Originally Posted by
halls120
There are many airports I avoid. ORD in the winter because of the weather induced delays. ATL in the summer when there are daily thunderstorms. SFO at the moment because of the delays caused by runway construction.
I avoid EWR 365 days a year because of the nasty attitudes I encounter there from UA and airport staff in general. And this isn't an anti-pmCO thing. I enjoy the personal interactions I've had while transiting IAH.
I too avoid EWR. I was only there because I was going to DCA and United is offering really, really, really cheap pricing SFO-DCA via PS service to EWR. $500 cheaper than Delta (also with a connection in Domestic F, adding Delta One via JFK was $1400 more than UA wanted) and $800 cheaper than VX (direct) on a single leg, plus the chance to try out the Polaris Seat on the 77W, well that got United the sale.
But I was once again reminded of what a horrible, horrible place EWR is. We arrived one hour and 15 minutes late (due to MX) and they had no one to operate the jet bridge, we sat - with people in the process of missing connections for 14 minutes. Then just casual lateness on the EWR-DCA flight, which left 1 hour and 45 minutes late.