Midway chicago
Aug 8, 2019, 6:40 am
#46
Join Date: Oct 2001
Programs: LTP, PP
Posts: 8,699
Absolutely, I must have transferred here 100+ times since the 1999/2000 remodel and absolutely enjoyed it except for the gate crowding. O/D exactly 3 times in 20 years and it was a PITA every time like ATL or LGA.
Aug 8, 2019, 8:04 am
#48
Ambassador, New England
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Maineiac, USA
Programs: Amtrak, WN RR, Choice
Posts: 2,655
Exactly this - my wife and I flew in and out of MDW this past July, and the only things we could really complain about were the over crowding around the end of the B concourse (there were so many people in that area we didn't could find one available seat to sit in anywhere near there) and somewhat vague signage to get to the rental car shuttle. Otherwise we thought it was very clean and friendly at least, and the food was half-okay.
Aug 8, 2019, 8:16 am
#49
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Peoria
Programs: Southwest, Best Western Gold, La Quinta, Dollar
Posts: 819
Exactly this - my wife and I flew in and out of MDW this past July, and the only things we could really complain about were the over crowding around the end of the B concourse (there were so many people in that area we didn't could find one available seat to sit in anywhere near there)
Aug 8, 2019, 8:30 am
#50
Join Date: Oct 2001
Programs: LTP, PP
Posts: 8,699
Indeed, not uncommon to see people taking to the floors in this area. Sort of MDW's own tiny version of SAN's Circle of Hell...
Aug 8, 2019, 8:55 am
#51
Join Date: Nov 2004
Programs: HH Diamond, EX-AA Explat, WN Loyalist
Posts: 366
[QUOTE=ursine1;30033768]Anyone who thinks the area around Midway is a bad neighborhood hasn't been to a bad neighborhood.[/QUOT
My exact thought when he said MDW was in a bad neighborhood... By Chicago standards, it actually is typical working class neighborhoods...
My exact thought when he said MDW was in a bad neighborhood... By Chicago standards, it actually is typical working class neighborhoods...
Aug 8, 2019, 10:08 am
#52
Ambassador, New England
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Maineiac, USA
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Posts: 2,655
I thought the same, we went to the Dunkin Donuts just down the road before our flight back to MHT and it seemed like an okay neighborhood to me. I didn't feel unsafe at all.
Aug 8, 2019, 7:06 pm
#53
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Houston (HOU/IAH)
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Posts: 2,269
While we're back on Midway TPG posted this article to accompany the "study" that ranked MDW as the worst: https://thepointsguy.com/guide/visit...hicago-midway/
I personally thought the write up was pretty ridiculous and read like somebody who went in already deciding that they hated WN and MDW and decided to work backwards from that already established conclusion. I also find it hilarious that the author was traveling to/from LGA and still decided that MDW was so much more terrible.
I agree that MDW is not my definition of first class luxury but I fail to see how ORD outranks it much less LGA.
I personally thought the write up was pretty ridiculous and read like somebody who went in already deciding that they hated WN and MDW and decided to work backwards from that already established conclusion. I also find it hilarious that the author was traveling to/from LGA and still decided that MDW was so much more terrible.
I agree that MDW is not my definition of first class luxury but I fail to see how ORD outranks it much less LGA.
Aug 8, 2019, 7:35 pm
#54
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 6,338
Is that a regional or dialectic use of the word "vagrant"? I do not understand your meaning there at all.
Aug 8, 2019, 8:11 pm
#55
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Blue Ridge, GA
Posts: 5,512
Aug 9, 2019, 5:14 am
#56
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Nashville -Past DL Plat, FO, WN-CP, various hotel programs
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Posts: 11,072
While we're back on Midway TPG posted this article to accompany the "study" that ranked MDW as the worst: https://thepointsguy.com/guide/visit...hicago-midway/
I personally thought the write up was pretty ridiculous and read like somebody who went in already deciding that they hated WN and MDW and decided to work backwards from that already established conclusion. I also find it hilarious that the author was traveling to/from LGA and still decided that MDW was so much more terrible.
I agree that MDW is not my definition of first class luxury but I fail to see how ORD outranks it much less LGA.
I personally thought the write up was pretty ridiculous and read like somebody who went in already deciding that they hated WN and MDW and decided to work backwards from that already established conclusion. I also find it hilarious that the author was traveling to/from LGA and still decided that MDW was so much more terrible.
I agree that MDW is not my definition of first class luxury but I fail to see how ORD outranks it much less LGA.
I have to agree. The writer made a trip to MDW just to study things and really seemed to be in a bad mood. Based on the report, finding a decent place to eat is just about impossible. We have only been there a couple of times and seemed to do just fine.
Aug 9, 2019, 5:46 am
#57
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 595
My wife certainly doesn't care for MDW, it's ok to me. But the last time I was there, I made the mistake of getting Home Run Pizza for lunch. While I wasn't expecting Lou Malnatti's, that was amongst the worst pizza I ever had. Generic frozen pizza has a 50/50 shot of being better. I think I'll stick to the sandwich shops tomorrow when I pass through.
Aug 9, 2019, 12:14 pm
#59
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 152
Holy @*&! that points guy list is bad, and the 'review' of MDW is even worse. MDW is certainly not the best, and I agree with above comments about declining food quality, but not in any universe is it the worst. MCI deserves last on any list, forever and ever, but I can still name at least 10 more I'd rank below MDW.
Aug 9, 2019, 1:11 pm
#60
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Peoria
Programs: Southwest, Best Western Gold, La Quinta, Dollar
Posts: 819
But I still greatly prefer MDW over ORD for any number of reasons. And like the poster above me, I rank MCI as rock-bottom worst.