Post by saneiac on Jun 20, 2024 9:33:48 GMT -5
How on Earth are we two pages in with no one bringing up Charles de Gaul (Paris)? What a stupid f***ed up airport. I travelled all the time for work. I’ve been through over 100 airports. CDG is the only one I ever paid out of pocket to change my itinerary and avoid. Now, I haven’t been there since the mid 00s, so maybe these things are changed, but
1. Did you arrive on an international flight on a Sunday? Well, the French don’t work Sundays, so the International Arrivals Hall will have hundreds of arriving passengers waiting in line, and one open check in counter. Except when she goes on her hourly smoke break. Then there are zero open counters.
2. The boarding area has seats, but they only allow people into that area about 15 minutes before boarding. Prior to that, you’re stuck out in the main thoroughfare, where there are no seats at all. Everyone has to sit on the floor, where they can look at all the empty seats on the other side of the glass.
3. To get from one area to another, say, to get from baggage claim to ticketing, or from ticketing to security, you have to take the slow overcrowded shuttle bus. Baggage claim, ticketing, and security are all in the same building. They just couldn’t be bothered to make doors and passageways.
1. Did you arrive on an international flight on a Sunday? Well, the French don’t work Sundays, so the International Arrivals Hall will have hundreds of arriving passengers waiting in line, and one open check in counter. Except when she goes on her hourly smoke break. Then there are zero open counters.
2. The boarding area has seats, but they only allow people into that area about 15 minutes before boarding. Prior to that, you’re stuck out in the main thoroughfare, where there are no seats at all. Everyone has to sit on the floor, where they can look at all the empty seats on the other side of the glass.
3. To get from one area to another, say, to get from baggage claim to ticketing, or from ticketing to security, you have to take the slow overcrowded shuttle bus. Baggage claim, ticketing, and security are all in the same building. They just couldn’t be bothered to make doors and passageways.
