YadiMolina

I've flown on UA from STL to IAH, connecting onward, dozens of times, especially on Sundays. A piece of cake. Looks like you'll be on the first flight of the day, which is usually a mainline 737 or A319, which should mean it's a little more reliable than the regional jet flights. It also means you'll probably arrive Terminal C instead of B at IAH, which should make an easier connection to your Canada flight. At STL, skip the long line at Starbucks and go to Dunkin' at the end of the terminal by A18.

EmailKid

You should ALWAYS skip it for Dunkin'

Of course it's easy when in Canada, just head straight to Tim Horton

YadiMolina

IAH currently enforcing a policy where one may park at any of the terminal garages only with a reservation. Security contractors standing in the road at the entrances demanding to see a reservation before permitting one to pass. There are signs advising of this on the way in, and they are to be believed. Everyone else is directed to the two remote EcoPark lots. This is not indicated on the fly2houston.com website--ignore their estimates of availability.

And, reservations are only taken 2 hours in advance, so trying to get one on the fly on your phone on the way in is a no-go.

Kind of a dumb policy, at least for my case, where I needed to accompany a flyer into the Terminal--the bus ride to and from the remote lot was longer than the time I needed to park.

Lonedaddy

Flying in on AA arrives Terminal A connecting with BA - which I guess is terminal D. Is there a tram or something besides the one in the basement that connects without having to go through security again?

EmailKid

Yes, of course, it's been like that over a decade (to Term A anyway, the rest at least two decades).

The one in the basement (which can be fun) is call Subway, the one that is inside security is call Skyway, and it is very quick. Term A is at one end, Term C/D is at the other so it cannot be much easier

And you are correct, BA is in D.

Oh, and you have to look for it, because IIRC it's not actually marked all that well. Though IIRC the one in the basement is even harder to find (I used it last when the airport shuttle dropped me off at A and I had time to kill - guess for old time's sake).

Lonedaddy

Thanks - I stayed at the marriott a few times and too the subway to terminal A. Used to live in kingwood and woodlands back in the early 90's - so not too familiar with the tram. Had a good milage redemption on BA and it's a club suite flight instead of the crappy BA seats on the 380 out of DFW.

chicago747

We are flying home from New Zealand in November and yesterday NZ opened up a decent amount of J award space on the AKL-IAH flights. The issue we are finding is UA is not opening any partner saver awards on the IAH-ORD legs. The positioning flights home are pretty cheap...just trying to figure out how much time we'll need before we "safety" book our IAH-ORD flight. The NZ flight (hopefully) lands IAH at 2:10pm. We are considering an AA flight that departs 4:54pm. There is also a UA flight that departs at 6:40pm. We'd prefer the AA flights as hubby is EXP on AA and have 0 status on UA. We both have global entry and being in J should get off the NZ flight fairly quickly. Any thoughts on if the AA flight is doable or too risky?

Either way we'll book a backup using miles. Worst case we'd cancel the AA flight if we miss it and have a $$ credit. Thanks for any thoughts.

SAT Lawyer

I’d be comfortable booking that AA flight.

I’d recommend staying left after Terminal E customs, passing the baggage re-screening area on the right, exiting the secured area of Terminal E, taking the elevator down to the basement, taking the basement train to Terminal A, and reentering the secured area at the Terminal A security checkpoint (A North checkpoint if you have TSA PreCheck, then two left turns; A South if you don’t).

Boomhauer12

They've changed this so many times. For a while, we could use automated kiosks and/or a "quick pass" lane if in transit to Canada from international destinations. Now, it seems they've gone back to the old way where you have to stand in a long line to talk to an actual person. Which obviously takes a lot longer and this affects connection times. Does anyone know if this is still the situation there? Thanks!

jpreeves

Howdy! I left my Kindle on a British Airways flight inbound to IAH on 9/9/23, and calls to the Lost and Found have been (so far) unsuccessful. I’ve got an AirTag on the case, does anybody recognize this location in the airport?

My assumption is all lost property is turned over to the airport, but I was in First — is it possible BA held onto it?

Location:
https://ibb.co/B24bTfh
https://ibb.co/LPG5JNC

YadiMolina

It's definitely Terminal D at IAH. I'm guessing it's the BA check-in desk, but might be an office or lounge upstairs.

jpreeves

Thanks Yadi! (And from my STL roots, Go Cards!)

lsquare

Besides UA Polaris and AMEX CL, where else can I shower if I fly *A? I'm reading that Minute Suites is part of PP, but I have to pay $20 to shower for 30 minutes?

kubees

I know i can walk from terminal B to terminal C (or take the tram) all without clearing security (transfer flight), but I am thinking about just booking a night at the Marriott at the airport. I presume though that if I leave B to go to the hotel that i'll have to reclear security for my flight out of terminal C?

I know, dumb question, but thought i'd ask. Thanks!

Now this i know, yes.

EmailKid

Define tram. To me tram is the Subway down in the basement, where you would have to re-clear security, and Skyway is the above ground that you do not have to re-clear security.

And yes of course if you go off airport to the hotel (even though it's connected), then you would have to re-clear security to get back into the secure area at the airport.