No fort lauderdale lounge
Nov 16, 2018, 2:38 am
#1
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: London
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No fort lauderdale lounge
Found ,myself having to fly out of FL
With no lounge at what appears very little facilities at FL do the local BA staff supply vouchers for food and beverages and any advice on how to spend quiet time either air side or land side.
With no lounge at what appears very little facilities at FL do the local BA staff supply vouchers for food and beverages and any advice on how to spend quiet time either air side or land side.
Nov 16, 2018, 2:54 am
#2
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Suffolk
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No lounge is a pain, and BA don't supply vouchers, but there is a reasonable bar/cafe area air side with plenty of space - or at least, that's how we found it in March last year.
Nov 18, 2018, 1:02 pm
#4
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Channel Islands, UK
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I agree with Ratypus here... 6 months ago I flew out of LAX, and the security was dreadful. I spent at least 30 minutes queuing in the premium lane... The normal lane would have been quicker. Then they decided to give my bag an extra x-ray (not sure why), and didn't bother to tell me what was happening for 10 minutes... Luckily I arrived with plenty of time.
Gatwick and Heathrow security is much, much better than LAX.
Gatwick and Heathrow security is much, much better than LAX.
Nov 18, 2018, 2:50 pm
#6
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FLL is a cruise port. Depending on the time of day and day of week, the airport can be jammed with cruisers carting enough luggage to sink a ship (but apparently not doing so), jamming checkpoint lines and generally milling about.
There is nothing to do landside, so just head airside, find a place at one of the various pleasant but not fancy food vendors and then wander to your gate.
There is nothing to do landside, so just head airside, find a place at one of the various pleasant but not fancy food vendors and then wander to your gate.
Nov 18, 2018, 5:07 pm
#7
Join Date: May 2016
Location: UK
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Avoid the Starbucks near the gates, it might be the worst franchise I've ever been too. Tortuously slow and out of most things. As we got stuck for an extra 60 mins waiting for a storm to pass I had plenty of time to study its many inefficiencies.
Nov 19, 2018, 3:59 am
#8
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: SYD
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I would definitely go airside asap at FLL. I have found TSA there to be especially poor. I have experienced them deciding to randomly selecting every passengers bags in the queue for additional checks while they had no body willing to do the secondary check. Standing there for over 10 mins waiting for them to finish their break (stood in front of us discussing their plans for the weekend) while on a tight connection due to late inbound was not fun. Especially when all they did was unzip the bag not even look and say all clear.