John B wrote:
On 22 May, 16:07, Michael Hoffman wrote:
John B wrote:
But for the
places people have to go - New York, Chicago, Washington DC and Los
Angeles, it's complete and utter nonsense.
I've flown through the largest international airports in all four of
those airports within the last four years. In fact, I think I've flown
through three of them within the last year. I was even in New York two
weeks ago. There, I reflected on how pleasant American Airlines's new
terminal was, how short the queues for check-in and security were, and
how seamless the transition from their old terminal was, especially when
compared to BA's recent T5 fiasco.

This is a whole world of YMMV.

That's a change from "complete and utter nonsense."

It's possible that the New York
airports have massively improved since I did that trip regularly, but
I'm sceptical.

Despite being owned by the same governmental entity, the terminals are
run by different groups.

For my money, most European airports are better than
O'Hare, JFK or Newark - and that includes Heathrow except for
transfers between T123 / T4 / T5.

Hmm. I assume by "European airports" you mean the ones that have
transatlantic flights. Maybe. I wouldn't include Heathrow.

I'd much prefer a U.S. domestic flight to a intra-European flight, any
day. If, for no other reason, than the greater cabin baggage allowance,
which makes it much easier to do a lot of traveling.

Is there a greater cabin baggage allowance on US domestic? I've never
noticed a difference in practice, for full-fare flights at least.

Well, chiefly I find that they are less strict about excluding bags that
are slightly larger than the limit. Until earlier this year, you could
not take an additional "personal item" in the UK. I'm not sure if you
can yet at all airports.
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Michael Hoffman