At least with pro football now on, they have all the screens set to that and not fuckin' CNN/HLN, and for that, I'm thankful.
― Fiendish Doctor Wu (kingfish), Sunday, 9 September 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
I'm going to the airport in less than 24 hours and I'm kind of terrified since today I already feel dead tired and sore and now have to get up at 5AM and schlep a frankly ungodly heavy volume of luggage through escalatorless/liftless tube stations and then pray my bags don't exceed the weight limit, and then move home from London ;_;
Ah well.
― formerly EDB (ed.b), Sunday, 9 September 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
EDB, your homeland awaits you with really nice weather!
― ljubljana, Sunday, 9 September 2012 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
Well, I am leaving your homeland amidst an outright bizarre rash of excellent weather too!
― formerly EDB (ed.b), Monday, 10 September 2012 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
Hello Athens airport it is 6am and I will be continuing to enjoy your pleasures for another two hours.
― atari era stylings of (seandalai), Friday, 14 September 2012 02:48 (twelve years ago) link
I'm in the delta Sky Club in Atlanta
plusses: drinking free beerminuses: there is an insufferable british twat braying at the bar causing me to work on my fake italian identity
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 21 September 2012 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
Now in Seoul drinking Cheongha and eatingn tasty pickled things
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 07:32 (eleven years ago) link
Two more hours in Ohare thanks to at least two delays.
Wouldn't be so bad if I was in the terminal with available power outlets
― the max in the high castle (kingfish), Thursday, 22 November 2012 00:31 (eleven years ago) link
i'm in el paso. later on i will be in phoenix and philadelphia and munich. i will NOT repeat NOT be in o'hare.
― caek, Saturday, 15 December 2012 12:36 (eleven years ago) link
philadelphia
please visit our lovely sbarro
― back in judy's tenuta (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Saturday, 15 December 2012 14:16 (eleven years ago) link
I'm in Phoenix. I have like a 50m connection in Philadelphia. Might be posting back here for relevant things to do with 24h stuck there.
― caek, Saturday, 15 December 2012 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
philly international was actually not that bad the last time I went, think they did some renos
― 乒乓, Saturday, 15 December 2012 15:05 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i haven't been since...god probably 2005? it was pretty bleak between 1999 and 2005, aka the years i flew the most ever.
― back in judy's tenuta (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Saturday, 15 December 2012 15:07 (eleven years ago) link
I have not found bad santa yet in phx
― caek, Saturday, 15 December 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
i'm in another airport
― caek, Saturday, 15 December 2012 21:55 (eleven years ago) link
i will watch the skies for you
― back in judy's tenuta (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Saturday, 15 December 2012 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
hooray
― mookieproof, Thursday, 27 December 2012 10:13 (eleven years ago) link
kinda feel like our civilization has matured to the point where it doesnt require such thorough warnings about the moving walkway coming to an end
― mookieproof, Thursday, 27 December 2012 10:28 (eleven years ago) link
Newcastle, flying to Heathrow
― Mark G, Sunday, 17 February 2013 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
dubai, pretty fancy but really they coudve made it fancier, embarrassed for u dubai
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 22:36 (eleven years ago) link
I mean transferred in Dallas a couple years ago and they had Richard sera pieces right in that shit, feel like that's the minimum standard Dubai should hold itself to
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
http://m.nbcnews.com/travel/itineraries/despite-criticism-denver-airports-devil-horse-sculpture-likely-stay-1C8543778
― The New Jack Mormons! (kingfish), Monday, 4 March 2013 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
Making a domestic -> international connection in Minneapolis in half an hour is madness, right? Booked a trip a couple of months ago and the flight schedules have now changed leaving us with 35 minutes (presume even if I make it, my bags won't...). I should be good to be rebooked, yes? There's no way that's a valid connection time.
For reference, I was rebooked and then my revised flight was cancelled when I was at McCarran so they put me back on this half-hour connection route and I made it but my bags didn't. Moral of the story - insanely short connection times are totally doable. But not recommended.
― ailsa, Monday, 4 March 2013 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
These places are worse than death. At least I have benzos
― my god i only have 2 useless beyblade (silby), Friday, 29 March 2013 04:39 (eleven years ago) link
and us
― markers, Friday, 29 March 2013 04:49 (eleven years ago) link
I made it on to the plane but no wifi on this leg I think so adieu fair markers
― my god i only have 2 useless beyblade (silby), Friday, 29 March 2013 04:51 (eleven years ago) link
pro'hare tips for when you have an 9hr layover but don't have the energy to leave the airport:
have swim trunks with you. you can get a day pass to the airport hilton fitness centre (between the terminals, no shuttle bus) for $15, and then spend 3 hrs swimming and in the deserted steam room and sauna. you could get your money's worth here with a 2h layover, even allowing for walking/security time.
you can get a united club pass on ebay for about $10, and then get v drunk for no extra charge except tips.
― caek, Monday, 15 April 2013 00:55 (eleven years ago) link
I'm in O'Hare so much these days...good tips!
love the Frontera torta outpost...the loaded guacamole is seriously the best, like I look forward to being in O'Hare now
― Euler, Monday, 15 April 2013 01:15 (eleven years ago) link
Where is that?
― caek, Monday, 15 April 2013 11:20 (eleven years ago) link
I go to the one near K4 in Terminal 1 because I mostly fly American, maybe there's one near the united terminal too
― Euler, Monday, 15 April 2013 12:54 (eleven years ago) link
i know the one in the united terminal! never eaten there. next time.
― caek, Monday, 15 April 2013 13:15 (eleven years ago) link
Stuck in Kansas City. Have to somehow get to OKC tomorrow. Flight has now been delayed enough that even if I get to Dallas tonight, there's probably no way I'd be able to leave in time.
― Hockey Drunk (kingfish), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 01:44 (eleven years ago) link
KCI is mellow but there's nowhere to eat & you're 20 miles from the city. sucks
― Euler, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 01:48 (eleven years ago) link
Made it to Dallas, got stuck here. They gave me a cot.
http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/national/american-airlines-halts-flights-passengers-stuck-due-to-computer-outage
― Hockey Drunk (kingfish), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 05:05 (eleven years ago) link
I'm in an airport. WTF Gatwick you don't have any TVs? I HAVE TENNIS TO BE WATCHING.
― Fanois och Alexander (Merdeyeux), Sunday, 7 July 2013 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
i hate american airports that have huge tvs showing fox news everywhere, literally the one thing that could make me MORE anxious in an airport
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Monday, 8 July 2013 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
I usually see HLN or CNN in airports, I think I remember there being a special airport version of CNN in the past but that doesn't really make sense.
― El tres de 乒乓 de 1808 (silby), Monday, 8 July 2013 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
only reports events that occur in airports
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 01:11 (eleven years ago) link
I'm in an airport and it turned out fellow longtime ILXor Lukas was right in front of me in the security line. A strange coincidence.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 30 August 2013 00:16 (eleven years ago) link
Ant exit??? Or a different one?
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Friday, 30 August 2013 02:06 (eleven years ago) link
duty free is a horrifying place
― VENIET IMBER (imago), Thursday, 19 December 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link
just want to get on the plane
― VENIET IMBER (imago), Thursday, 19 December 2013 17:27 (ten years ago) link
'sunglass hut' only exists because people are morons
the demons consume me
― VENIET IMBER (imago), Thursday, 19 December 2013 17:28 (ten years ago) link
I'm in JFK and I'm stuuuuuuuck and I was on standby and then they cancelled that flight too and then they reinstated it and I lost my place in the line and I complained and now I am 'status Y' which is good, apparently. But I still think I won't get out of here till tomorrow. There's a Shake Shack, though.
― ljubljana, Monday, 6 January 2014 22:20 (ten years ago) link
I'm in my third airport today, and I've still got two more to go.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 6 January 2014 22:34 (ten years ago) link
fuuuuuck
you guys that blows. stay sane!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 00:10 (ten years ago) link
i was supposed to fly today, but jetblue canceled my flight.
so instead of jfk to bur on monday, it's lga to lax on tuesday, on a different airline. at least i'm not sleeping at the airport tonight.
jetblue's customer service through all this has been really poor. i used to be a fan, but now i dunno.
― sext of light (get bent), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 01:17 (ten years ago) link
Gonna visit 2+ airports tomorrow. Stoked to get stranded
― 龜, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 01:19 (ten years ago) link
ljub, you're on my train line!! If you had two hours to spare, you should come to my house!
― Horreur! What are this disassociated lumps of (in orbit), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 01:28 (ten years ago) link