiple times. That was one instance but certainly not singular as it was bad for a long time. I think it might have improved lately.
=smartyiak;4670295]
I'm in CLT as I type this. I like CLT....when I'm not in a hurry.[/QUOTE]
Beef Island? Most frustrating small Caribbean airport out there. Takes hours to get through so forget about making any connection back to the US out of St Martin - despite that it's just you and 25 other people trying to make the same flight. There is a great little beach bar/wifi cafe by the dock while waiting for the North Sound Shuttle boat though so it's easy to forget.Quote:
Originally Posted by KenJongIll
I spent 9-11 and beyond at the KC airport....agreed that it is TERRIBLE
Hook up DC think tank gig for me, shaping policy and controlling opinion and what not. I'll bring a printout of this thread along.Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
The KC airport would be SO much improved if they put one decent bbq joint in there. Not like they don't have hundreds to choose from in one of the BBQ capitals of the country. Fuck that place. Though I did get propositioned by a black female TSA worker there who tipped the scales at about 275. She encouraged me to delay my flight a day so we could get "cracklin' " ...honestly she said cracklin. I almost did it. Anytime porkskin is a term for sex I'm intrigued.Quote:
Originally Posted by montanaskier
Shoulda offered to get chicharrmoanin with herQuote:
Originally Posted by lionelhutz
Yeah flew there from San Juan. The "immigrations" person spent about 20min per person Che king passports. Then a plane of mostly locals landed 20 mins after us, and they all went to the front of the line.
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Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
Well, there is heavy fog there half the time and it holds everything up, so getting delayed 50% of the time there should not be a surprise :). For that reason I avoid SFO especially any morning flights. It is cool flying in there though with another plane flying right along side you on approach to the other runway.Quote:
Originally Posted by hatchgreenchile
Honestly I don't pay much attention to airports, as long as I get where I am going I don't really care. No airport is going to make or break my trip, same with hotels I don't go on a trip to stay in a hotel I go for whatever activity it is I will be doing.
Re: MCI (KC Airport), I actually really like how efficiently you can get in and out of that place.
You can essentially be dropped off/picked up 20 yds from your gate/TSA checkpoint.
Not an airport I would want to spend more than an hr for a layover, though.
I rate airports on how many, if any, Starbucks they have and how hard they are to locate.
No Starbucks = Shitty travel day for me.
I fly CLT weekly as my home airport and I would agree on all points with this. Last flight back from SLC with wife and two kids same experience with daily bus. Same experience with luggage. When I fly solo for work I do two things to avoid this. Park in Hourly and walk to my vehicle and only bring a carryon. Not possible with skis. Also TSA precheck to avoid security lines. One piece of advice is also American Lounge access is key.The main concourses are a damn mess and a throng of unwashed masses. Get status or spring for the yearly membership. All have made my experiences better.Quote:
Originally Posted by KenJongIll
ya, your pussy hurtsQuote:
Originally Posted by jm2e
^ That's some solid travel advice there folks....Quote:
Originally Posted by ncskier
Milanesa torta at Tortas Frontera. :drool: anyone who thinks this airport is worse than LGA is a fucking loon.
Ohhh So Mean, I cry a little bit now.Quote:
Originally Posted by digitaldeath
Yea, I like coffee. And when I'm spending the day doing something shitty like traveling, it cheers me up to have something I like. Helps shut out the heaps and heaps of bullshit in airports and on airplanes.
"can I interest you in 4oz of Diet Coke and a tablespoon of nuts?" "No thanks, I have my mother fucking coffee and a chocolate brownie that I can nurse for the next couple hours until we get off this germ factory"
I pride myself on knowing where just about every Starbucks is in every airport I routinely travel through.Quote:
Originally Posted by jm2e
I also know where every Godfathers pizza is between Atlanta and Charleston so take that with a grain of salt.
LAX is going to get a lot worse before it gets any better. Around $2bil of improvements over the next 10 years or so.
MSP is very good. It is pleasant to be in.
Chicago is horrible.
Is there actually an airport that doesn't have a Starbucks?Quote:
Originally Posted by jm2e
The airport on st Thomas sucks because you have to wait at least an hour to clear customs (even though you are still in America? Wtf) and once you clear customs there is no where to sit and only one place to eat that sucks.
On the plus side, free shots of cruzan rum when you land.... That's kinda cool.
Turks and Caicos sucks because of the fat ass security line. There is an outside bar there though. That's cool.
Guatemala City is a dump. The runway is on a hill and is slanted (wtf??) and you fly over some horrible slums.
Long Beach?Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
Even Cabo has a huge starbucks.
We got on a minibus to take us to Antigua and as soon as we pulled away from the curb a full on firefight between rival gangs erupted a block away. Holy shit that place is a hellhole. Rest of the country is awesome, tho.Quote:
Originally Posted by WTF is dat
Oh, and airport-wise Tegucigalpa is far worse than Guate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw4PHhLBbrU
For sketch factor and reliability Castlegar is one of the worst. In the winter you can't count on getting out because it gets fogged in. On liftoff there is a mountain at both ends of the runway, not hills, steep fucking mountains. They only fly turbo props into it now but when they had 737s it was great. The pilots would fucking pin it straight at the mountain and as soon as it was off the ground start banking a turn. Fun fun. Landing was also fun, you look up at the highway at on point.
Heh. Cancelgar is fun when the pilot announces over the speakers that he sees a 10min gap in the cloud and says he's 'going for it'. After sitting on the runway for an extended time waiting for said opening. And the whole plane breaking into a cheer once the cliff face above Brilliant (and coincidentally, Verigin's tomb) is cleared.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beaver
I think there's an airport in Alaska that has a worse record, but not by much. Always tried to fly the charters out of Trail whenever possible, much less fun and a more reliable trip to the coast.
For sketch I always think of St Bart's.
Drop in over the head wall and clear the road just feet above cars (the giant cross on the hill memorializing all those who have come up short is a nice touch), then get down to the Tarmac quick - dealing with nasty crosswinds, and slam on the brakes before going into the bay.
Apparently you have no taste in either coffee or pizza. But you're some fucking golf course asshole who inhabits a suburban Atlanta McMansion, so those things should go without saying. No taste is no taste.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
Feel better after getting that bit of crazy off your chest?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sirshredalot
But since you asked, I like my airport Starbucks, shitty pizza on the road to Charleston, and golf is not nearly as close as you'd expect from Buckhead. So if that makes me the target of some random angry post, or worse an asshole, so be it. I'm still pretty happy. Hope you are too.
Or did you want to compare dicks on who drinks the better French press obscuro-blend. I may have misread your post.
I flew a fuck ton for work in the early 90s. While there are still a few airports that truly resemble my vision of hell, they're almost all massively improved. For my money, DTW was a vision of hell on earth. Narrow hallways, low ceilings, everyone ripping cigs, wide-bodies off the runways and in the terminals, and a spoke design that made connections almost impossible (ORD and ATL were worse).
LGA is the worst modern-day airport. The location is great for getting to/from Manhattan, but the airport itself just sucks. It used to be MUCH worse before the Delta and USScare terminals opened.
Best...pretty much any smaller airport. Big city airports always involve a higher hassle factor either in the airport or out. Amsterdam is probably the best big city airport...efficient layout, really easy access to city. My experience isn't the broadest but not the worst, either.
There isn't a sea wall on this one but the runway is short and I flew the same flight 2 months prior. Approach poorly and you have rice fields, the ocean or a mountain.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
http://www.smh.com.au/world/airasia-...30-12frjj.html
yeah I have flown into Castelgar, an airstrip RIGHT at the base of a mountain! and the pilot has to make a lot of cicles to get out of the valleyQuote:
Originally Posted by Beaver