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Dec 11, 2017, 11:21 pm
#361
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: LAS; home will always be DTW
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Dec 12, 2017, 8:27 am
#363
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LAS - aforementioned reasons
SEA - 40 minutes on light rail to downtown
PDX - same as SEA
MIA/FLL both not a long cab ride to the beach
LAX same as MIA/FLL
SAN - 5 minute cab ride to downtown, 20 mins to beach
MSP - aforementioned reasons
If you are truly not going to leave the airport, I'd say MSP, LAS, or SEA are the best. Maybe PIT like mentioned.
SEA - 40 minutes on light rail to downtown
PDX - same as SEA
MIA/FLL both not a long cab ride to the beach
LAX same as MIA/FLL
SAN - 5 minute cab ride to downtown, 20 mins to beach
MSP - aforementioned reasons
If you are truly not going to leave the airport, I'd say MSP, LAS, or SEA are the best. Maybe PIT like mentioned.
Dec 12, 2017, 10:05 am
#364
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: SAN
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SAN is borderline walking distance from downtown (or cheap uber) and is a 10 minute walk from a couple places to get food or drink with great views.
Dec 12, 2017, 12:41 pm
#365
Join Date: May 2008
Location: NYC
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There's also a bus (perhaps the 992?) from the airport to downtown. Takes 15 minutes or less. You can buy a $5 day pass on an app on your phone. (I was just in SAN a couple of months ago visiting)
Dec 12, 2017, 12:57 pm
#366
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If you want to do a day shopping trip Chicago is a good choice. A train trip to the loop is a little over 30 minutes from MDW (not sure if they still have the LGA/MDW flight or not) or around 45 minutes each way from ORD. Trains stop at both airports and you don't need to switch lines and plenty of shopping and dining in the loop
Dec 12, 2017, 1:04 pm
#367
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Nashville airport (BNA) has live music and a couple good bars. The Yazoo brewery island is a good place to people watch for a while.
Dec 12, 2017, 1:04 pm
#368
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LAS - aforementioned reasons
SEA - 40 minutes on light rail to downtown
PDX - same as SEA
MIA/FLL both not a long cab ride to the beach
LAX same as MIA/FLL
SAN - 5 minute cab ride to downtown, 20 mins to beach
MSP - aforementioned reasons
If you are truly not going to leave the airport, I'd say MSP, LAS, or SEA are the best. Maybe PIT like mentioned.
SEA - 40 minutes on light rail to downtown
PDX - same as SEA
MIA/FLL both not a long cab ride to the beach
LAX same as MIA/FLL
SAN - 5 minute cab ride to downtown, 20 mins to beach
MSP - aforementioned reasons
If you are truly not going to leave the airport, I'd say MSP, LAS, or SEA are the best. Maybe PIT like mentioned.
LAX is borderline walkable to In-n-Out burgers, also near the water.
For architecture, I'd pick LAX (the round thing in the middle), STL, DTW, and JFK (the old TWA international terminal), not necessarily in that order.
Some folks like MEM for the BBQ.
Dec 12, 2017, 2:13 pm
#369
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CVG has a pilot’s store where you can get really cool luggage tags and other “pilot-y” stuff. I never stop when I’m inbound to CVG and always fly out before it opens. For that alone it’s worth the stop. Other than that, CVG is one of the loneliest big airports I’ve ever been in.
All of Disney’s sadness is left and found in MCO. I would avoid it if possible.
BNA would be a good choice because of the music and walkability. It’s got a SkyClub. You could definitely kill a couple of hours there.
SLC would also be a good choice. I like the mountain views throughout the airport and there’s a lot of walking around you can, plus an overcroweded SkyClub you can visit.
If you’re into checking off your bucket list and havn’t been to IAD you could come in and ride the ridiculous people movers for a while and rejoice that you’re not counted with the UA folks beholden to them. No SkyClub, but there are some PP Lounges. Plus, a short Uber ride away is the good Air and Space Smithsonian which houses the SR-71 and Space Shuttle. They’ve also recently started building up their Blimp display. The Goodyear capsule is there, as well as the Red Bull balloon capsule.
All of Disney’s sadness is left and found in MCO. I would avoid it if possible.
BNA would be a good choice because of the music and walkability. It’s got a SkyClub. You could definitely kill a couple of hours there.
SLC would also be a good choice. I like the mountain views throughout the airport and there’s a lot of walking around you can, plus an overcroweded SkyClub you can visit.
If you’re into checking off your bucket list and havn’t been to IAD you could come in and ride the ridiculous people movers for a while and rejoice that you’re not counted with the UA folks beholden to them. No SkyClub, but there are some PP Lounges. Plus, a short Uber ride away is the good Air and Space Smithsonian which houses the SR-71 and Space Shuttle. They’ve also recently started building up their Blimp display. The Goodyear capsule is there, as well as the Red Bull balloon capsule.
Dec 12, 2017, 2:16 pm
#370
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Let's not forget ATL and their flight museum, including the new 747 exhibit. There's a small store in at the museum.
Dec 12, 2017, 2:23 pm
#371
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Dec 12, 2017, 2:32 pm
#372
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Dec 12, 2017, 2:59 pm
#373
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Boston is fairly close to downtown. If international, I would suggest AMS, where there is a casino, library, museum, and park inside the airport. I would have used it, but I planned on being there for 8 hours and I had enough time to go into town, have lunch, and wander around. Years ago (1995), in Gatwick, they had a trial of a motion seating system where you could watch a movie and the seats would move with it.
Dec 12, 2017, 5:26 pm
#374
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Dec 12, 2017, 6:03 pm
#375
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