Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote:
I don't mind LaGuardia that much, although about a decade ago my dad aptly compared the AA gates to a flea market.
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| Author: | C_Howitt_Fealz [ Mon Jan 25, 2021 6:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | LaGuardia |
Yes, the renovated terminal is nice. But you still get to take the shitty Q70 out of there. https://www.cnn.com/videos/travel/2020/ ... dn-vpx.cnn |
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| Author: | denisdman [ Mon Jan 25, 2021 6:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LaGuardia |
I was always a fan in the sense that you could get from your cab to the gate in under 15 minutes. Most cabbies can get you to midtown pretty quickly from LGA as well. But the delays were horrible, the bathrooms should be illegal, and the food choices were non existent. Cheap fares every hour. The best fun fact about LGA is that flight distances are limited from it. As such you cannot fly directly to Vegas. And you can only fly directly to Denver because of a waiver in the distance rules. |
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| Author: | Chet Coppock's Fur Coat [ Mon Jan 25, 2021 7:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LaGuardia |
I don't mind LaGuardia that much, although about a decade ago my dad aptly compared the AA gates to a flea market. But coming from NC pre-COVID, it was usually just as easy to fly to JFK on Delta or JetBlue and take the Air train+LIRR to Penn Station. |
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| Author: | Zippy-The-Pinhead [ Mon Jan 25, 2021 9:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LaGuardia |
denisdman wrote: I was always a fan in the sense that you could get from your cab to the gate in under 15 minutes. Most cabbies can get you to midtown pretty quickly from LGA as well. But the delays were horrible, the bathrooms should be illegal, and the food choices were non existent. Cheap fares every hour. The best fun fact about LGA is that flight distances are limited from it. As such you cannot fly directly to Vegas. And you can only fly directly to Denver because of a waiver in the distance rules. I was stuck there once in the late evening and the only open “restaurant” was Dunkin’ Donuts. I was stunned at what a dump it was. It reminded me of early 90s Midway. |
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| Author: | denisdman [ Mon Jan 25, 2021 9:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LaGuardia |
Yeah great comparison, food court and all, although LGA’s is outside security. |
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| Author: | Zippy-The-Pinhead [ Mon Jan 25, 2021 9:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LaGuardia |
denisdman wrote: Yeah great comparison, food court and all, although LGA’s is outside security. Midway’s only real restaurant was outside security as well until the remodel. It was hard to believe that was once the world’s busiest airport. |
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| Author: | Regular Reader [ Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LaGuardia |
Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote: denisdman wrote: Yeah great comparison, food court and all, although LGA’s is outside security. Midway’s only real restaurant was outside security as well until the remodel. It was hard to believe that was once the world’s busiest airport. As a kid, it seemed tiny. And empty. I couldn't believe it stayed open in the seventies. |
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| Author: | Regular Reader [ Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LaGuardia |
Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote: I don't mind LaGuardia that much, although about a decade ago my dad aptly compared the AA gates to a flea market. But coming from NC pre-COVID, it was usually just as easy to fly to JFK on Delta or JetBlue and take the Air train+LIRR to Penn Station. I once flew into LaGuardia and back out of JFK and the difference was thirty yearsof age and grime. Although the best burger I had for decades was from a diner across from LaGuardia. Go figure. |
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| Author: | whistler [ Wed Jan 27, 2021 1:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LaGuardia |
C_Howitt_Fealz wrote: Yes, the renovated terminal is nice. But you still get to take the shitty Q70 out of there. https://www.cnn.com/videos/travel/2020/ ... dn-vpx.cnn got stuck in the quagmire of the construction a couple years ago, and was late to the airport. Luckily my flight was also delayed so I was able to make the flight. Had an Indian bus driver that had no urgency, stpped outside to take a 15 minute break when I needed to get to the fuckin airport. I hope the renovation was worth all the bullshit. |
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| Author: | whistler [ Wed Jan 27, 2021 1:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LaGuardia |
Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote: I don't mind LaGuardia that much, although about a decade ago my dad aptly compared the AA gates to a flea market.
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| Author: | Brick [ Wed Jan 27, 2021 6:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LaGuardia |
Saw rats running underneath the seats in the Southwest terminal and no one really seemed to care. |
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| Author: | man of few opinions [ Wed Jan 27, 2021 9:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LaGuardia |
The last time I was in LaGuardia was in early 2019 and the road construction around the airport made our commute from the rental car drop-off to the terminal longer than the flight home. That places was tore up like a war zone, single lanes of stand-still traffic. The flights are cheap but not worth the hassle of getting there even in the best of times (though maybe all that construction has been since completed). That airport is a fucking dump. |
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| Author: | a retard [ Wed Jan 27, 2021 9:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LaGuardia |
I too was there in the midst of the construction mess a couple years ago. The uber pick up area was a complete cluster. |
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| Author: | doug - evergreen park [ Wed Jan 27, 2021 9:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LaGuardia |
we were there for the construction as well. it was awful. |
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| Author: | denisdman [ Wed Jan 27, 2021 9:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LaGuardia |
a retard wrote: I too was there in the midst of the construction mess a couple years ago. The uber pick up area was a complete cluster. Oh my goodness, the taxi cab and ride share zones were horrible. But everytime I went back, I saw lots of progress. They were getting a lot done. |
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| Author: | This Ends in Antioch [ Wed Jan 27, 2021 10:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LaGuardia |
They’ve managed to turn Uber into a cab line with a longer walk, which is nice. |
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| Author: | Douchebag [ Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LaGuardia |
Do they still have that shitty Delta shuttle terminal? I think it was terminal A. That place was a dump and looked like it should have been demolished in the 70's or 80's. |
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| Author: | denisdman [ Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LaGuardia |
Yes and I think it was renovated first. Locals call it the marine terminal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Air_Terminal |
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| Author: | Douchebag [ Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LaGuardia |
denisdman wrote: Yes and I think it was renovated first. Locals call it the marine terminal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Air_Terminal Yeah, that's it. I remember having a major delay and being stuck there for hours. There was absolutely nothing to do in there. No bar, no restaurants, and a building that smelled like mold. |
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| Author: | Brick [ Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LaGuardia |
Douchebag wrote: Do they still have that shitty Delta shuttle terminal? I think it was terminal A. That place was a dump and looked like it should have been demolished in the 70's or 80's. I liked it because security always seemed much quicker mostly because they had to get Donald Trump in and out to his plane without seeing the regular folks. |
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| Author: | Chet Coppock's Fur Coat [ Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LaGuardia |
denisdman wrote: Yes and I think it was renovated first. Locals call it the marine terminal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Air_Terminal Delta moved out of there when they got more space in the terminal that they used the share with USAir before the American merger. Now JetBlue is over there. When Delta had the shuttle, they were flying Boston, Reagan, and O'Hare on the 76 seaters. I'd connect through there a fair amount and half the time my connection was a grand total of 20 feet. |
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| Author: | whistler [ Thu Jan 28, 2021 9:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LaGuardia |
Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote: denisdman wrote: Yes and I think it was renovated first. Locals call it the marine terminal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Air_Terminal Delta moved out of there when they got more space in the terminal that they used the share with USAir before the American merger. Now JetBlue is over there. When Delta had the shuttle, they were flying Boston, Reagan, and O'Hare on the 76 seaters. I'd connect through there a fair amount and half the time my connection was a grand total of 20 feet. you are everywhere! From 75th street to LaGuardia, you got it all covered!
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| Author: | C_Howitt_Fealz [ Fri Jan 29, 2021 5:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LaGuardia |
The Shuttle with coffee at the gate... |
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