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in your opinion?
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I don't have fond memories of LAX, but other than that I haven't had too many issues with airports. My favourite is probably either Atlanta or Minneapolis.
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Worse:
Newark - no decent place to eat (Delta terminal at least) lack of places to sit, dirty, of the 30 times I have flown in there I have never flown out without a delay and many cancellations.
Detroit - attitude there sucks big time
Atlanta - I have flown to Atlanta (on my way to elsewhere) of the 10 times its been a stop, 5 of my flights were cancelled.
BEST:
SeaTac, Minneapolis, Portland, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Vancouver
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It really depends. I dislike a lot of the smaller regionals because the food options are usually crap. As for the major airports my least favorites are
Dallas Int.. its a mess, terminals are all over, security lines suck worse than anywhere I've been.
Philly. Mostly because everytime I go anywhere that I have to fly out of Philly there are flight delays. (good places to eat though)
LAX. Its ugly, too spread out, not good food options.
Chicago O Hare.
Atlanta. Too big, security is a nightmare
Edit... Totally forgot about Newark and Detroit, everyone who works at the Detroit airport needs attitude classes.
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Cuttlery posted:
It really depends. I dislike a lot of the smaller regionals because the food options are usually crap.
Yeah. I had a lay over in Milwaukee yesterday and there was only 3 options in the C Terminal before you exited the secure area. It was disappointing 
I like Atlanta and Minneapolis but those are the ones I know the best. Tampa is pretty good, it has a lot of shops and places to go before you go into security so that's nice for people who have to wait, however the airport is old and kind of dingy but for a "major city" it is pretty easy to navigate and the lines are usually short. Orlando is nice and very clean but always busy and full of people with really big suitcases that have apparently never ridden an airplane before so traveling through there, while cheaper than most, is usually not worth the headache.
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I fly Newark to West Palm a couple of times a year. Newark sucks but West Palm makes up for it.
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Chicago. Delays construction and delays.
Atlanta - Just the delays things. Not a bad place to eat.
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DFW is by far the worst airport.
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LAX sucks ass. Some guy in our group made the mistake of routing us thru there going to and coming from Japan. It's completely horrible the way they have to shuttle you to different areas for a connection then you have to stand like friggin sardines in hot ass areas and just wait. Then, coming back we had to go thru customs which puts your ass outside, then you have to lug your luggage (notice the pun?) 3 blocks and go thru goddam security all over to get to your flight. We wasted a half day there each direction.
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The worst by far has to be Charles de gaul in Paris. such a crap hole
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DFW, LAX, SAN. Last time I did Detroit it was...like 5 in the morning when I went through, so it wasn't bad.
I see SAN the most though, as it's where I leave from to travel. They're "improving," which means that the whole place is a cluster-F for at least the next year. Probably longer, seeing as construction in San Diego usually takes anywhere between 1 and 10 years longer than it should.
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in your opinion?
why?
Any American airport. TSA.
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I tend to hate hopper flights regardless of airport, they get canceled and delayed way more than the big international flights.
That being said, I do not have very positive memories of detroit fort-worth... Toronto Terminal 3 and Heathrow are nice. Yeah just read Kruugar's post... that's got to take the cake. I avoid any and all US airports as connections, stopovers, anything.
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Atlanta would probably the worst I've went through. Not so much the airport itself but all the annoying delta airlines employees chasing you down to become part of their sky miles membership
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LAX, O'Hare and DFW are awful.
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the_great_intex posted:
Atlanta would probably the worst I've went through. Not so much the airport itself but all the annoying delta airlines employees chasing you down to become part of their sky miles membership
Haha.
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O'Hare and LAX. **** those places.
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Allmightybob_MLF posted:
I don't have fond memories of LAX, but other than that I haven't had too many issues with airports. My favourite is probably either Atlanta or Minneapolis.
Pretty much exactly what I was thinking. I really don't like Ohare either. Atlanta and Minneapolis rock.
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I don't fly a lot (never actually...been on a plane one time), but I do know this...the Memphis International airport is the most expensive to fly into/out of in the country right now. it gets talked about on the news regularly here (Memphis). People who fly regularly to/from the area go to Little Rock, AR or maybe Jackson, TN if that option is there, because it's a lot cheaper.
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<3 o'hare, f*** you guys :P
I hate Shanghai and hated the old one in Hong Kong, Kai Tak, sucked major balls.
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George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Fk, I hate that airport. SO MUCH. Layout was created by drunken monkeys, swear to god
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O'Hare, DFW, BWI (or is it Reagan now?)
Detroit is way too spread out, but they have a great sushi place, believe it or not.
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Every airport is exactly the same as every other airport. You guys are tripping.
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Worst.
Houston - If you fly Continental you end up flying through that place and they never have enough seats in the waiting area for the flights, they have these circular hubs at the end of the terminals and have about a third of the seats they actually need so you end up sitting on the floor in the hall until it is close to time for your flight.
Philly - the place is a craphole and security is nearly as bad as Atlanta and even more unorganized.
Atlanta - if you don't have to go through security it isn't nearly as bad but the place is always crowded and gates are always being changed, you need to give yourself at least 2 hours between your connecting flights. Once you board you end up waiting forever to take off because the place is so busy. You can always find a place to eat though, so if you have to go through Atlanta it is probably the best of these airports.
Charlotte - Another craphole airport with poor lighting, US Air/United never seems to make their schedules and the food absolutely sucks in the place.
Miami - Why anyone would want to have a hub in Miami is something I'll never understand, the only thing it is good for is catching flights to the Caribbean and South America, but they use it to fly all over the US and they close the hub in St. Louis. If you end up on one of the American Eagle Embraer jets you have to board a bus that will take you from your plane to the terminal. The food is terrible in the place if you can even find a place that is open after 8pm.
Some of the Best
Minneapolis - Nice new airport, but it is a bit spread out and you can walk forever to catch a connecting flight.
Memphis - It is a Delta hub and not nearly as busy as Atlanta. If you can catch a flight through here it could be a better option than Atlanta. They typically use it for the Delta partners. Don't choose a window seat if your jet is a Canada Regional Jet.
Chicago - Yes it is crowded and can be a bit of a pain to navigate if it is your first time there, but there are plenty of places to eat and it is nice and spacious.
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-Kruugar- posted:
-Foxy- posted:
in your opinion?
why?
Any American airport. TSA.
TSA bites, the amount of delays and hassles they cause makes flying in USA airports (almost all of them) now a suckass experience.
I have over a million miles racked up and the TSA have made flying suck ass these days.
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I think the worst experiences for me have been Detroit and Boston. Also, some of the longest waits for security were in Colorado.
Minneapolis is annoying just because every single time I fly in to one end of the airport and have to jog to the other end to catch a flight to La Crosse. It's a really long airport, especially when the moving sidewalks are broken. Also, if you're taking an international flight out of there via KLM, it's always VERY crowded and they are always overbooked.
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The only time I recall ever saying "This airport sucks". Was Denver.
But someone overheard me and they built a new one....
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My worst airport experience was at Atlanta...had a scheduled connection, but the arrival gate and departure gate were so far apart that the departure flight had to be delayed for the 15 minutes it took us to get there. We had no delays on our arrival, so it was just poor planning IMO.
Another bad experience was when I came into Dulles airport and they had a power outage at the terminal. They have these fugly shuttles that take you from the arrival gates to the main terminal:
Without power, the doors won't open when they dock, and apparently the manual override is just to have 8 guys in the terminal all pulling and prying to get them open.
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Atlanta is terribad, had my corporate travel agent make a note to avoid that place at all costs. I am not a big fan of DFW either but it's tolerable.
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Malrothien posted:
DFW is by far the worst airport.
THIS!
I thought Denver and O'Hare were wonderful in comparison.
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I loathe LAX!
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