DCA: Airside Connections between B & C?
Apr 9, 2019, 5:13 am
#16
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: DCA/IAD
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Sep 27, 2019, 11:46 am
#19
Join Date: Sep 2019
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Can I take the C -> B/C shuttle even if I'm not flying AA? Next week I'm taking JetBlue, but want to hit up one of the PP restaurants before I board.
And I assume there's no way to transfer airside B -> B/C? I prefer Bracket Room to American Tap...
And I assume there's no way to transfer airside B -> B/C? I prefer Bracket Room to American Tap...
Oct 2, 2019, 7:55 am
#20
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: WAS
Programs: enjoyed being warm spit for a few years on CO/UA but now nothing :(
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No airside transfer between B and B/C. I have never tried the AA shuttle so dont know if they check BPs...but if they do restrict to only AA then it's about a 5 minute walk.
Oct 15, 2019, 6:32 pm
#23
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Alexandria, Va - National Airport (DCA)
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Dec 15, 2019, 7:55 pm
#24
Join Date: Apr 2006
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DCA Terminal B/C signage
As easy as DCA is for flight arrivals and leaving the airport quickly, it is extremely confusing to depart from, as the signage shows a Terminal B, Terminal B/C, and then another Terminal C. If you're looking for the Tap Room Restaurant in Terminal B, you can only enter through Terminal B - not Terminal B/C. And the bus goes from Terminal C to Terminal B/C, but not to terminal B. It's signed this way to line up with two zones of ticket counters - Zone B and Zone C, but it's enormously confusing. I wish they'd name each terminal separately - B, C, and D, with the new terminal named E when it's complete.
Dec 16, 2019, 9:57 pm
#25
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: WAS
Programs: enjoyed being warm spit for a few years on CO/UA but now nothing :(
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yup. when I have asked during meetings why not simply change the signage to something normal the response is that it is a WAY complicated issue and stoopidly expensive - but it WILL be corrected after all the construction and the opening of new terminal.
Mar 11, 2021, 2:43 pm
#27
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Correct, no trouble at all. BUT, security is done for each pier (still, I believe - this is being rectified by the new construction) so you will go through the checkpoint for B then exit B and go through the checkpoint for A. But its a short walk and crowds are so light that it wont take any time at all.
Mar 12, 2021, 9:16 am
#28
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Correct, no trouble at all. BUT, security is done for each pier (still, I believe - this is being rectified by the new construction) so you will go through the checkpoint for B then exit B and go through the checkpoint for A. But its a short walk and crowds are so light that it wont take any time at all.