re: Your Best and Worst Airports (Domestic + International)

Best domestic is Denver
Worst domestic is LAX

Best International Holland
Worst international is Athens Greece

LAX is fine if you are flying Delta. The new lounge is very large and nice.

Doha is solid. Especially with the pool and gym/spa on the third floor. Singapore is also impressive.

Dislike MSP and detest EWR. Also Sky Harbor PHX blows.

Like ATL and DTW, also ORD ain't bad considering how many flights go through. New MSY isn't bad if they would smooth a few things out.

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MSP

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I'm fine with it being my base airport but there's always some construction project. They are going to work on improving T1.

T2 is great when non Delta flights are in play

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Blows my mind how many of you like ATL. I think it’s a shite show. The concourses are too narrow and crowded and that stupid tram takes forever.

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How on earth can anyone say the tram(plane train) "takes forever?"

You can get from concourse T to F in about 5 minutes. It's an incredibly efficient airport especially given how busy it is.

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I was very impressed with Tokyo NRT. Super efficient.

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Narita's my vote as well. Haneda is about the same.

Domestic:
Best = SFO
Worst = SLC

International:
Best = Narita (Tokyo)
Worst = SJO (Costa Rica)

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For large airports, I like PHX. It’s pretty easy to get through security and getting to the rental car garage will get better once they get the train up and running. Plenty of good food options and the concourses are short which means I can get to the gate with minimal walking.

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The train connects to the rental car center now. No more buses.

Never had a complaint about PHX. Lots of flight options all over the country, and to Mexico and Canada. Flights to Europe leave something to be desired, though. Rare to have a weather delay (in Phoenix), fantastic local food options, close to downtown, accessible via the light rail if that is your preferred mode of transportation, and new terminals.

I am thinking people who aren't fans haven't been since terminal 3 and 4 were totally renovated. The old terminal 2, and old parts of 3 were in rough shape.

Domestic:
Best: New Orleans new is good except parking cost.
Worst: Miami

Domestic best:
Tampa. Open, airy and easy to navigate.

Domestic worst:
Boston. Just a mess.

International best:
Doha. Gorgeous airport.

International worst:

CDG. Impossible to navigate. It’s as if they deliberately built it to make you miss your connection and lose your luggage.

Best lounges:

Love the Upper Class Wing at Heathrow. But the absolute best that I’ve seen is the first class lounge at DBX.

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Turkeys airport was by the far the best I've been to. Must have just been built

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Istanbul? It's new and nice, but it's not terribly efficient. Holy shite the walking. Which is after a winding bus ride from your plane.

I did appreciate the transit customs for business class though but I had to cross the entire length of the regular lines to get to it on the far side, which had to be at least a football field in length.