Airport ranking continues

[winter_elf]

Home again and sad to have my weekend of fun over with. That's the problem with cons.. they end and you have to remember, oh yea, I have a real life. Right now I'm home and getting moments of kitty love followed by moments of annoyance as they let me know that leaving was NOT cool in their books.

I had a day of mostly travel, and man - O'hare actually ranks BELOW San Diego's Airport! Yes, really!!!!! I expected much, much more from such a big 'hub' city and it failed in all respects.

My complaints:
- Wi-Fi costs! No free access.
- no power plugs anywhere in the seating areas EXCEPT in little 'internet' stations, of which there were 2 in the entire concourse. One at the end and one at the front.
- lack of restaurants. Very few. Mostly fast foody. Or I should say, mostly Starbucks. I'm not kidding. There were FIVE in the concourse I was in.
- hard to find maps. The screens for flight checking were large and all over, but maps of the airport to find someplace to eat that wasn't McDonalds - hard to find.

Why San Diego ranks above O'Hare:
- SD has free internet
- SD has power plugs all over!

So - best airport that I've been in so far this year: Detroit. If you have to have a layover - go for Detroit. Not only is it like a huge mall with lots of restaurants, but good shopping and clear maps. 2nd best was Phoenix with high tech internet savy look.

Later in the year I'll be through Atlanta and Orlando, so we'll see how they stack up as well.

Comments

[hbruton.livejournal.com]

OHare is by far my least favourite airport and I avoid it like the plaque. Nothing will induce me to fly through it int he winter as I always end up delayed or bumped when ever I dare to try it. Yeah, the Detroit airport is pretty nice.

[winter-elf.livejournal.com]

yea, I was really surprised to find out internet wasn't free :( I wasn't there long enough to pay the $7.00. *sigh* I haven't really been through O'hare in like.... 15 years? So I was hoping it had improved. I guess not.