JFK Terminal 4 Rant - I miss Terminal 2
Mar 28, 2024, 2:03 am
#61
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 799
I only hit JFK when I fly intl about as often as I hit EWR. Honestly I don't like either airport for returning. The CBP there are more surly than many other airports. I don't hold CBP in high regard to begin with, but JFK and EWR take it to another level. I like airports like DEN and SLC to fly back into - they are small and the CBP seem moderately more intelligent.
The walk is god awful, but so is CDG, MUC, FRA, DXB, and even LHR can be pretty crazy. Cross terminal in LAX can always be fun too. I know the airport is pretty poorly designed when I break a sweat running between gates...........
The walk is god awful, but so is CDG, MUC, FRA, DXB, and even LHR can be pretty crazy. Cross terminal in LAX can always be fun too. I know the airport is pretty poorly designed when I break a sweat running between gates...........
Mar 28, 2024, 8:09 am
#62
Join Date: Aug 2022
Location: IND
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The A8 Sky Club is fantastic, but in general, I hate the lower-level A concourse gates, especially at the end. There are 8 gates that all occupy the same, general floor space, and every time I've been there, 3-4 of those gates have been actively boarding, simultaneously. It's a nightmare.
Mar 28, 2024, 8:10 am
#63
Join Date: Aug 2022
Location: IND
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I only hit JFK when I fly intl about as often as I hit EWR. Honestly I don't like either airport for returning. The CBP there are more surly than many other airports. I don't hold CBP in high regard to begin with, but JFK and EWR take it to another level. I like airports like DEN and SLC to fly back into - they are small and the CBP seem moderately more intelligent.
The walk is god awful, but so is CDG, MUC, FRA, DXB, and even LHR can be pretty crazy. Cross terminal in LAX can always be fun too. I know the airport is pretty poorly designed when I break a sweat running between gates...........
The walk is god awful, but so is CDG, MUC, FRA, DXB, and even LHR can be pretty crazy. Cross terminal in LAX can always be fun too. I know the airport is pretty poorly designed when I break a sweat running between gates...........
Mar 28, 2024, 9:24 am
#64
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 496
The A8 Sky Club is fantastic, but in general, I hate the lower-level A concourse gates, especially at the end. There are 8 gates that all occupy the same, general floor space, and every time I've been there, 3-4 of those gates have been actively boarding, simultaneously. It's a nightmare.
Mar 28, 2024, 10:22 am
#65
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: BOS
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I miss T2 as well even though it was an old beat up cardboard box layout... I could connect faster between T2<->T4 even with the jitney shuttle than it takes now to walk from a connection at end of the T4 A gates to past the T4 B skyclub gates.
Mar 28, 2024, 11:03 am
#66
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: LHR / BHX / MAN / ATL
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Posts: 4,053
What I don't miss about T2 was the massive overcrowding, especially before the TATL departures. Gates with 30 seats to serve an entire 763, so pax had to literally sit on the floor. I'm no fan of T4 (for a thousand reasons) but there are VERY few aspects in which T2 was better.
Mar 28, 2024, 12:13 pm
#67
Join Date: Aug 2022
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