#71

You only ever find out about it when you’re at the gate, when they scan your boarding pass, and a red flashing light comes up. For a second you have that cripling fear that you’ve been bumped off the flight, but then by miracle a new boarding pass is produced, and you’re suddenly allowed to turn left when getting on the plane …

#72

One time I went to Luton, and at security they told me my clear, sealable, correct sized plastic bag for toiletries was’t one they liked. They told me I’d have to replace it with one of their bags, which could be bought for £1 from a stupid machine thing (the kind you find outside shit newsagents that sell bouncy balls). I didn’t have any change. Fucking nightmare.

#74

Gatwick is my favourite and easiest to get too, so I suppose Luton is easy to get to too for me, same line isn’t it?

#75

Munich is hilarious for this, in that the BA terminal has got a currywurst stall and a terrible newsagents and that’s it, whereas the Lufthansa terminal is some kind of gleaming upmarket shopping mall/palace/airport terminal hybrid.

#76

I got to fly Virgin Upper class to the states a couple of years back

Oh my god

Personal car to the airport - where you are whisked through a special entrance. They already know who you are when you arrive, special fast track security

Limitless champagne, breakfast etc in the lounge. Just wanted more time there to make the most of all the stuff there

Drank a crazy amount of champagne and scotch on the plane - but managed to somehow stay classy drunk the whole way.

Then arriving in Miami it all came crashing down - no special treatment at all, had to queue for hours to get through passport control, and took ages to get bags etc. Just the worst airport I’ve ever been too. And the lounge there for the return flight was a rubbish windowless room.

For a short while there I felt like a total baller though…

#77

Forgot about Italy actually. Their airports are like the UK, but with staff who just cannot be arsed.

Gatwick just feels scabby as soon as you land, up until you’re on a train back into London. It’s getting better, but I’ve been on platforms underneath the station where there’s been disruption and no information and crowds of confused people in the rain too many times.

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#78

Been first class on the train in the days when weekend first was £5 but as IF Virgin Trains offered you anything for that aside from a bigger seat.

I did once get a first class Eurostar trip on 2002 because of some weird deal where it was £10 extra or something. I got given a meal that frankly would have shamed an aeroplane and a slightly larger seat. But Eurostar is already pretty comfortable so seemed pointless.

#79

I’ve never been in miami but I’m sure I’ve heard other people saying that it’s a terrible airport.

#80

Similar line or the same, yes :slight_smile:

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#81

Best Thing - spoons all day breakfast
Worst Thing - Ryanair wankers

#82

I was wondering why it seemed a bit rubbish when I was there, I’d have expected more from Munich. Unrelated but it felt like we taxied about half way back before taking off at Munich.

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#83

Best: Watching endless movies, having food, beer and wine brought to you, not having to move at all and not feeling guilty about it.

Worst: Needing a piss/dump when the plane is boarding and having to wait until the seatbelt light goes off when you’re absolutely busting and three other people are running down the aisle to get to the loo.

#84

See also: needing a piss/dump when you’re in the window seat and the person in the aisle seat is asleep (and a stranger)

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#85

Also, if you’re coming back from somewhere with lax pharmaceutical laws in Asia, popping a Valium and getting 8 hours solid kip.

#86

Best: Having a beer with your Full English at 6 am. Taking off! Landing! Being somewhere nice when you get there. Dependent on airline/destination - Free booze for many hours.

Worst: Queuing to check in, to go through security, to go through customs. The bit between takeoff and landing, especially if you’re over the sea/its cloudy/its night… The bellends who start queuing at the gate like an hour before boarding starts, just in case the pilot pulls a crafty one and fucks off without everyone half an hour early. Waiting for your bags. FUCKING IDIOTS WHO CANNOT USE THE AUTOMATIC PASSPORT GATES.

#87

Literally don’t have opinions about airports. Means to an end ain’t they.

Will make an exception for Luton though. Absolute worst.

#88

SING IT

#89

best: going somewhere good

worst: everything else.
Particularly having to get to the airport SO GODDAMN EARLY. Hours and hours of just sitting around, going to the toilet loads as what @littlebirds says is a fear of mine - that time when you can’t go to the loo is when you/the kids will desperately need it.

I understand why obviously, but I want planes to be like trains - run up the platform a minute early, hop on and you’re off!

#90

I also like taking off and landing -look at the tiny houses! there’s a river! etc etc

#91

And in reverse you’ll generally end up in Luton.

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