CO in PHL
 

I had the joy of using this airport going to LAS over the last week for a convention. What a dump. it reminds me of a bus station

the parking garage is a maze

CO checkin is small - elite lines are not respected nor enforced

the security line is long with no elite - for anyone. Coming back on sunday night the line back into security was to the parking lot door. probably 75 yards long

maybe after CO gets a little religion (via delta fares) EWR fares will go down in my markets so i dont have to drive to PHL occasionally

Thats just the typical Philadelphia union thing

Huh?

If you live near EWR, you should look into flights out of ZFV (Philly's Amtrak station that codeshares with CO). You don't necessarily need to originate from ZFV to make your "connection" at EWR since you are required to check-in separately (you don't really check-in at the Amtrak station). The fares in/out of ZFV is much better than EWR, but you essentially fly in/out of EWR.

LAX

PHL is a dump no matter what airline is flown. Not an insightful remark, but true, nonetheless.

Don't forget the lack of a PC... and the NW WC has closed up (I found that out the last time I was there! :mad: )

If you had so much fun at PHL, try the actual Greyhound bus station near Market East station!

i did see that thread in the last day or two - going through ZFV. i will give it a try

the EQM problem is big since CO is battling southwest out of PHL

Rail to air tkt usage is a known item w/in CAL corporate security, revenue mgmt, and IT. This issue will be fixed soon. Enough said ;)

How do you know this? Got any more info?

Fixed how?

If they want to fix it they need to allow real online checkin for rail segments or at least allow ticket pickup at any Amtrak machine regardless of station.

Somehow I don't see any of the above mentioned departments being involved in making the system work better in any way (except maybe IT).

Then again if they stopped gouging on tickets from EWR, this probably wouldn't concern anyone at all.

I am on the inside. I've got lots of info, but most of which I can not share.

Why you don't see various depts working together to solve an issue is something I don't understand.

The fix is quite simple really. 2V just needs to send out their show/no show message in real time.

Gouging on tkts? I don't think so. Try driving to just about any destination for less. Fares need to go up. Plain and simple.

PHL is my favorite airport.

why?

because it's the closest one to Pat's!

You learn something new every day, I thought Pat's was unique to Arizona!