Worst & Best Airports

[skiHOG]

ATL is still hard to beat for me. I'm hopping all over the globe these days and it's always easy and cost efficient to get to ATL.

As for domestic airports, shout out to ISP and PBI as they always make it very quick to get checked in and get out upon arrival.

Flying through DOH for a second time and looking forward to that in May. Then in June doing the longest flight in the world from SIN > JFK on Singapore Airlines.

[Name Redacted]

I lost $140 bucks in a slot machine in the Reno airport waiting for the rest of my group to land. Can't do that in many airports I can think of. Don't know if that makes it good or bad.

[MakersTeleMark]

I lost $140 bucks in a slot machine in the Reno airport waiting for the rest of my group to land. Can't do that in many airports I can think of. Don't know if that makes it good or bad.

You probably could have gotten a lot more fun with the $140. Don't know if that is good or bad either.

[Core Shot]

You probably could have gotten a lot more fun with the $140. Don't know if that is good or bad either.

I know prostitution is legal in NV.

But I haven’t seen a blow job booth in the airport. Yet.

[mcski]

Not sure this is still a thing, but Korean barbershops also had girls for downstairs service while your upstairs head was taken care of

[riser4]

Not sure this is still a thing, but Korean barbershops also had girls for downstairs service while your upstairs head was taken care of

Not sure I want a straight razor at my neck when I'm getting a tug or a blowee. If that's your thing, have at it.

[rideit]

I have a fun ‘flying sucks, but this worked out‘ story.
So, we flew out of JH yesterday morning. We knew it would be tight, with just a 40 minute layover in Miami. (Miami airport is HUGE). Well, we were in the plane for an hour waiting for de-icing, our only real hope was that they held the connecting flight to Bogóta, but I didn’t think it was going to happen, certainly not with our luggage as well. We get to Miami, and the airport is shut down due to a ‘security incident’, another 40 minutes on the tarmac.
I couldn’t quite figure out our arrival gate and departure gate, thinking there was a mistake on the app, as the gates were the same. But really, we figured that ship had sailed, and we were looking for hotels in Miami in the meantime.
Well, slap my ass and call me Sally, out of every possible combination of planes flying in and out of Miami, we were already sitting on the plane GOING TO BOGÓTA.
What are the chances of that?
we had another hour on the tarmac trying to leave Miami, but we didn’t care, all was well.
Kind of ridiculous.
Crazy odds, as was the dude dying two rows behind me last October.
hunh.

[alpinevibes]

Had a bit of a runaround trip for spring break; quite a few planes AND we did this all with two 3y/o!

DEN-MUC, MUC-LIS, OPO-RAK, RAK-MXP, MXP-EWR, EWR-DEN, DEN-ASE.

Newark was terrible, as always. Marrakech and Milan fair. Munich and Porto pretty good. We flew into Newark on Saturday afternoon on the tail end of the tornado storms blowing across the East coast. Being in a 777 that's getting tossed around like a CRJ was pretty exciting. Similar experience to when we flew into Taipei on the tail end of Cat-5 Typhoon Soudelor in 2015 and our 777 felt rudder-less.

[riser4]

Had a bit of a runaround trip for spring break; quite a few planes AND we did this all with two 3y/o!

DEN-MUC, MUC-LIS, OPO-RAK, RAK-MXP, MXP-EWR, EWR-DEN, DEN-ASE.

Newark was terrible, as always. Marrakech and Milan fair. Munich and Porto pretty good. We flew into Newark on Saturday afternoon on the tail end of the tornado storms blowing across the East coast. Being in a 777 that's getting tossed around like a CRJ was pretty exciting. Similar experience to when we flew into Taipei on the tail end of Cat-5 Typhoon Soudelor in 2015 and our 777 felt rudder-less.

Yikes. Now I know why you don't even flinch when buying broken Volvos. Glutton for punishment.

[skaredshtles]

Yikes. Now I know why you don't even flinch when buying broken Volvos. Glutton for punishment.

You got the wrong guy...

[riser4]

You got the wrong guy...

Shit. I need new glasses.

[alpinevibes]

Yikes. Now I know why you don't even flinch when buying broken Volvos. Glutton for punishment.

Ha! Yeah, I'm not quite Austin in my capacities but I'm probably up there.

[Danno]

Shit. I need new glasses.

Is this you?

[riser4]

Is this you?

Ha.

[zion zig zag]

Santiago has a nice airport. The LATAM lounge there blows any Delta Skyclub I’ve been to out of the water, including food, drink and ambiance. But, LATAM as an airline is a pain in the ass to deal with.

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

This isn't earth shattering news or anything but I spent 75-80 mins in the security line at EWR Terminal B this past Monday afternoon. Really? I mean for real?

How they haven't bulldozed the place yet and started over is beyond me. I feel like all they ever "upgrade" is the restaurants. The actual infrastructure is straight up 1983 shit.

[huckbucket]

This isn't earth shattering news or anything but I spent 75-80 mins in the security line at EWR Terminal B this past Monday afternoon. Really? I mean for real?

How they haven't bulldozed the place yet and started over is beyond me. I feel like all they ever "upgrade" is the restaurants. The actual infrastructure is straight up 1983 shit.

Yeah ... fuck EWR terminal B at high tide. Total shit show. TSApre doesn't really cut that time down much in that situation. Maybe Clear and TSA would help.

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

Yeah ... fuck EWR terminal B at high tide. Total shit show. TSApre doesn't really cut that time down much in that situation. Maybe Clear and TSA would help.

The Clear and TSA Pre lines were all fucked up too and people in those lines were melting as well. Half the issue is that you finally get to the front of the line and there are no disgusting grey bins to put your shit in. Grade A Certified Clusterfuck.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

put your pocket stuff into your carry on bag ahead of time

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

put your pocket stuff into your carry on bag ahead of time

Pro tip.

I also don't understand how in 2023 they still need me to put my laptop in it's own bin.

[nickwm21]

Every Airport is a clusterfuck right now…

Airports/Airlines are being hit the hardest in the current labor shortage…. They haven’t been able to man back up since Covid, the employees that stuck around are now leaving because their overworked. Who the fuck wants to work at an airport for low wage? Who wants to deal with humans on a delay for low wage?

Best to make your airport trips as low maintenance as possible right now; don’t check, pack snacks and a water bottle, come early with a book.


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[riser4]

Don't get me started on EWR. I go to great lengths including driving to avoid that shit show and the rudest people on the planet.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Pro tip.

I also don't understand how in 2023 they still need me to put my laptop in it's own bin.

Where are you connecting through? Go sign up for pre-check on your layover and you won't have to.

[Name Redacted]

put your pocket stuff into your carry on bag ahead of time

Yep, I carry a backpack as a “Personal item” and stash everything in that before getting into the security line.

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

I could have gone PHL and actually had to drive slightly less, but flights were worse times and more expensive by at least $200.

I'm going all in on Global Entry asap.