Airports that started as excellent, but evolved into something else
Nov 27, 2005, 7:33 pm
#46
Join Date: Nov 2005
Programs: DL Platinum, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Silver
Posts: 2
Worst
Worst: BWI (used to be second best) -- permanent construction and rental cars in the next time zone
Next: OAK (used to be best) -- rental cars in the next area code; no airline clubs
Next: ABQ -- out of control security lines at peak times (hint: pretend to be handicapped if you want to make your flight on Friday morning)
Next: OAK (used to be best) -- rental cars in the next area code; no airline clubs
Next: ABQ -- out of control security lines at peak times (hint: pretend to be handicapped if you want to make your flight on Friday morning)
Nov 27, 2005, 9:23 pm
#47
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: DUB
Programs: AA, CO, AF-KL, [EI]
Posts: 600
Originally Posted by NickB
STN (London Stansted) was an extremely pleasant airport when theairy, Norman Foster-designed terminal first opened. Short queues, generous check-in deadlines.
Now, it has become an LCC-infested hell.
Now, it has become an LCC-infested hell.
Nov 27, 2005, 9:37 pm
#49
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: SoCal
Programs: AA, USAir, UA
Posts: 868
My dad loved flying out of Burbank (BUR) in the 1970s, as it was way more convient to the San Fernando Valley, and easier to get to than LAX... But the NIMBY crowd have quashed any effort to update the terminal because it might increase traffic, so the place resembles a dingy old Greyhound station.
Nov 27, 2005, 10:49 pm
#51
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: DTW
Programs: AA Gold
Posts: 514
i'm certain the old DTW airport must have been pleasant at some point. some point wayyyyy back...probably in 1845...or at least it felt that old! at least someone had enough sense to tear most of it down.