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Tips and ideas on how to best spend a layover at airport. Got a favorite quiet place to connect to wifi? A great bar or restaurant? Maybe an exhibit or a walk? Share your Airport layover experiences with others, or post a question and get notified when there is a response.

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  • resturant
    Jul 5, 2012
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    Please have dining open before first morning flight and during the evening incoming and outgoing flights. several times I've needed something to eat/drink during this time frame and OAJ had nothing to offer, other than water fountain.

     

  • Dine with relative at airport
    Mar 3, 2013
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    My sister and her family will be at IAH saturday with a 3.5 hr layover. I would like dine with them at the airport during their layover. All the good restaurants are beyond the TSA checkpoint. Can I go beyond the checkpoint as a guest with no boarding pass and dine with my family as they are between flights? How can I do this???

     

    Yes indeed, you cannot go beyond the security check. However, I found a few pre-security eats at IAH: At Terminal A, ticketing Lobby: Stadium City Bar & Grill; and Starbucks; At Terminal D: Vito's Bar & Deli, also in the Ticketing Lobby; At Terminal E: Ruby's Diner - to the right of security checkpoint - not sure if that's pre-security. There are also Food courts North & South - but does not state pre- or post-security.

     

    NO. YOU MUST HAVE A BOARDING PASS TO GET THRU TSA SECURITY CHECK POINT. I THINK THE MARRIOT IS NOT INSIDE CHECK POINT...I HAVE EATEN THERE BEFORE AND THE FOOD WAS RATHER GOOD...I WOULD SAY HI 3 STAR.

     

  • Hotels w/ day room $ or early check in
    Jun 21, 2012
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    Does anyone know of a hotel by Dulles that offers a day room rate or has confirmed early check in available? We have a 12 hour layover after a 17 hour flight and are hoping to catch up on some sleep. Thanks!

     

  • Restaurant outside security
    Jun 10, 2012
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    Hunband arrives ORD on United 3704 from El Paso 11:00 AM and is leaving at 6:07 PM on United 972 for Brussels. Chicago family would like to join him for lunch. Is there a nice restaurant OUTSIDE of security where they could alll meet? He knows he will need to go through security again. Is that okay?

     

  • layover time
    May 30, 2012
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    is 35mins layover time okay for delta airlines for domestic flights?

     

    At SLC, Delta uses both Terminal 1, Concourse B, and Terminal 2, Concourse C. The terminals are connected to each other and concourses and gates are easily reached from level 2. Concourse B has gates B1-18; Concourse C has gates C11-3. Your ticket will show you your gate numbers - Also, look at the overhead screen on arrival to find your connecting flight & gate number. 35 mins should be adequate.

     

  • COCKPIT BAR AND GRILL
    May 9, 2012
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    NEW OWNERS,CLEAN, FRIENDLY PLACE, NEXT TO HILTON HOBBY HOTEL, GREAT DRINK PRICES AND SPECAILS

     

  • smoking
    Apr 10, 2012
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    two hour layover... is there any smoke room? or a bar with smoking area?

     

  • JFK 15 hours layover
    Apr 10, 2012
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    In a few weeks my wife and I arrive at JFK airport from Kiev, Ukraine, our final destination is Pensacola, FL, but there is a 15 hours layover between flights. We arrive at 5 pm, T4 and depart at 8 am next day, terminal unknown, flying with Delta. What's our option, what should we do first, considering that this is our first ever flight trip? We have only confirmation numbers for the next flight, so, should we get the real tickets first? Will we be able to browse through terminals, or exit the airport? Where should we sleep to save some money? Thanks!!!

     

    2. Visit www.ifly.com/jfk - it will tell you by airlines which terminal you arrive at and depart from, how to get around and travel tips. 2. For staying overnight at JFK read up at http://www.sleepinginairports.net/usa/newyorkjfk.htm . NOTE: As an international arrival at JFK you need to go through passport check, retrieve checked bags, go through customs clearance and - if transferring to another flight - re-check-in bag (the tag should indicate layover and final destination Airport Codes).

     

  • Can I get exercise
    Apr 8, 2012
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    Have a 6 hour layover any exercise options

     

    Dulles Airport is located within both communities of Chantilly and Dulles, Virginia, and is 26 miles west of the central business district of Washington, D.C. You may want to pass by the Information Counter to see what options you have for your layover.

     

  • what to do with a 16 hour lay over
    Apr 5, 2012
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    My husband and will have a 16 hour lay over in October(430PM-930AM). We are flying in on Copa and departing on United back to Houston. How do we go about leaving the airport?

     

    Tocumen Airport is opening its new North Terminal any day now - which is linked to the South Terminal; Airlines will be reassigned to terminals & gates. I suggest you open TPY's site http://www.tocumenpanama.aero/ - the English translation is spotty, however.

     

  • very short layover
    Mar 24, 2012
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    Hello from Japan... I am thinking of asking a friend to pick me up upon landing so we could dine in Seattle during my short layover. I land at 9a.m. from Tokyo and will check my baggage through to Pullman. However my plane to Pullman leaves at 4p.m. After customs/immigration is it possible for a traveller to leave the airport, dine in Seattle and get back into the terminal? I understand that I will probably have to have my boarding pass on hand and also go through the security check. I know at some airports that international passengers are not allowed to leave the terminal until they reach their destination but that may be related to passengers headed to another country. Thanks.

     

    In general non-citizens arriving at a foreign airport are technically entering foreign soil as soon as they leave the secured area, and consequently need a temporary visa. I suggest you or your friend contact SEA at http://www.portseattle.org/About/Contact/Pages/Contact-the-Port.aspx or tel. (206) 787 5388 for their rules. Your friend may also want to use the new and extended free Cell Phone Lot (30 minutes max)--staying in his car until you are ready to call him to be picked up at the curb outside the baggage claim. From Southbound Airport Expressway: Take the Air Cargo Rd./Cell Phone Lot exit, turn right onto 170th, turn right onto Air Cargo Road and follow that road until you see the Lot on your left. From Southbound International Blvd: Turn right onto 170th, turn right onto Air Cargo Road and follow that road until you see the Lot on your left.

     

  • Early morning arrival
    Mar 13, 2012
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    I will be arriving at 1 am and not able to catch a shuttle until 6 am. Is there a place I can safely sit while waiting? Is the starbucks open?

     

    I suggest you visit http://www.sleepinginairports.net/usa/newyorkjfk.htm

     

  • New York Helicopter Tour
    Feb 2, 2012
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    I'll be arriving on Jetblue with a 4 hour layover, is there a New York Helicopter Tour that I can take? And from which terminal?

     

  • Friend has layover here, we live here
    Feb 1, 2012
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    My friend is coming in tomorrow and has a three hour layover... What is the easiest way for me and my kids to be able to spend some time with her before she has to get to her connecting flight? Is there any way to get through security without having to buy a ticket???? Thanks!

     

    SEA has no mentioning on their site regarding meeting points. As you cannot go through security check without a ticket, you could meet them in front of the security checkpoint (ask one of the volunteers making their round for best place to settle down with them) or proceed to the information counter. This is the terminal layout: The Main Terminal is divided by a central terminal area with four Concourses A - D, and the North & South Satellites: Shaped like a bow, Concourse B and South Satellite areto the left, Concourse C and North Satellite are to the right, and Concourses A & D are attached to the south ends of the Main Terminal.

     

  • meet arriving passenger-layover dinner?
    Jan 31, 2012
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    Friends arriving from Texas-traveling to New Zealand-6hour layover - can I meet them in Terminal 2 to have dinner with them? Or do we have to meet outside the terminal and have dinner elsewhere? Suggestions???