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BIG HEADLINE posted:If you *don't* have the time, Habit Burger and Wahoo's (they're literally right next to one another) in Terminal 6 is a good alternative. Habit burg is dece 
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hobbesmaster posted:It’s like a crime or something, US border crossings have been extremely terrible (and fascist) for a very long time. Some other countries even have like WiFi and stuff in the customs line! The stated reason is they don’t want you taking pictures or recordings of the super secret national security immigration procedures, which are the exact same poo poo every country in the world does at airports. We’re just high on our own supply.
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Midjack posted:The stated reason is they don’t want you taking pictures or recordings of the super secret national security immigration procedures, which are the exact same poo poo every country in the world does at airports. We’re just high on our own supply. Meanwhile the other 5 eyes countries have COPS like reality tv shows following them around revealing everything. The Australian one is entertaining to see what crazy animal products people try and get through. The English one is blatant Tory propaganda but the cigarette smugglers are kinda quaint.
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e.pilot posted:
Is Cowboy Ciao not there anymore? The Cowboy Ciao in Scottsdale was great, but that one closed.
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Phanatic posted:Is Cowboy Ciao not there anymore? Man I dunno I haven’t been through PHX in a minute.
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Midjack posted:The stated reason is they don’t want you taking pictures or recordings of the super secret national security immigration procedures, which are the exact same poo poo every country in the world does at airports. We’re just high on our own supply. some dipshit cbp retard at PDX took me aside for a few minutes to bitch and moan at me for using my cell phone at baggage claim after flying in from loving Amsterdam (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Mr. Funny Pants posted:Lol. I can't imagine why they didn't go with that. About 30 people from the state would've gotten it. It's one of those things that reflects poorly on the local majority, so it's not exactly a focus point in school.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:some dipshit cbp retard at PDX took me aside for a few minutes to bitch and moan at me for using my cell phone at baggage claim after flying in from loving Amsterdam I watched them tag someone with all three secondary stickers because she wouldn’t hang up the phone at the Dulles baggage claim.
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stealie72 posted:Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? Its a focus city
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If you find yourself flying out of El Paso, Toro Burger Bar is just outside of the airport and really good. Haven't had to make that trip for ~2 years, thankfully.
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Who are you lunatics leaving the airport during a goddamn layover
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Immigration in UK is way worse than the US ones..especially if you're non-white.
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Oh god, I want a gyro platter so bad now. One of the few bright spots in ORDs otherwise dismal dining options. I used to commute in on cactus when it was still cactus and would grab lunch from there. If you ever get the chance the breakfast burger from the burger place in the high L gates that opened up a few years ago is pretty good too. Their tater-tots will blow your mind.
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POM is poo poo but I was always driven out to a hotel to await my connecting flight sitting by a pool sinking beers. That connection was mostly to LAE where we would be handed a sidearm and hustled onto the Guarddog Security vehicle.
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Safety Dance posted:Don't schedule short layovers. Don't judge an airport's food by the sandwich you grabbed at Hudson News in between legs of an All-Spirit extravaganza. IIRC one of the chefs there is a goon and made a neat thread about it a few years ago
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I thought that was Veni Vidi Ameche!, but I’m not finding the thread.
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ImplicitAssembler posted:Immigration in UK is way worse than the US ones..especially if you're non-white. lol UK immigration just wanted me to pick up my bags faster, dude barely looked at my passport
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SNiPER_Magnum posted:I've been through CLT so many times that I don't even notice having to hoof it to another zip code to make my connection anymore. Where's the Smashburger? It's in the A Terminal. The ones for people flying to CLT on non-American flights. So if you connect through there, you'd never see it.
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The absolute worst airport I had to transit through was Abu Dhabi. I'd pay the extra 200 bucks to avoid it next time. It's just a big circular building that you're crammed into and they make sure there is absolutely no where comfortable for you to sit or rest. It's absolutely packed to the hilt like a cattle mart and the food places are insanely overpriced. e: also all the ground staff are very clearly slaves with confiscated passports. CDG can suck a fat one and so can London Heathrow. Best airport I've been to has been Helsinki and Tokyo Narita.
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This is my beef with Frankfurt: nowhere to sit. I don't mean there aren't any seats, I just mean there's nowhere to sit. The seating areas at the gates? You can't actually sit in those seats unless there's an imminent arrival/departure happening because those seating areas are gated off with 3'-high fences of stainless steel tube with little latched gates, and the little latched gates are only opened by airline personnel at a set interval before the plane shows up. So if there's no plane scheduled there in the near future, you are literally not allowed to sit in those empty seats, I got yelled at when I tried. So basically you are only allowed to sit at a gate that is already full of people who are sitting in all the chairs available there. Now, what you'd do in that situation at any other airport I've been to is to sit down on the floor and lean back against a door. This is the kind of thing human beings do. Not in FRA. Several inches up from the floor, FRA features steel bars that jut out about 6" from the wall, placed precisely where your lower back would be were you to attempt this. There is no other purpose for this bar than to prevent people from sitting down comfortably. I couldn't find a great picture of this online but this one shows the bar I'm talking about :  The whole airport is like one big spite bench for the homeless. The designers were plainly and obviously cryptofascists. (I was last there 8 years ago, this might have changed.)
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Platystemon posted:I thought that was Veni Vidi Ameche!, but I’m not finding the thread. It was Sandwich Anarchist and he stopped the thread when the restaurant closed and laid everyone off several months ago. 
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Phanatic posted:(I was last there 8 years ago, this might have changed.) From October last year:  This was everywhere. Thankfully the gates were open and had free seats.
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Inacio posted:From October last year: I always thought those were to keep people from ramming luggage and carts into the walls.
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LibCrusher posted:Who are you lunatics leaving the airport during a goddamn layover Bourdain had an entire TV show about that (of course his "layovers" were like 12h)
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Midjack posted:I always thought those were to keep people from ramming luggage and carts into the walls. very possible. i'd imagine that management also appreciates how it prevents people from sitting on the floor
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Phy posted:Bourdain had an entire TV show about that I had a 20 hour layover in Hong Kong. I could spend that time in the airport or I could sleep in a bed and have the barbecue pork buns at Tim Ho Wan. I made the right call.
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Phanatic posted:This is my beef with Frankfurt: nowhere to sit. Yet FRA is the only airport I know of with a no-poo poo sex shop in it. Not even AMS has a sex shop in it.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Yet FRA is the only airport I know of with a no-poo poo sex shop in it. Not even AMS has a sex shop in it. I'd like that just to mess with the security goons.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:a no-poo poo sex shop Weird omission. I’ve heard Germans are into that kind of thing.
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Do Americans do their shopping at international airports? The Germans know where to find German things in Germany
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EvenWorseOpinions posted:Do Americans do their shopping at international airports? The Germans know where to find German things in Germany Yeah, it blows having to pop down to the JFK duty free for bread and a dozen eggs. For real though, I rarely buy anything more than a meal in an airport. I think most of us are the same. Why do you ask?
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Loucks posted:Weird omission. I’ve heard Germans are into that kind of thing. 
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Safety Dance posted:For real though, I rarely buy anything more than a meal in an airport. I think most of us are the same. Why do you ask? Somebody's sure buying all the stuff in all the stores in airports. And I don't mean just the duty-free shop either. Sure, I've purchased booze we can't get in the states when I'm overseas. But Cartier, Chanel, Bulgari, Hermes, Prada, Rolex, beluga caviar, foie gras, *someone's* gotta be buying that stuff.
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Phanatic posted:Somebody's sure buying all the stuff in all the stores in airports. I always assumed that one fantastically rich person every other day or so was enough to keep those places alive.
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I'd also assume Duty Free shops are a semi-decent way to launder cash you'd otherwise have to declare or go to a lot of trouble and effort to hide.
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In some countries duty frees are a really good deal, no? The US doesn’t have a big VAT so it’s irrelevant for Americans.
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Safety Dance posted:Yeah, it blows having to pop down to the JFK duty free for bread and a dozen eggs. I forget what comedian it was, but they did a bit about getting to the airport just carrying all their clothes loosely and being relieved to see that there is a luggage store in the airport.
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The Mrs. will often pick up stuff in Duty Free as it’s worlds cheaper than just buying it in Eastern Asia. Most of what you’re seeing in the states is targeted at foreigners or is in place for brand reinforcement. Bands will happily run loss leaders like that to get their stuff in your brain better. Eg - Brooks Bros in the Austin airport iirc. No one is going to buy a suit/shirt there but it’s valuable enough for them to pay the rent/wages for the location if they plant the seed of you buying something.
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hobbesmaster posted:In some countries duty frees are a really good deal, no? The US doesn’t have a big VAT so it’s irrelevant for Americans. We do have very high taxes on alcohol and cigarettes, and luxury items like perfume in a lot of places though, so it's a good deal if you're into those things for Americans.
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Elviscat posted:We do have very high taxes on alcohol and cigarettes, and luxury items like perfume in a lot of places though, so it's a good deal if you're into those things for Americans. That’s more state dependent though and usually the duty frees charge very similar to states and cities that don’t have extremely high taxes. (Ie it’s probably a good deal if you live in Chicago)
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