More help for the English gal!
Apr. 13th, 2005 10:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Okay, American airports.
How far can you go without a ticket?
In England you check your luggage in, show your passport and get your boarding pass at the check-in desk, then you have to show your passport and b-pass as you go through into the Duty Free area. This is where there are more shops and restaraunts and it also has access to all the gates and lounges. If you have no ticket, then you cannot get into this area.
So, how does it work in america? For international flights?
I have been to America, but it was a couple of years ago and the whole thing is a bit of a blur. Can't remember.
So, just to ramble on a bit more, if you were not the one flying, but you were there to hang out and say goodbye, could you go right up to the gate? Or just the check in desk? Or the duty free? Lounge?
Detail would be appreciated.
Thank you!
How far can you go without a ticket?
In England you check your luggage in, show your passport and get your boarding pass at the check-in desk, then you have to show your passport and b-pass as you go through into the Duty Free area. This is where there are more shops and restaraunts and it also has access to all the gates and lounges. If you have no ticket, then you cannot get into this area.
So, how does it work in america? For international flights?
I have been to America, but it was a couple of years ago and the whole thing is a bit of a blur. Can't remember.
So, just to ramble on a bit more, if you were not the one flying, but you were there to hang out and say goodbye, could you go right up to the gate? Or just the check in desk? Or the duty free? Lounge?
Detail would be appreciated.
Thank you!
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Date: 2005-04-13 02:30 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-04-14 09:58 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-04-13 02:31 pm (UTC)They're really strict about luggage matching. You don't need a paper ticket to check your bag in, but they look you up in the computer and check your ID. If you don't have a reservation and proper ID no luggage.
I THINK you can make it all the way to the gate otherwise and then they require your boarding pass. You have to present your ticket at the counter to get your boarding pass. Might want a confirmation on that though...I'm thinking they don't check for tickets at the metal detectors, but I could be wrong.
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Date: 2005-04-14 10:01 am (UTC)So, is there a place where, if you didn't have a ticket or reservation, you could go and have drink or something to eat with a person who *is* flying?
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Date: 2005-04-14 10:13 am (UTC)Um as to whether a flyer and non-passenger could meet up, depends on the airport, I think. I know our big airport around here has a Starbucks the minute you walk in the door, so I know anyone could go have coffee there ticket or not. (Of course I do live in Washington State where Starbucks was born, so maybe that's just an us thing. Seriously, we should just adopt the little green starbucks logo as our state seal.) Most of the other shops and restaurants are on the other side of the metal detector though.
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Date: 2005-04-14 10:19 am (UTC)I know that my airport is fictional, but I'd like at least some realism! :o)As long as I know that *some* airports in America have these things, then I'll be happy! :o)
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Date: 2005-04-14 10:29 am (UTC)Hmm... I don't know. It seems like a coffee shop wouldn't be uncommon, but I'm honestly not sure. Usually when I pass through airports I'm too tired to care about catching details like that.
I can only tell you that our airport does.
It would make sense to have a place where people can meet up though...
Maybe ask this question over at
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Date: 2005-04-14 10:33 am (UTC)I'm the same. I passed thru San Diego airport a couple of years back and the only thing I can remember is the long cue to check in!
I think i just might ask there, too. Thanks.
And thanks for the confirmation of a Starbucks, that really does fit in nicely.
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Date: 2005-04-13 07:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-04-14 10:01 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-04-13 09:56 pm (UTC)Oh, and you can have five books of matches with you, but no lighters whatsoever on the plane. *shrugs*
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Date: 2005-04-14 09:57 am (UTC)Matches? Five? Books? Oh, you guys don't have *boxes* of matches?
Thanks, sweetie!
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Date: 2005-04-14 10:21 am (UTC)We do have boxes of matches, but those are usually big. Books of matches are smaller and portable. Like what you'd bring home from a restaurant or a bar with the fold-over flap. I also saw today that you can't even pack a lighter into your checked luggage anymore. WTF?
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Date: 2005-04-14 10:30 am (UTC)No lights? I hope that isn't the case here! I need my lighters!!
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Date: 2005-04-14 10:55 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-04-14 11:03 am (UTC)Oooh, another qestion. Do your airports ever have malls or mini-malls attached or very near? Here at Gartwick airport we have two terminals and one of them has a kind of shopping centre attached between the airport and Gatwick train station.
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Date: 2005-04-14 11:10 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-04-14 11:16 am (UTC)LOL! That's okay, then! hee!
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Date: 2005-04-14 10:34 am (UTC)For suki, this is a matchbook (http://www.evnn.com/matchbook.jpg). It's maybe 6 cm (guessing) tall and has a striker strip on the back.
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Date: 2005-04-14 10:53 am (UTC)(no subject)
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