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Join Date: May 2012
Location: MCO
Programs: AA, B6, DL, EK, EY, QR, SQ, UA, Amex Plat, Marriott Tit, HHonors Gold
Posts: 12,809
It's not really any secret that this terminal is a giant pain. Whatever genius came up with the design should be forced to drag my luggage from TSA to the plane every time I fly through there, though I guess that NY planning for you.
The problem was the haste with which this project was undertaken. T3 needed to be replaced for a long time and rather than sitting down and doing this in stages, they decided to go all in on the T4 expansion plan. It really is a shame because I feel like given proper planning and funding DL could have come up with a great facility that replaced T2 and T3 and consolidated operations in their own terminal, but oh well.
The one nice thing about DL being in T4 now is the new Centurion Lounge.