re: MSY - Parking be broke

if it’s full it’s full what do you want them to do about it? Parking at the new MSY is 10x easier than before...straight up the departures ramp and directly to the short term garage

Every day there’s a post about something in New Orleans that makes me thankful to live in Lafayette.

I parked in the long term parking garage on the first level Friday morning with no problems

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BR has direct flights to Houston, Dallas, and Atlanta. That's pretty much it.

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I flew to Charlotte the other week from BTR.

It’s just not worth the time for me to go to MSY anymore. The new terminal is awesome, but I do burn more time at pre-check and with parking than before.

So I just fly out of BTR. I’ve been going to San Jose a lot and will be for the next year. American through DFW works very well. I love being less than 5 minutes from my car when I get back to Louisiana. And BTR has the most pleasant security lines ever.

I wouldn’t be upset if there were more non-stops out of BTR, but I wouldn’t want to see it get much busier. That would reduce its appeal and convenience factor to me.

So the lady at the southwest counter told me when I flew out to Atlanta that saints road games especially vs division opponents always gets the lots full from Friday evening to Sunday. She suggested us park.

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Wrong. They had cones and a "security" person sitting in a chair in the middle of the street under an umbrella at the Short and Long Term entrances. That's the one that literally said "Lot Be Full" when I rolled my window down.

It was frustrating because you can see open spots and cars leaving.

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I've been in that garage where it can take you 10 minutes to find a spot. They don't want dozens and dozens of cars speeding around in there trying to beat other people to spots. It's not safe in a narrow garage like that.

They block it off once a certain number of spots are taken, and then the unblock it once a certain number of spots are available.

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I quit flying out of NOLA out of protest. Their parking has made me miss 2 flights in the last 3 years. frick that shite. I'll fly out of BR and connect in Hou/Dal/Atl.

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I didn’t do it because of parking, but agree. Stopped flying MSY a few years ago.

I actually have an appointment to get cleared for Global Entry next month, which can only be done at airports, and this thread is making me consider cancel. It would be nice to be able to bypass customs, but I don’t know that driving to New Orleans and parking offsite just for an interview session is worth it.

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Never understood people not flying out of BTR when they lived in BR. Unless you had one of the few directs BTR didn't there is no way you come out ahead.

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Never really got it either. I definitely prefer direct flights over not, but it has to be a really undesirable flight schedule from BTR for me to opt for MSY.

The value of skipping a layover really goes down when I'm factoring in parking annoyances (and cost), adding a couple of hours to my travel time/having to wake up so early, an hour drive home when exhausted from travel, etc.

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People say Uber. I'm shocked you don't have trouble getting such a short uber. I live in North Kenner and I've had 3-4 drivers cancel before because of how short the run is.

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Pretty sure if you are taking an Uber to or from the airport there is a fixed minimum price to make it worth the driver's time.