Layover on award became 8 hours with schedule change
Apr 16, 2019, 7:08 am
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Apr 16, 2019, 8:15 am
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IAH is pretty far from everything you might want to see in Houston (Space Center, tons of museums, Hermann Park, good restaurants, etc.), so you would probably just want to rent a car for a day anyway, and you could keep your bag in the trunk if they won't hold it long enough. (But obviously not show you have a bag in the trunk at any of your sightseeing stops; since you're flying from STL, I assume you know the big city drill, but not everyone does.) IAH car rentals are usually pretty cheap.
Apr 16, 2019, 9:14 am
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IAH is pretty far from everything you might want to see in Houston (Space Center, tons of museums, Hermann Park, good restaurants, etc.), so you would probably just want to rent a car for a day anyway, and you could keep your bag in the trunk if they won't hold it long enough. (But obviously not show you have a bag in the trunk at any of your sightseeing stops; since you're flying from STL, I assume you know the big city drill, but not everyone does.) IAH car rentals are usually pretty cheap.
Thanks for the advice everyone! Making the most of the long layover to see some stuff I normally wouldn't, and waking up to catch the early flight to IAH should guarantee I'll sleep like a baby on the flight to TPE (something I sometimes have difficulty doing even in lie flats)
Apr 16, 2019, 9:24 am
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I went to NASA on a long IAH connection and it was great, definitely worth the car rental and drive.
I also looked up "10 best BBQ places in Houston" but of the 5 I visited they were all either closed or take-out only and I didn't want to eat messy BBQ in my rental car so I ended up with some mediocre tex mex.
As others said, you'll know when they tag your bags in STL whether you'll have to pick them up or not.
I also looked up "10 best BBQ places in Houston" but of the 5 I visited they were all either closed or take-out only and I didn't want to eat messy BBQ in my rental car so I ended up with some mediocre tex mex.
As others said, you'll know when they tag your bags in STL whether you'll have to pick them up or not.