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T2 to T3 at SFO - Airside Connection?
Hi. You'd think I would know more about my home airport, but I don't. LOL. I've actually flown in and out of Changi in Singapore more often than SFO, but that's another story
My wife and I are taking Alaska Airlines, a T2 airline, in a couple of weeks. We're in cattle class (only a one hour flight) and I don't have any lounge access in T2. I do, however, have Priority Pass and there are a couple of places in T3 we can use wit the pass. So, I'm wondering if there is any airside connection beteen T2 and T3. I'm pretty sure there's an airside connection between T3 and the G gates of the International Terminal, but I have no idea on a T2-T3 connection. Thanks! |
No airside connection. SFO security will let you enter any terminal with a valid boarding pass, so you will be allowed to enter T3 if you want, but you'd need to go landside and then re-clear security in T2 to get to your flight.
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Thanks Docbert. I was afraid that was the case. TSA at SFO is decent, but I hate the thought of going through it twice just to get a lobster roll. |
Alas, it doesn't seem like a T2 to T3 airside connector is even on the drawing board. I'm guessing that T1C to T1B to International-A will happen before that. Maybe someday.
For future reference, note that there is an airside connection from T2 to T1C. If you have the Amex Plat, you can use the Delta Sky Lounge in T1C when traveling on Delta. It's a pretty nice lounge. |
Originally Posted by dhuey
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Alas, it doesn't seem like a T2 to T3 airside connector is even on the drawing board. I'm guessing that T1C to T1B to International-A will happen before that. Maybe someday.
For future reference, note that there is an airside connection from T2 to T1C. If you have the Amex Plat, you can use the Delta Sky Lounge in T1C when traveling on Delta. It's a pretty nice lounge. |
Originally Posted by ryw
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From the outside of the terminal, it looks like there's a logical place for a T2-T3 airside connector hallway to be built
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Originally Posted by docbert
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There's no financial justification for such a tunnel. T3 is United only, and Intl G is almost exclusively *A. T2 is AA and Alaska only. The number of people moving between those two terminals would be small - especially if you exclude any that need to go airline to collect/recheck baggage.
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Originally Posted by dhuey
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I'm guessing that T1C to T1B to International-A will happen before that. Maybe someday.
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Depending on your AS flight, there is actually a very very very slight chance it will operate out of the International Terminal A gates in which case you would have access to the Air France -KLM lounge. I've also recently had some AS flights depart from T1 gates 47-48 but that doesn't change your lounge options.
But as others have said, If you want you can access T3 with you boarding pass to go to the Giants Clubhouse or Yankee Pier then exit and go to T2. |
A T2 to T3 airside connector was in the 2016 SFO capital plan, so, in theory in should be done in the next 2-3 years: http://media.flysfo.com/media/sfo/De...2004-07-16.pdf
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Originally Posted by srockgibson
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A T2 to T3 airside connector was in the 2016 SFO capital plan, so, in theory in should be done in the next 2-3 years: http://media.flysfo.com/media/sfo/De...2004-07-16.pdf
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Originally Posted by Zorak
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A-B-C airside is the plan anyway... who knows when it will all get done though.
via https://www.flysfo.com/about-sfo/air...evelopment/t1: Q2 2021: International Connector open, 7 additional gates (25 gates total), swing gates open |
Originally Posted by maskedmesothorium
(Post 31033606)
I'm currently sitting in the AF/KLM lounge in International-A and the construction from Terminal 1 is less than 10 feet from my face, hah. Sure looks like a connector, hard to believe it's going to be another two years until it's open. |
Originally Posted by CaliforniaSteve
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Thanks Docbert. I was afraid that was the case. TSA at SFO is decent, but I hate the thought of going through it twice just to get a lobster roll. |
This is finally happening!
Terminal 2 to Terminal 3 Connector Closure Starting October 28, 2019, the pre-security connector between Terminals 2 and 3 will be closed for construction. SFO is reconstructing the pre-security connector between Terminals 2 and 3, building a post-security secure connector, and constructing a 6-story office building. To allow for the construction, starting October 28, the airport will close the pre-security connector between Terminals 2 and 3. Passengers who are walking between the terminals will be routed to the curbside walkway. The connector will be closed until the third quarter of 2021. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we continue to build for the future. |
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