Originally Posted by
carlorossi3
...there must be thousands of people who read "terminal 1" on their itinerary and end up missing their international flight because of this odd naming of the terminal. Been bugging me for years, good to have it off my chest :-)
Thousands? I'm a little skeptical of that. Any confusion between Terminal 1 and "I" as it might be printed on someone's itinerary should be cleared up pretty quickly when they see the gate number. The numbering runs from 1 in International Terminal A through 102 in International Terminal G with domestic gates numbers in the middle. If someone is changing planes at SFO, they should be focused on gate number, and there is no ambiguity there.
For those taking their outbound flight from SFO, they really should know the difference between an international flight and a domestic one. The signs as you approach SFO clearly distinguish domestic/international, and they also indicate which international flights depart from domestic terminals.
I don't doubt that some people still end up going to the wrong terminal, but I doubt this happens at SFO more than the typical airport of its size.