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Favorite Airport/Least Favorite Airport

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  • oberon0124
    oberon0124 Posts: 10,524 Member
    Denver, they say Ohare is bigger, I dont think so. Walked for thirty fivr minutes between flights at a good clip! Just made it on time! Damn that place is huge!!!
  • Sh1tsRainbows
    Sh1tsRainbows Posts: 1,227 Member
    Hate DIA, Denver

    like DFW
  • spookiewon
    spookiewon Posts: 59 Member
    As a disabled person, I prefer O'Hare to most. They are much more careful to be sure I am able to get safely from one gate to the next in a timely manner and at no time do they separate me from necessary medical supplies. DFW once asked me to 'babysit' an eight-year-old traveling alone while the airport employee assigned to him "took care of some things" then forgot they left me watching him. As a result I was not able to preboard and nearly missed the flight altogether. It's very difficult to board with crutches during regular boarding. John Wayne (SNA) once checked my medical supplies (in a carryon) through to my destination so I spent six hours AND my flight from DFW to ORD AND my flight from ORD to MLI in a soaking wet adult diaper and without my medications.

    I am amazed by the number of people who like DFW. I've never had a good experience there, just a couple of less sucky ones.
  • wildcata77
    wildcata77 Posts: 660
    I hate BWI with all the passions of a fiery hell.

    I have been to LaGuardia and Philly the most and they are pretty easy to get in/out of and fairly user friendly. I also like Atlanta and O'Hare for the easy connection to public transportation.

    ETA: Also, b/c of the new art, I like the Albany airport and the new terminal at RDU (which is also home).
  • Tonnina
    Tonnina Posts: 979 Member
    LOVE Sky Harbor, DIA, and Ontario, CA's airport.

    Hate LAX, it's too big, and I love DIA! :laugh:
  • immacookie
    immacookie Posts: 7,424 Member
    The one I want to visit : St. Maarten/St. Martin Airport
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    LOL! Maho Beach. It's pretty cool to either sit on the sand or at the nearby bar and watch the flights come in. The bar has the incoming flight schedule for the day posted. :drinker:
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Like many others, not a fan of O'Hare at all! The only reason I like Charlotte is because then I'm home, but it would not be a fun place to layover at.

    Love Las Vegas, DFW and I like Detroit as well.

    I was flying standby last May (used my boyfriend's passes to go to a funeral) and got stuck in Charlotte for EIGHT HOURS.

    Ugh.
  • EMc4452
    EMc4452 Posts: 187 Member
    I like the underground tunnels of the detroit airport
  • immacookie
    immacookie Posts: 7,424 Member
    Worst: MIA & ATL.... too big and too confusing if you have a short connection time; PHL - weird security systems/doors that don't function properly, rude staff, ongoing construction (3 years now) with no sign of finishing (southwest has had a "temporary" check in counter for almost 3 years now)

    Best: STL (especially east terminal/southwest), MCI/Kansas City (unless you're flying early or late at night, no shops/food/etc. are open), Tampa, Newark

    Weirdest: St. Lucia.... this has been 6 or 7 years ago... airport was a green sheet metal shed and we were escorted off the plane, across the tarmac, into the shed to visit the one lone guy that was "customs" and then locate our luggage in the open area behind him where suitcases were being tossed off a cart. Great trip though!
  • tkn11
    tkn11 Posts: 276 Member
    I love the Paris airport! I had a LONG layover there and was entertained the whole time.

    HATE ATL!!!!!!
  • scarletleavy
    scarletleavy Posts: 841 Member
    I'm a big international traveler for work so I've got a long list of airports I hate and only a few that I like.

    Worst: A tie between Heathrow and Frankfurt, both are terrible in their own ways. Occasionally I fly through Frankfurt when the flight connections/times are better, but you couldn't pay me to fly through Heathrow. I avoid that airport like the plague. Atlanta is also pretty miserable. Amsterdam Schiphol can be terrible as well, gates can be literally miles apart.

    Best: Munich is one of the best airports in the world, hands down. Hong Kong is also really excellent

    I also have an extensive no fly list, airlines I will not fly no matter what. It includes: Air France, Alitalia, British Airways, Southwest, Easy Jet, Ryanair
  • MarieAnneN
    MarieAnneN Posts: 205
    Like Pierre Ellliott Trudeau, Miami is a nightmare:)

    Montreal airport is an easy to go airport... JFK is dark, low seeling, dislike.
  • immacookie
    immacookie Posts: 7,424 Member
    I also have an extensive no fly list, airlines I will not fly no matter what. It includes: Air France, Alitalia, British Airways, Southwest, Easy Jet, Ryanair

    I actually like Southwest... other than the cattle call to get on the plane... but other than that the service has always been good (to me).

    Now US Air.... after 3 large issues with them... will never EVER fly them again... EVER. Horrible service.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    I adore Southwest and wish they flew out of somewhere closer to where I live.

    And I guess I'm the only person on the planet who's never had a negative experience at ATL. :-)
  • scarletleavy
    scarletleavy Posts: 841 Member
    I also have an extensive no fly list, airlines I will not fly no matter what. It includes: Air France, Alitalia, British Airways, Southwest, Easy Jet, Ryanair

    I actually like Southwest... other than the cattle call to get on the plane... but other than that the service has always been good (to me).

    Now US Air.... after 3 large issues with them... will never EVER fly them again... EVER. Horrible service.

    I can't do the cattle call to get on the plane. I refuse just on principle.

    I agree with you on US Air though, if I had my way I'd never fly them, but it's hard to avoid if you're traveling within the US. I never fly any US based airline for international flights though.
  • _Ben
    _Ben Posts: 1,608 Member
    Orlando is pretty nice, DTW is crap
  • immacookie
    immacookie Posts: 7,424 Member
    I also have an extensive no fly list, airlines I will not fly no matter what. It includes: Air France, Alitalia, British Airways, Southwest, Easy Jet, Ryanair

    I actually like Southwest... other than the cattle call to get on the plane... but other than that the service has always been good (to me).

    Now US Air.... after 3 large issues with them... will never EVER fly them again... EVER. Horrible service.

    I can't do the cattle call to get on the plane. I refuse just on principle.

    I agree with you on US Air though, if I had my way I'd never fly them, but it's hard to avoid if you're traveling within the US. I never fly any US based airline for international flights though.

    I've managed to avoid US Air for the last 3 years using mainly AirTran and Southwest :laugh: (yes I hate USAir "THAT" much)

    Good tip about international flights!!!
  • castadiva
    castadiva Posts: 2,016 Member
    We have a saying in my family - Anyone But BA, or ABBA for short... And I agree about Ryanair and EasyJet, especially the former. Have heard ghastly things about Alitalia, but have always had very positive experiences with them, and no problems with AirFrance. Delta, on the other hand... Are they still operational?

    People seriously like Heathrow?!?! A truly ghastly airport, in my estimation. Though Gatwick is worse. Stansted and Luton are to be avoided like the plague. St Petersburg is pretty grim too. LAX has its' moments, as does Newark.

    Don't mind O'Hare and Shiphol, or Frankfurt - yes, they're spread out and irritating to get around, but they're also reasonably well supplied with things to do if delayed, shops for last-minute and flight-essentials, and semi-decent places to eat.

    Airports I like: Singapore - gardens in the terminal, rooftop swimming pool, and cafes etc open 24/7 for those poor schmucks whose flights arrive at 2am local time...(usually me), Oslo - hyper-efficient, lots of windows and reasonably compact, London City - check-in to plane in 20minutes flat and the most cheerful security/immigration officers I've ever met, Paris Charles de Gaulle - great design, great coffee, Milan Malpensa and Rome Leonardo da Vinci - fantastic coffee, good shopping and easy to navigate. Berlin Tegel is surprisingly good for a 'B' airport.
  • skinnnyxoxo
    skinnnyxoxo Posts: 210 Member
    Favorite: Dubai Airport
    Least Favorite: ..... I don't know.
  • annemckee
    annemckee Posts: 170 Member
    Favourite - Oslo Gardermoen

    Least favourite - Prestwick (Scotland) or Heathrow Terminal 3
  • jlzrdking
    jlzrdking Posts: 501 Member
    I will be at ATL this Sunday on my way to Raleigh/Durham RDU

    I've only been to ATL once before and that was a long time ago.
  • immacookie
    immacookie Posts: 7,424 Member
    I will be at ATL this Sunday on my way to Raleigh/Durham RDU

    I've only been to ATL once before and that was a long time ago.

    Use the tram/shuttle thing if you have to go more than a couple of gates!!! First time I was at ATL I made the mistake of thinking I had over an hour layover so it would be nice to walk to get some exercise............:noway:
  • jlzrdking
    jlzrdking Posts: 501 Member
    I will be at ATL this Sunday on my way to Raleigh/Durham RDU

    I've only been to ATL once before and that was a long time ago.

    Use the tram/shuttle thing if you have to go more than a couple of gates!!! First time I was at ATL I made the mistake of thinking I had over an hour layover so it would be nice to walk to get some exercise............:noway:

    OK
    Thanks
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