YVR Voted Best Airport in North America
Apr 1, 2011, 12:11 pm
#16
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Slow bags at YVR - always
Now SIN - every time I have been through there, the bags always beat me to the belt. Now that's fast!!!
Apr 1, 2011, 2:36 pm
#17
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I can't remember any long waits for baggage at YVR, but haven't been through since last summer.
Apr 1, 2011, 3:54 pm
#18
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Ok, ORD is not THAT bad (at least for domestic), though it's quite a workout getting to the subway from wherever UA domestic gets in.
Apr 1, 2011, 10:33 pm
#20
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I have made a lot of dineros consulting to YVRAA on design and construction over the last 15 years. As a client they are among the best ^. As a functional airport, YVR is right up there, although not without its annoyances. As an art gallery, it is also impressive, BUT IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE AN ART GALLERY! I would prefer the functional airport without the expensive art in exchange for a lower AIF (or higher consulting fees).
Think about why people are at an airport: THEY ALL WANT TO LEAVE! and soon. Either airborne on their next flight, or just arrived on a flight and they want to get the ... out of there on the ground. Not one of them is there to look at art. Who needs it?
Think about why people are at an airport: THEY ALL WANT TO LEAVE! and soon. Either airborne on their next flight, or just arrived on a flight and they want to get the ... out of there on the ground. Not one of them is there to look at art. Who needs it?
Apr 1, 2011, 11:10 pm
#21
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I appreciate the art
OK - it’s my home town, but I really like the ambience when I arrive at YVR (or depart). I think it’s a mark of the civilisation of the city. The utilitarian airports leave me feeling cold – like YYZ
Apr 2, 2011, 5:06 am
#22
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for US airports, its just get out of the international terminal/section altogether and get in again
I call it a rat race because they make you walk through all these channels with your best intelligence and limited help, similar to those lab mice
Apr 2, 2011, 5:54 am
#23
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My God, I swear that if you had to travel that distance downtown you'd take a cab! I think the old T2 was shorter.
Apr 2, 2011, 7:08 am
#24
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here is another good one, try walking from T1 Gates 258ish.....
Apr 2, 2011, 7:28 am
#25
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Obviously they never made a connection from the A wing of the domestic terminal to the transborder wing, or undergo the ridiculous security and checked baggage routine when connecting from an overseas flight to one heading to the USA!
Apr 2, 2011, 7:33 am
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I have made a lot of dineros consulting to YVRAA on design and construction over the last 15 years. As a client they are among the best ^. As a functional airport, YVR is right up there, although not without its annoyances. As an art gallery, it is also impressive, BUT IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE AN ART GALLERY! I would prefer the functional airport without the expensive art in exchange for a lower AIF (or higher consulting fees).
Think about why people are at an airport: THEY ALL WANT TO LEAVE! and soon. Either airborne on their next flight, or just arrived on a flight and they want to get the ... out of there on the ground. Not one of them is there to look at art. Who needs it?
Think about why people are at an airport: THEY ALL WANT TO LEAVE! and soon. Either airborne on their next flight, or just arrived on a flight and they want to get the ... out of there on the ground. Not one of them is there to look at art. Who needs it?
Apr 2, 2011, 10:54 am
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According to yvr.ca during the bulk of the arrival day and Int'l to USA connecting passenger does not clear Canada customs and does not collect bags at yvr (unless us customs wants the bags pulled). Seems pretty civil to me!