Plastic wrap at JFK
Jan 30, 2008, 1:36 pm
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Plastic wrap at JFK
There used to be a luggage plastic wrap service in the old terminal 8. Is this still available in the new terminal?
Jan 30, 2008, 2:13 pm
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I didn't see it when I was there in December, but I went straight to the FC check in area, so I didn't really look around. It's not by the FC check in area, at least.
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Jan 30, 2008, 2:13 pm
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I haven't seen the wrap service since they closed the old terminal. (not to say it's not available, I just haven't seen it)
btw OT: They have started to tear down bits of the old terminal....^
btw OT: They have started to tear down bits of the old terminal....^
Jan 30, 2008, 2:36 pm
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I spent a couple of hours wandering around the new terminal towards the end of last year and didn't see anything either
Jan 30, 2008, 2:49 pm
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I haven't seen it either and I spent a long time wandering around the terminal 3 weeks ago.
Jan 30, 2008, 2:53 pm
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not only have I not seen it but I wonder what good it is.. If TSA can go thru the luggage anyway don't they just take it off.
Jan 30, 2008, 2:56 pm
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Thanks, I haven't seen it either, but like the rest I haven't exactly looked. Planning on taking a folding bike on my next trip and the plastic would be a decent way to keep all the bits together (and keep its size small enough to avoid the bike fee). Before I have taken it on Eagle, but then I just take it through security (it fits on the x-ray belt) and gate-check it.
Jan 30, 2008, 4:05 pm
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Jan 30, 2008, 8:24 pm
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Feb 2, 2008, 2:13 pm
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Feb 2, 2008, 2:35 pm
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/23/ny...ty/23glas.html
When American Airlines Terminal 8 opened in 1960 at what was then New York International Airport at Idlewild, its most striking feature was the great stained-glass facade. The structure, made of red, sapphire and white glass tiles, wasn’t just public art; it also allowed light into the terminal, while keeping those inside from broiling in the south-facing building.
But next May, the 317-foot-by-23-foot translucent wall will come down. American Airlines is razing Terminal 8 as part of a $1.1 billion expansion that will create one terminal to serve all its customers at John F. Kennedy International Airport. “The cathedral,” as the abstract mosaic has sometimes been called, will vanish..........
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........... “They should preserve it,” said Craig Kozan, a supervisor, who said the artwork reminded him of a calmer time in air travel.
But John Farrell, another pilot, said: “In this age, you can’t afford too much sentimentality. There are razor-thin margins in this business, and I don’t think anybody ever buys a ticket because American Airlines has a very nice stained window. ”