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Thread: Worst & Best Airports
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04-21-2023, 09:06 PM #726
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04-21-2023, 09:31 PM #727
Ha. It sure is.
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04-22-2023, 05:54 AM #728
Incredible story.
Surprised it hasn’t been mentioned here yet.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65328968.ampI still call it The Jake.
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04-22-2023, 11:03 AM #729
Not sure how long ago you were last through.
All the gates have water dispensers.
I just wait outside the gate, in a plush chair, sipping my matcha latte, until the line is five people long. Easy and quick through security (no more than 5 minutes) and I literally fill my water bottle and walk directly to my seat on the plan with no wait any where. Everyone else has already boarded and gotten seated expect for like ten of us. It helps that they enforce international carry on dimensions and there is always plenty of space to through my bag.
I love the security at the gate. No bottle neck with thousands trying to get through one checkpoint.
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04-22-2023, 11:13 AM #730
Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but the Chitose Airport in Sapporo, Japan gets my vote as #1
If nothing else than for the Onsen hot springs that sits on top of the airport.
- You ski your brains out in Japan.
- Check in early to the airport, then head upstairs for several hours of soak & relax.
- Pools, cold dips, and saunas galore.
- Power chairs that recline and massage you afterwards.
- Pass out for the flights home in a peaceful coma.
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05-24-2023, 07:23 PM #731
Brawl in ORD baggage claim. Sounds like shit started on a flight from Miami.
If you guessed Spirit airlines you would be right.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsoSn...RlODBiNWFlZA==
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05-24-2023, 07:27 PM #732Registered User
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Phenomenal. They should rebrand as Jerry Springer Spirit
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05-24-2023, 08:14 PM #733
The Greyhound of the Skies.
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05-24-2023, 10:35 PM #734
The Nissan Altima of air travel.
I still call it The Jake.
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05-25-2023, 06:46 AM #735User
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I don’t know, here is recent footage of Delta One passengers wil’n out after being told at the gate that there would be no pre-departure drink on todays flight:
https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/co...eb2x&context=3
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05-25-2023, 10:48 AM #736I still call it The Jake.
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05-25-2023, 11:35 AM #737
I keep saying this, but we need a Waffle House colab with spirit airlines. Lean into it.
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05-25-2023, 11:57 AM #738
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Frontier Airlines denying boarding due to “oversized carryon” so that they don’t have to pay for bumping passengers on oversold flight?
https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/co...t=1&utm_term=1
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05-25-2023, 11:58 AM #739
SNL did a skit that so perfectly captured the essence of waffle house this year, one can only hope that they would do one for spirit airlines as well.
But I completely agree with you; if you could just set up a flat top next to the jetway, where passengers could get theirs, smothered, covered, scattered and funked; you may just have air travel gold.I still call it The Jake.
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05-25-2023, 12:00 PM #740
Yeah. Get a little drunk at the airport bar, grab some greasy breakfast on the way to your seat and watch other patrons slug it out over overhead bin space. Hell I’d pay extra for that.
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05-25-2023, 12:20 PM #741
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05-25-2023, 01:48 PM #742Registered User
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People that feel the need to film every encounter with customer service are annoying AF. note that everyone gets on the flight at the end except the asshole filming the interaction.
obviously an ugly situation.
BUT i never feel sympathetic for these people that decide the best thing to do is pull out their phone and start filming. unless its with a cop.
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05-25-2023, 02:34 PM #743
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Maybe they got on because it was being filmed.
One person being an annoying asshole is pretty common. And yeah we never get all sides on the story - but it seems like there were at least 4 passengers here that were not traveling together that were being given the run around.
IMHO you might want to examine your triggering around people filming shit - we get a biased view of that behavior because a lot of idiotic customers get their bullshit behavior going viral - but there is also going to be a huge proportion of reasonable people getting fucked over that pull their phone out in their own defense. To never feel any sympathy for someone filming is a weird and rigid stance that seems illogical.
(Frontier and Spirit gate agents allegedly get a cash bonus for every oversized carryon fee they apply at the gate - how do you suggest customers who are getting fucked over document that their carryon did fit in the checker? Draw a picture?)
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05-25-2023, 02:59 PM #744Registered User
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If he was getting bumped because his bag was too big even though it wasn’t, it seems like it would be a good idea to film that interaction to get some reimbursement money for being bumped or whatever
What Benny said
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05-25-2023, 03:11 PM #745
Yea if it was truly oversize then you get gate checked and pay for the checked bag if that is more than the carryon fee Frontier already collected. Getting bumped is bullshit.
And his bag was not oversized.
And they weren't allowing other people on "you have to pay and we don't accept legal currency, no cash. And we won't let anyone else pay with their card for you."
Pure Frontier shenanigans trying to screw people out of a flight without having to properly compensate.
United or Southwest would start offering incentive credits for someone to give up their seat and take another flight.
Frontier is like, "we are overbooked, so let's just pick some people and fuck them. We'll make up a reason and lie so that it is their fault not ours."
Recording that interaction seemed legitimate and as much as I watched the guy was calm and respectful.Originally Posted by blurred
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05-25-2023, 03:12 PM #746Registered User
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lol or maybe they all got on the flight because they weren't filming.
I rarely see reasonable people filming their interactions with customer service agents. BUT i have a small sample size and yes usually its some irrate douche tik toker trying to go viral. Plus they're almost always "shooting the messenger." And while this guy was acting calmly, continuing to get in someone's face and film them is asshole behavior. "you're not wrong walter, you're just an asshole." You treat people with respect and kindness, you'll get farther in life.
but that's just my opinion man.
Oh yea, and set your expectations accordingly. You fly spirit, frontier, ryen air, etc you are getting what you paid for....
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05-25-2023, 03:23 PM #747
“You treat people with respect and kindness, you'll get farther in life.”
Most of the time? Sure. All of the time? Fuck no.
But keep defending the shitty airlines and their shitty business practices. And shit on the people who maybe can’t afford better. Lord knows the airline industry is known for their high ethical standards and customer service and for following their own clearly laid out rules and regulations.
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05-25-2023, 03:58 PM #748Registered User
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now you're acting triggered and making some illogical leaps and assumptions.
Nowhere did I defend shitty airlines. I was just pointing out that taking out your phone and filming your interaction will likely get you shut down more than it will get you what you want. it's an asshole move 90% of the time.
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05-25-2023, 04:26 PM #749
Let's circle back to this Waffle House/Spirit Airlines collab. I for one would appreciate finally seeing a flight crew that was ready and able to fight those assholes that make flying miserable for everyone. Let's start with the dipshits who stand up right away when the plane gets to the gate and then try to get by the rows in front of them. Unless your connection is about to leave and you asked permission of everyone in front of you, you sit your ass down or you're getting your ass beat.
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05-25-2023, 04:31 PM #750"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
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