Any plans to rebuild the UA concourse (C and D gates & UX terminal) at IAD / Dulles?
#151
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It wouldn't hurt to have something to DO if your flight is delayed, like movie theaters, a spa, or an art museum. Since we are dreaming and all.
I fly 90% international, and (I know I'm about to get yelled at) I actually miss the CO days when I was forced to connect in EWR or IAH.
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This is a great set up. It gets me to where I need to go and only kills one day of travel for me, vs. 2 if I have to connect through LHR, FRA or MUC.
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Ok, snapping out of it.
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Not too easy to get to from IAD without a car ... and they charge an arm/leg for parking! (Worse yet, the parking lot attendants were embezzling the payments for years...)
As I only never transit through IAD, as opposed to originating/ending there, I have fortunately seldom been stuck for more than an hour there. I agree that C/D are long overdue for replacement, but expect to be retired by the time that happens.
As I only never transit through IAD, as opposed to originating/ending there, I have fortunately seldom been stuck for more than an hour there. I agree that C/D are long overdue for replacement, but expect to be retired by the time that happens.
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As pointed out by exerda (though it might be a bit difficult to get there), there is a remarkable museum near the airport.
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Bus from stop 2E. The frequency could be better (it's about every 40-45 minutes IIRC), but it's cheap (50 cents--ETA, no, they raised it to $1).
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Not too easy to get to from IAD without a car ... and they charge an arm/leg for parking! (Worse yet, the parking lot attendants were embezzling the payments for years...)
a great way to spend a planned long layover !
They have a blackbird and the Enola Gay amongst other amazing craft.
Alas, Dayton has the most impressive collection.....
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Of course, the Air & Space is a good (and only) option for transiting passengers on long layovers, with one caveat - to my knowledge there isn't a locker or baggage storage facility in Dulles, so if you're going to the museum you're taking that lovely carry-on with you.
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I am not suggesting that your experience was wrong, but rather, limited. Traffic needs to cooperate for DCA as well. My guess is from Kensington is that you could flip a coin as to which is going to be faster, although there might be a specific time of day (afternoon rush hour for example), where DCA would always be faster.
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DCA is ALWAYS faster for me, and always has been faster for me. And I've gone to and from both airports at multiple times of the day.
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The issue he cited then was that MWAA has borrowed a lot to build things at IAD lately, like Concourse B and AirTrain, whereas DCA is relatively unencumbered by MWAA debt. (Is this just a roundabout way for Smisek to claim that AA DCA should pay for new UA IAD facilities? DCA's overhauled Terminal 2 is now 17 years old and has been mostly paid off, hence the recent moves to improve T1 and maybe add a new pier.) Smisek also cited the need to cut costs on the design, which isn't exactly encouraging. an appearance once the current capital construction program expires in 2016.
I've made my peace with IAD C/D by spending as much time as possible in LH's lounge before a flight, then transferring over just in time to board. But I feel sorry for people who don't have that option and instead have to wait around in a crowded concourse that doesn't even have enough windows for the one guaranteed form of entertainment at an airport: looking at airplanes.
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Actually what it takes is UA agreeing to the increased PFC that would fund the new terminal. So far UA doesn't agree, and the PFC being collected doesn't cover the maintenance costs of the "temporary" facility that gets more and more expensive to keep running. So C/D will get worse and worse while the co emperors fiddle away.