USPS mailboxes at US airports: availability and location
Jan 15, 2010, 11:59 am
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USPS mailboxes at US airports: availability and location
Is there any good table about where a tourist can drop his postcard in US airports without spending too much time on asking and figuring mailbox's location out?
It could be quite important data. There are definitely problems with this at JFK and PHX.
It could be quite important data. There are definitely problems with this at JFK and PHX.
Last edited by Tries; Jan 15, 2010 at 12:09 pm
Jan 15, 2010, 12:02 pm
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Jan 15, 2010, 4:07 pm
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USPS Mailbox is near the B concourse Shoe Carnival (checkpoint)...streetside.
Near the information desk.
Near the information desk.
Jan 15, 2010, 5:31 pm
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At LAX I was told there are no more mailboxes due to security issues.
However, the nice lady at the Lufthansa counter told me that she could take a letter or postcard or two and put it in the outgoing Lufthansa box as this was okay with company and security. But, nothing big or thick.
However, the nice lady at the Lufthansa counter told me that she could take a letter or postcard or two and put it in the outgoing Lufthansa box as this was okay with company and security. But, nothing big or thick.
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Same bogus answer about why there is no luggage storage at some airports. If it really is a security issue, then ALL domestic airports should have no luggage storage, which we all know is not the case. There is luggage storage and/or lockers both before and after security at a variety of airports. And I am not usually a complainer about airline/airport security lol.
Jan 25, 2010, 3:47 am
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i.e. The US government claims that it its aviation "security" service (the TSA) somehow reduces security.
Perhaps the USPS thinks that the TSA should screen people leaving aircraft?
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Most airports removed airside mailboxes toward the end of the reign of the Unabomber (93-95). That is also when the post office added weight restrictions to packages dropped into mailboxes. Packages could not weigh more than 1 pound or you had to bring it into the Post Office, unless it was metered because the meter stamp identifies the shipper.
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STL -- full service P.O. outside of baggage claim, turn right from baggage claim and head for the door where the hotel shuttles pick up.
Jan 25, 2010, 11:57 am
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U.S. Postal Store is a full-service post office with services including passport applications, photos and processing.
Location: Atrium - Gate SW; Tel: 404-305-0283
U.S. Post Office letter drop and self-service stamp vending are located at: Concourse B - Gate 17
Concourse C - Gate 17
Concourse D - Gate Centerpoint
U.S. Postal Store is a full-service post office with services including passport applications, photos and processing.
Location: Atrium - Gate SW; Tel: 404-305-0283
U.S. Post Office letter drop and self-service stamp vending are located at: Concourse B - Gate 17
Concourse C - Gate 17
Concourse D - Gate Centerpoint