The Gallus Mark
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Post by The Gallus Mark on Jun 16, 2024 14:16:50 GMT -5
I’m currently on a flight across the USA on my way home from Seattle and the Sea-Tac Airport is a special type of terrible.
Ridiculously unorganized during construction, super slow TSA line, very congested as a whole and just an awful overall experience.
I will say that the workers were the only non-negative during our arrival and departure at least.
I haven’t been in a ton of airports, probably 10ish, but Sea-Tac is definitely at the bottom of the list for me. Also, the fact that people approach wrestlers in airports blows my mind, it’s almost never a fun experience for anyone, so why bother someone else? (Unless a kid does it, then it’s fine, cause kids need to have fun experiences)
What’s the worst airport you’ve experienced?
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Jun 16, 2024 14:36:10 GMT -5
couple of them for different reasons
atlanta just because of how chaotic it is (understandable) and denver because holy f*** it is like DOOM 1 or DOOM 2 levels of maze f***ery in that bitch.
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Post by ANuclearError on Jun 16, 2024 14:42:41 GMT -5
Any airport which is situated absolutely nowhere near the location it is named after.
A special shoutout to London Ashford which is closer to France than it is to London.
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Post by animaniac on Jun 16, 2024 15:12:52 GMT -5
Albany International is my favorite. Small and easy to navigate.
I'd say the worst is probably either LaGuardia or Orlando
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Jun 16, 2024 15:16:07 GMT -5
I used to hate LaGuardia but it has been a good bit better since it got a facelift. I personally hate EWR in Newark. It's a pain in the ass to get to and it's like a maze getting anywhere. And there are terminals that have barely any decent food options.
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Post by The Gallus Mark on Jun 16, 2024 15:39:18 GMT -5
couple of them for different reasons atlanta just because of how chaotic it is (understandable) and denver because holy f*** it is like DOOM 1 or DOOM 2 levels of maze f***ery in that bitch. Atlanta is NUTS lol I hate it too
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Post by dirtyoldman on Jun 16, 2024 15:51:15 GMT -5
Schiphol. f***ing hate it Gatwick is shitty too. Busiest airport in the world with only one runway.
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Post by Bo Rida on Jun 16, 2024 16:28:03 GMT -5
Pudong airport Shangai. Mostly due to the incredibly rude and shouty staff. Having them harvest personal info just for transiting through in a very stressful race against the clock. Barely any useful signage for where to get my flight. Nice, clean, huge building... with f*** all in it. Warm drinking water. No usable internet.
Biggest stand out was a very thorough security patdown which was unusally ass cheek focused. Although it was an attractive woman so actually kind of enjoyable to get a massage after a long flight. Would pay extra if I could guarantee it wasn't a man doing it.
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Post by Eunös ✈ on Jun 16, 2024 16:51:41 GMT -5
Don't do Frankfurt if you're on a Tight Connection.
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Post by fg on Jun 16, 2024 17:23:45 GMT -5
I used to hate LaGuardia but it has been a good bit better since it got a facelift. I personally hate EWR in Newark. It's a pain in the ass to get to and it's like a maze getting anywhere. And there are terminals that have barely any decent food options. I can vouch for it being a literal maze. One time me and my sister and Mom were stranded at Newark at 11:40PM or so due to United cancelling our flight (much to the dismay of us and especially other customers). Me and my family had to walk through a literal maze just to get some information on a hotel to see if getting a room would be feasible. I was really upset since I had to be at work (I worked at Macys at the time which was not pleasant). I contacted my bosses every which way and I think they understood. We wound up sleeping in the airport and left at 8a.
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Post by darbus alan on Jun 16, 2024 17:36:13 GMT -5
I used to hate LaGuardia but it has been a good bit better since it got a facelift. I personally hate EWR in Newark. It's a pain in the ass to get to and it's like a maze getting anywhere. And there are terminals that have barely any decent food options. Yeah, La Guardia is way better than it used to be. And Newark indeed sucks, though I've been there enough where I'm used to the layout at least. But I can't imagine spending any kind of layover there.
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Post by Sigma: Current SRW Champ! on Jun 16, 2024 18:33:42 GMT -5
I used to hate LaGuardia but it has been a good bit better since it got a facelift. I personally hate EWR in Newark. It's a pain in the ass to get to and it's like a maze getting anywhere. And there are terminals that have barely any decent food options. I will echo Newark. It's a pain in the ass not just for food, but for the planes as well. I also had to log a 7 1/2 hour layover there to Boston for some odd reason.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jun 16, 2024 18:49:04 GMT -5
I'd say the worst is probably either LaGuardia or Orlando I've never had a problem with Orlando.. but then again I've only gone in via Jetblue recently and that's got it's own terminal. La Guardia has allegedly gotten better but I still shudder when I hear I have to pick someone up from the La Guardia let alone actually have to fly out of it... especially with how much easier is JFK is on like all fronts.
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Post by 06vwgti on Jun 16, 2024 18:50:56 GMT -5
I've only gone through Seatec as a connecting flight, but I didn't mind it as a connection, but I've been lucky that it seems my connecting flight nearby.
I hate Charlotte's airport, land in A or B gate, get to your connecting flight over in the E. Luckily the flight was delayed, but not train to get you anywhere and mostly walking, don't do a short connecting flight there. I learned my lesson the next time and took Delta instead of American and Atlanta at least has the trams and the specific flight was not in a regional jet that required a gate check...
I'm not a fan of DFW, I am used to say one gate change sometimes at Atlanta, but I experienced nearly 4 gate changes about 2 hours before my flight departed, insane. and I've always hated how everything is BIGGER in Texas...
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jun 16, 2024 18:57:07 GMT -5
Count me in on the Atlanta hate. In 2005 it was my stopover point on a journey back to the U.K. from London. It was so chaotic inside the terminal that whoever was in charge didn't think we'd make the connection, so we deboarded onto the runway and walked directly to our connecting flight, walking under two planes to get there. Our luggage, we were told, would be put on a different flight. And it was – one that wouldn't leave for another 24 hours. My bags were sent to me by courier a week later, and damaged, to boot. I didn't have a great time in Brussels Airport, either, but it was less about the airport and more the journey. It's a perfectly nice airport. Quiet, too. But I had a nine-hour wait between my 15-hour flight from L.A. via Chicago (which I did not sleep on) and my 90-minute flight back into the U.K. All told I was awake for damn near 30 hours by the time I got home. I’m currently on a flight across the USA on my way home from Seattle and the Sea-Tac Airport is a special type of terrible. I had the "pleasure" of flying into and out of Sea-Tac in 2002. Doesn't sound like it has changed much.
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Post by Andew9001 on Jun 16, 2024 20:01:56 GMT -5
There was this airport in France i was stuck at due to a 6 hour delay. I can't remember where exactly on account that i was very, very drunk.
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Post by DichEvans on Jun 16, 2024 22:07:33 GMT -5
Less of a hack, but if you're just flying domestically to a fairly popular city, use the smaller airports that are just outside of the metro area you are in
I live in Seattle and any time I need to fly somewhere, I go out of my way to try to use Bellingham airport. There is almost never a delay, the security takes 2 minutes to go through, and its generally cheaper. The only time I have had bad flight experiences are at major airports like Heathrow, JFX, or LAX
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Post by tirtefaa on Jun 16, 2024 22:19:59 GMT -5
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
This was more the airline's fault, but it happened there.
Was flying in from a connecting flight from Denver on my way home from a trip. There was a delay and they didn't get in the air until almost an hour and a half late due to weather. We knew this was going to cut things closer than we wanted, so we asked a flight attendant and they said we would be okay, and that there shouldn't be any rush.
Anyways, the plane lands in Minneapolis. They start disembarking the passengers, and looking at the clock, we knew it was going to be difficult. To make matters worse, our connecting flight was at a gate on the entirely other side of the airport.
So we haul it as fast as we can across the airport, and by some miracle we make it to the gate before the plane departs...however they had just boarded the plane and refused to let us on. I can't stress that we had just missed boarding, so it's not like they had disconnected the PBB or anything, we could still passengers loading their bags.
To make matters worse, when telling me this, the boarding agent was laughing about it. I hardly lose my cool or even swear, but her response and the airport's unwillingness to let us board was just plain stupid and I let her know it. Like, I get that they don't hold the plane for people running late, but we're talking maybe 90 seconds from them finishing boarding.
This wouldn't have been an issue but I had to work the next day, something I made sure to always have a buffer for in the future so this would never happen again.
Now thankfully, there was an agent working there, who was AWESOME and fought to get us on an early red eye, which while not ideal, got us home on time.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jun 16, 2024 23:42:10 GMT -5
Less of a hack, but if you're just flying domestically to a fairly popular city, use the smaller airports that are just outside of the metro area you are in I live in Seattle and any time I need to fly somewhere, I go out of my way to try to use Bellingham airport. There is almost never a delay, the security takes 2 minutes to go through, and its generally cheaper. The only time I have had bad flight experiences are at major airports like Heathrow, JFX, or LAX Yeah, if you are ever traveling to LA, particularly Hollywood area, BUR is your friend.
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Post by Display Name on Jun 16, 2024 23:43:59 GMT -5
f*** LAX!
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