Holiday destinations for the accompanied traveller

[Fran]

@EstebanSexface

sure you know better than a fella who flew twice a week for 3 years and a lad running an airport, an hour gives you fuck all wiggle room.

An hour is perfect, travel light, stick your bag under the seat in front of you and Robert’s your father’s brother

[glasagusban]

So missus O’Sullivan would be the mother in law once removed?

[Fran]

@backinatracksuit

Some International airports are worth showing up three hours early for,

Even if there’s nothing to do surely it’s nice to have a bit of a relax at the boarding gate with a book or a paper and a hot drink, rather than rushing around

Very few of the European ones are, maybe Schipol, but even that wears thin fairly fast.

Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Milan (Malpensa / Linate), Rome (x2), Gatwick, Heathrow, Brussels, Barcelona all shitholes really.
CDG is a pain in the hole, I can’t really remember Madrid but I’d hazard a guess and say it was a shithole.
Zurich & Copenhagen are actually not too bad and Dublin Airport (apart from the Ryanair Terminal and the Aer Lingus temporary terminal) is actually not the worst

[Fran]

@glasagusban

So missus O’Sullivan would be the mother in law once removed?

Bingo

[backinatracksuit]

Sorry mate, I’m not an international businessman, when I go to an international airport it’s very likely to be a new experience for me,
Perhaps I should have stayed out of it

[Fran]

@backinatracksuit

Sorry mate, I’m not an international businessman, when I go to an international airport it’s very likely to be a new experience for me,
Perhaps I should have stayed out of it

That’s fair enough, and I got that from your post. I suppose when you’re in and out of these places regularly the novelty wears fairly thin. Every extra minute you get in bed before an early flight is worth it for me

[Fagan_ODowd]

@Fran

@backinatracksuit

Some International airports are worth showing up three hours early for,

Even if there’s nothing to do surely it’s nice to have a bit of a relax at the boarding gate with a book or a paper and a hot drink, rather than rushing around

Very few of the European ones are, maybe Schipol, but even that wears thin fairly fast.

Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Milan (Malpensa / Linate), Rome (x2), Gatwick, Heathrow, Brussels, Barcelona all shitholes really.
CDG is a pain in the hole, I can’t really remember Madrid but I’d hazard a guess and say it was a shithole.
Zurich & Copenhagen are actually not too bad and Dublin Airport (apart from the Ryanair Terminal and the Aer Lingus temporary terminal) is actually not the worst

Gatwick and Heathrow are grand places to while away time now that there’s a decent terminal in Heathrow. CDG has to be the worst ever. Completely counterintuitive as regards getting around it. Some prick of a conceptual architect must have designed it.

[Fagan_ODowd]

@backinatracksuit

Sorry mate, I’m not an international businessman, when I go to an international airport it’s very likely to be a new experience for me,
Perhaps I should have stayed out of it

No your view is valid here. This is a holiday thread. The international businessmen have their own thread to wave their willies in.

[balbec]

Munich with the new terminal is ok.

[Spidey]

Airports are generally soulless kips and I’d prefer to spend as little time in them as possible. Notable exception for Frankfurt which had a Hooters bar. Incredible wings too. Insert your own gag about breasts.

[Turenne]

What airline was that? Never seen it happen.

[glasagusban]

Airports are enough of a pain without spending hours extra of your time in them. Work related travel is utter shit, can’t understand anyone boasting about it, time you never get back.

[EstebanSexface]

How many flights have you missed ?

[glasagusban]

In my life? One I think. Personal flight, turned up on the wrong day a day late.

I will say I find work related travel more stressful. It’s invariably an early morning flight and I don’t sleep well the night before in case I miss my 5am alarm or whatever bullshit time you have to get up at. But even then, I worked in Shannon airport a few summers in college and I’d be fairly tranquilo about flying anywhere after that.

[EstebanSexface]

So you’ve never hit a traffic jam or a large security queue at an airport. An hour is a very small window to leave if anything goes wrong at all.

[Fagan_ODowd]

@EstebanSexface

So you’ve never hit a traffic jam or a large security queue at an airport. An hour is a very small window to leave if anything goes wrong at all.

I always buy the fast pass myself.

[EstebanSexface]

Started getting that for Stansted as its a cunt of a place, with one big queue and depending on time you could be 40 minutes going through security and if the shuttles not running another 30 minutes getting to your gate

[glasagusban]

Doesn’t happen too often in this day and age. Staff will generally let you through if you politely have a word if you’re in danger of missing a flight. Honestly it’s like getting a bus, know the rules and timing and you can generally walk straight through and onto the plane. Gate closes 10 mins before the flight leaves for ryanair, you’re grand to walk up right til then. Anything longer distance or if you’ve checked in bags and you probably have even more time.

[EstebanSexface]

So you purposely fast track security by purposely being late for a flight? Making someone’s job harder so you can be selfish.

Imagine boasting about that

[Fagan_ODowd]

@EstebanSexface

Started getting that for Stansted as its a cunt of a place, with one big queue and depending on time you could be 40 minutes going through security and if the shuttles around running another 30 minutes getting to your gate

Mad not to get it for Stansted.