Your favourite and worst airports

Voyager2002

jackieblack wrote: »

:eek: Why? What had you done!!??

Nothing. Some official accidentally left my name off the list of people to be issued with business visas for the conference we were attending, and a dreadful bureaucratic bungle followed. Apparently the correct visa was issued, and the order to let me into the country was given, while I was flying over Egypt on the way home. No-one thought to tell me!

Voyager2002

No comments on Exeter? Do people agree that it is really worse than Khartoum?

BTW Exeter also charges an outrageous price for clear plastic bags.

MrsE_2

I don't bring any liquids with me in flight.

Why do you need liquids?

Bar a bottle of water I might buy AFTER security.

poppie123

MrsE wrote: »

I don't bring any liquids with me in flight.

Why do you need liquids?

Bar a bottle of water I might buy AFTER security.

If you are taking hand luggage only which i do quite often you would need to take any liquids through with you.

MrsE_2

poppie123 wrote: »

If you are taking hand luggage only which i do quite often you would need to take any liquids through with you.

But if you are bringing hand luggage only can you really manage with a few little phials?

Or do you use hotels stuff when you arrive.

My only prob is I wear contacts & on a long flight I might need to take them out.

blingmaestro

MrsE wrote: »

But if you are bringing hand luggage only can you really manage with a few little phials?

Or do you use hotels stuff when you arrive.

My only prob is I wear contacts & on a long flight I might need to take them out.

Is there even a limit to total volume, and 100 ml could hardly be considered a vial could it? I've always just thrown lose items of (liquid based) toiletries into the tray to be scanned and never had a problem.

On topic, I'm surprised that Manchester and Birmingham have had such negative reviews considering they are perfectly clean and catered for with with the usual shops, etc and both have a dedicated train station with regular service. I prefer either to flying out of Heathrow (maybe because I live way closer to the North).
In terms of best in the world though I think Hong Kong might get it with Kuala Lumpur close behind. I look forward to using Changi and Beijing in the near future with all these glowing reviews! I find the mixed reviews on Dubai interesting although with the size of the place and the range of stuff on sale I find it hard to fault.
For no bells and whistles but a reliable service Glasgow, Edinburgh and the big European airports are all good.

Biggest disappointment would be JFK - how is such a well established airport so bad? Doha could be considered bad for the same reasons although that is a lot less cleaner and the food available is pretty crap. There is however a chain coffee shop on the 2nd floor in a corner which is much quieter. This more than liekly doesn't apply to their business class terminal but I need a job, never mind a raise before I could afford to get there.
The most dire though would be the two big Crete airports which have no redeeming features. Hot, dirty, cheap quality yet expensive - and that's just the Greek women!

MrsE_2

blingmaestro wrote: »

Is there even a limit to total volume, and 100 ml could hardly be considered a vial could it? I've always just thrown lose items of (liquid based) toiletries into the tray to be scanned and never had a problem.
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Yes, I thought there was a limit to the total volume.

And I thought you had to put them in little 100ml containers, rather than a 200ml bottle of shampoo half full.

poppie123

MrsE wrote: »

Yes, I thought there was a limit to the total volume.

And I thought you had to put them in little 100ml containers, rather than a 200ml bottle of shampoo half full.

You are right there is a 100ml limit and you can't have a 200ml bottle half full. They have to be in 100ml containers.:)

The amount of people I still see having all their stuff taken off of them is unbelievable.

DCFC79

I dont really have a favourite or worst airport, as long as theres somewhere to sit and places to get a drink or food from then im fine, the rest is immaterial to me,

GlennTheBaker

MrsE wrote: »

Yes, I thought there was a limit to the total volume.

And I thought you had to put them in little 100ml containers, rather than a 200ml bottle of shampoo half full.

Individual containers cannot be more than 100ml in volume and each person may carry a maximum of 10 items in their hand luggage - in a clear, re-sealable plastic bag.