Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Airport Antics
I'm safely home again after craziness at MSP airport. The time from when we were dropped off until we reached our gate was one hour. One hour! Bag drop-off had a long line even though we had checked in ourselves and our bags online. Longest line ever was at security with only one machine working and one checker halfway working. Finally, some staff started another line. We looked at the other checkpoints, and they were just as bad or worse. After rushing to our gate C14, we found every chair empty and another destination posted. Desperately, we went next door to C15 for help and saw San Antonio on the screen. They had changed gates without announcing or calling because it was only next to the posted gate. Yes! We felt sure boarding had already begun, but no, not possible, because the captain on the previous flight had left his things on the plane, and rules state no one can touch them. Eventually, he appeared to resolve the issue and we boarded. Then our flight attendant had a sarcastic wit better reserved for her evenings with a wine glass in her hand. Whew! Happy to be out of there but always ready to plan another trip to see my precious family!
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Whew! Those kinds of shenanigans really make me stress. I was in a similar situation trying to get to security on a flight...fairly recently...but, I can't remember where I was going or who was with me. The line from the outside check-in started as soon as you got inside the building...up the stairs and all the way to the roped maze leading to the actual security check. And the line wasn't moving. The airport staff would come to the stairs and call out flights that were going to be boarding so that people could leave the line and go to security. They didn't change the gate on us though.
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