SAN has been a mess lately
May 8, 2018, 8:29 am
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May 8, 2018, 8:48 am
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May 8, 2018, 10:02 am
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[Speculation here] I would imagine airlines without partners might get relegated to T1W: Spirit, Sun Country, Allegiant (and maybe even Hawaiian?). Someone mentioned that most/all of the international flights would possibly be moved to T2W to free up more space as well.
May 8, 2018, 10:38 am
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I was also caught up in yesterday morning's unusually long TSA Pre line. I fly AS out of SAN weekly and have never seen the line that long (usually there is little or no line in the Pre lane). Despite the mess, the line progressed smoothly and the passengers around me were patient and courteous.
While I agree the SAN T1 experience is subpar, I'd still take it any day over the truly chaotic AS EWR terminal.
While I agree the SAN T1 experience is subpar, I'd still take it any day over the truly chaotic AS EWR terminal.
May 8, 2018, 10:44 am
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May 8, 2018, 11:28 am
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As for speculation about domestic gate reshuffling, I agree it makes the most sense to push the niche airlines to T1. The few details I’ve seen about the changes seem to suggest that. Ideally, every airline would reside within a single secure area, but I assume Southwest is too big to fit in T2, even with a major reshuffle. My best guess is that Southwest gets back down to two secure areas, the niche airlines all or mostly move to T1, and Alaska gets to cozy up closer to its international partners, BA and JAL, and it’s codeshare partner, AA.
