re: Media Hype and MSY wait times

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Do they have club lounges at MSY or is it too small? I’d just get drunk

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Amex has a lounge. But I don’t have an Amex.

With as many branches as Capital One bought into the traditional banking business by buying New Orleans based Hibernia in the 2000’s, it funny they didn’t choose to put a lounge in New Orleans.

Vegas has a Capital One Lounge and they don’t even have branches there, but probably have a ton of credit card customers that fly through there.


Heck I am a capital one customer, but don’t qualify to get complimentary access to one. It is like 90 dollars to access with any Capital One card and 125 without.

I’m usually at the airport 2 hours or so for a normal day flight. So I don’t see the big deal do you here.

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Is it? I mean it's just pissing everyone off.

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correct, once again torturing Americans to protect illegal immigrants.

It’s all a ploy by big airport to get you to spend more money in the airport

2 hours is completely standard and what is recommended by every major airport on earth.

What’s insane is relying on your “system” to be the same every day and relying on government employees to make it so. To not account for a horrible traffic jam or a flat tire or….a TSA staffing issue.

I get there early so I don’t have to think about it.

But do you. I don’t mind sitting a little bit. If you do then do what you do

Someone in the other thread said at 3:30 it was packed.

TSA helping organize it seems.

Houston reporter on news this morning reporting 3-4 hrs at 7 am.

Apparently different “sick out” levels at different airports.

MYTSA app, who knows how accurate? It’s not showing anything more than 30 mins at BTR, Laffy, Atlanta, NOLA, Houston, etc…. App says may not be updated.

Hard to tell what’s accurate.

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But I was swayed by all the hype and here I sit.

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I don't think the media really knows when there will be a sick out or short staffing.

They aren't making up the long lines.

I think what is happening is that folks who have the really early morning flights are showing up and lining up before they even open up the security at 3:30 so that when they open up the lines are out the door.

I had a co-worker whose wife showed up at 2:30 this morning and the line was about 40 people deep but she said by the time the time they opened up for entry at 3:30 there were hundreds in line.

So I think the fear of missing flights gets a much bigger crowd there at 3:30 and the lines are huge, but once that clears - like say at 6:00 it is more of a normal flow.

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US Bank Connect

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Oh yeah you get like 4 visits annually with that right? Pretty good for many people w/o an AF.

I have the Sapphire Reserve, AMEX Plat, and C1 VX right now and can't even bring someone for free into AMEX or C1 lounges. Likely gonna downgrade some of these cards when the next AF hits.