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Thread: Worst & Best Airports
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02-22-2016, 03:20 PM #126
I get dropped off right by the "American" sign, go through security, and look at the signs pointing to my gate. As my boarding pass says D3, I follow a sign that says D gates. Walk a long way, through all sorts of shit, to the D gates. But they all say delta. Guy says "oh, you need to go to C39 and catch a bus to your D gates, this is a different terminal (note, my boarding pass doesn't even have a terminal on it). Luckily, I got here super early, but if I was cutting it close, I'd have been fucked. And I never found Au Bon Pain.
"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
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"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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02-22-2016, 04:18 PM #127
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02-22-2016, 04:23 PM #128Registered User
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Yep, different building for certain D gates accessed through C ramp not D. Fun stuff right? The day I went through there this month a couple of people missed their flight because the shuttle bus was running slow. AA told them they should have gotten there earlier while they were arguing that they were at "the (unbeknownst to them wrong) gate" 45 minutes before boarding time.
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02-22-2016, 05:42 PM #129
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02-22-2016, 05:42 PM #130
Figured this thread is appropriate for the following question: I have a 3 hr layover in Lax from an overnight flight and before flying east to Miami. After clearing customs, no way I will have time to leave the airport for a workout and come back in time, but I want to do something more active than getting drunk in the bar at 10 am seeing as I will have been on my ass for 18 straight hours otherwise. Anyone have a suggestion?
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02-22-2016, 05:57 PM #131
Walk around the airport for a while? A 3 hour layover after clearing customs isn't that much time, especially considering that most flights board 45 minutes early and you will probably need to go through security again after clearing customs.
I would say walk around the terminal for a while, then grab something to eat?
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02-22-2016, 06:30 PM #132
Just left LAX...you should probably consume copious amounts of booze
Decisions Decisions
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02-22-2016, 06:58 PM #133
Cubana torta makes it all better.
"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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02-22-2016, 07:04 PM #134Registered User
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For anybody flying into Vancover who has a layover it s real easy to get a 10$ transit pass from convenience store on lower level and ride the sky train into vangroovy to shop/check/ out the city
OR hit MEC or the Intuition factory outlet where one can get any of the liners or a punch or rebakeLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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02-23-2016, 04:16 PM #135
Bob Hope used to have complimentary valet parking, which was great. Of the larger airports I have been subjected to regularly, Philly is the worst, with absolutely the most obnoxious and least helpful employees, and Phoenix-Sky Harbor is the best. Having lived entirely in older cities, Phoenix's public infrastructure is a thing of beauty to me.
Philly, though... it got to the point where I didn't even bother to wait for checked bags, far less frustrating and time-consuming tot take SEPTA home and then drive my car back the next day to grab them than it was to sit at the baggage claim for two hours.
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02-23-2016, 04:41 PM #136Registered User
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Headed to Philly in a few months, can't wait.
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02-23-2016, 05:47 PM #137
Yea I guess I will try to get the best of both worlds and do push-ups on the floor of the bar.
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11-17-2021, 10:28 AM #138
Why is it close to impossible for people to move with a purpose in an airport?
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11-17-2021, 11:05 AM #139
lol
Heading to LaGuardia in a few days, such a joy."fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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11-17-2021, 11:18 AM #140Registered User
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O’Hare is hands down the worst airport I’ve ever been to
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11-17-2021, 11:40 AM #141Good-lookin' wool
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Yeah but Frontera. I hate Ohare but dont mind it because I get some decent grub when there. And if I am looking for reasons to be generous, I've found that Ohare to seattle flight time is the perfect distance to really start tying one on. Anything further west and I dont have ample time to settle into a solid woodford blanket and anything more east and I risk an ill-timed nap.
Not sure why someone upthread hated Omaha (despite the obvious, which is you are in Omaha), but I love airports that make it easy to get right into the metro area. I had a steak in front of me within 30 minutes of landing in Omaha. Same as Boise - straight shot to the city in like 5 minutes.
Santa Barbara is nice but as are tons of small joints.
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11-17-2021, 12:04 PM #142
We have a thread for that:
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...purpose+people
**Checks math**
Yep, spot on as usual, Art.
My only exception would be the flight we took from Newark to Narita where I had ample time to put a serious dent in Delta's Woodford supply, take a nap, then wake up in time to get wife-annoyingly drunk on some carton red wine of a dubious vintage. If you can't get that happy distance dialed in, you gotta either hammer down and commit, or do the one and done, and that's no fun.I still call it The Jake.
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11-17-2021, 12:08 PM #143
Best: Frankfurt, Munich, Nice
Worst: JFK, Charles DeGaulle, LAXLast edited by schindlerpiste; 11-17-2021 at 12:44 PM.
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11-17-2021, 12:16 PM #144
I'll be at LAX in two hours, ugh. Have to say, though, airport food options have gotten WAAAY better over the years.
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11-17-2021, 12:22 PM #145
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11-17-2021, 12:23 PM #146Good-lookin' wool
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Man those international flights do require some serious consumption math. If you have time to ramp up, wind down and then reboot, you can be in great shape to tackle your destination but its a delicate dance. My BIL is the GC for a well-known outdoor company and when he told me he had vouchers if I wanted to go to Tokyo for a work trip with him, I jumped at the opportunity. We calculated a nap somewhere over the Andreanof Islands that never happened which required full pedal down. Of course, we arrived in the evening so it was business time, which lasted another 12 hours. I'm not built for that anymore but he took an 8 mile run the next day like a mad man.
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11-17-2021, 12:28 PM #147
I understand the desire to drink on a flight or in the airport beforehand, but I rarely do because I'd rather not have to get up and use the airplane lav.
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11-17-2021, 12:35 PM #148User
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I have the opposite strategy. I drink enough that I'm up every couple of hours, helps prevent the DVT and helps my back.
Seoul Incheon is great. Spread out and has a dark, quiet lounge with recliners.
AMS is always overcrowded and feels like you go through security multiple times.
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11-17-2021, 12:41 PM #149Good-lookin' wool
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I've certainly toned it down over the years, but consumption math includes seat placement and managing ABV. I find that if I'm not bothering other passengers, the frequency with which I need to get up actually coincides pretty nicely with when I would want to stretch my legs anyway.
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11-17-2021, 12:44 PM #150"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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