Originally Posted by
Stripe
No kidding. I had to do that from the BA F lounge several years ago with what turned out to be a broken ankle. I was too proud to accept the lounge agent's offer to arrange assistance but was certainly regretting that decision in the middle of the hike.
I also noticed for those gates the status switches to "Flight closing" like 40 minutes before departure. I always suspected that was just to instill panic and get folks moving faster, as most wouldn't realize how long the walk really was.
Oh, now I feel better about myself
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I did the same thing after getting a stress fracture of my left foot stepping off the curb in Berlin at a meeting.
Then made the long walk to my connection in LHR, limping badly, telling the AA service people " no thanks I don't need a buggy ride, I'll be okay".
My foot was so swollen when we got to Chicago, I had to unlace my tennis shoe to get my foot into it and then limped again from Terminal 5 to Terminal 3 (love standing on it in the train) to finally get back to Rochester MN.
What a fool I was (And I am a Dr too)
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