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Sitting in Charlotte and Atlanta airports and bored -- help

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by MU_was_not_so_hard, Feb 20, 2008.

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  1. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    I was in line behind 30 people at one of those security gates, and they kept having to have people cut in line because flights were taking off and the line was too long.

    It sucks.
     
    imjustagirl, Feb 21, 2008
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  2. Captain_Kirk

    Captain_Kirk Well-Known Member

    You are tough on airports, that's for sure. (Although I agree with you on KC. Any airport that requires an external bus shuttle between terminals is bad, bad, worst.)

    What airports get the imjustagirl seal of approval for positive flying experiences?
     
    Captain_Kirk, Feb 21, 2008
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  3. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Booo.

    For what it's worth, a shiny new main terminal is opening by the end of this year.
     
    playthrough, Feb 21, 2008
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  4. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Anything EXCEPT Atlanta. I don't even hate KC. I just thought the line should have moved faster than it did.

    But anything not called Atlanta is fine with me. Never had a problem at JFK, or LaGuardia, or Midway, or O'Hare, or Lexington, or ... well any other airport.
     
    imjustagirl, Feb 21, 2008
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  5. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Call me crazy, I like the Atlanta airport. Part of it is nostalgia, I grew up in Atl and was at that airport every week when my traveling-salesman Dad got home (back in the day when you could meet someone at the gate). With the train and the huge concourses, that place was pretty amazing for a kid.

    Today, I don't mind layovers there at all. But I would appreciate them sacking up and adding free wi-fi.
     
    playthrough, Feb 21, 2008
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  6. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    You're crazy.

    Seems like every other flight I take out of there is delayed, it's the only airport that's lost my luggage (twice now) and it's jampacked with people to the point I call it Bosnia. People strewn everywhere, lying on the floor, screaming children, weaving golf carts...it's hell on earth. I wish I never had to fly through there again.
     
    imjustagirl, Feb 21, 2008
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  7. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Clearly you've been there mostly at the high-traffic, bad-weather times. And losing luggage will always skew one's opinion. But I'm talking about it just as a pure layover stop. If I have to kill four hours in an airport (and I'm not engrossed in a new book or work), I'll take something that's big and full of distractions, and that's Atlanta.
     
    playthrough, Feb 21, 2008
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  8. MU_was_not_so_hard

    MU_was_not_so_hard Active Member

    I've done well not to check bags lately, and it's improved my opinions (probably undeservedly so) of a few airlines.
     
    MU_was_not_so_hard, Feb 21, 2008
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  9. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Yeah that security set-up was definitely designed for the pre-9-11 world.

    It's been awhile since I've flown to KC but I seem to remember the terminal layout resembling a very small-scale DFW with fewer services.
     
    Armchair_QB, Feb 21, 2008
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  10. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Somebody talked about getting robbed in an airport in one of our airport bash threads awhile back and I think it happened in Atlanta.
     
    Armchair_QB, Feb 21, 2008
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  11. MU_was_not_so_hard

    MU_was_not_so_hard Active Member

    Having learned the ins and outs of DFW in the past five years, I can see that.
     
    MU_was_not_so_hard, Feb 21, 2008
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  12. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    I've had pretty good experiences with DFW and the international terminal may be the nicest one in the U.S.
     
    Armchair_QB, Feb 21, 2008
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