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Re: Departure Area Photos & thoughts
[Re: Dr Phil SXM]
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12/15/2023 03:13 PM
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Thanks for the pictures. The first couple, I can't really tell what I'm looking at? Other than Bacchus and Domino's, were there any other food options available, other than chips? And there still is not a regular bar? Can you tell where there is supposed to be one?
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Re: Departure Area Photos & thoughts
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12/15/2023 03:35 PM
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Yay! I love that the seating does not have arms! And yay also for the charging stations. Thanks for the descriptions. It looks like there is a sort of regular bar with liquor, set up behind where the ladies are standing.
Of course, according to the airport and Jeff Berger, EVERYTHING was supposed to be open by now in the departure area. Doesn't look like it, by a long shot.
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Re: Departure Area Photos & thoughts
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12/16/2023 07:56 AM
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And heard that the Executive Lounge will have two floors , looking forward to that when our Family leaves next year to head back to Toronto so they can make use of via Amex Platinum free of charge .
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Re: Departure Area Photos & thoughts
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12/16/2023 10:00 AM
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Not sure why they would need two floors for the lounge, but it will be good to have that option again. I think maybe I read t there may be more services available, like showers and massages, which are available other places. If so, those are probably extra services, that one pays for in addition to the regular admission.
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Re: Departure Area Photos & thoughts
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12/16/2023 10:01 AM
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Linda--so hopefully you are home now? Where did you depart to? I hope maybe you can post a trip report when you get settled at home.
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Re: Departure Area Photos & thoughts
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12/16/2023 12:06 PM
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I know Linda got home Wednesday night late, she had the same flights that we did on Friday and updated us, and now we are also home. AA SXM to MIA and which is scheduled to land at 557pm, then in MIA to PDX direct at 8:05pm landing at PDX at 1153pm. Of course that is not what actually happens. I will let her share her flight info but I know she made it as did we. We were a bit late to MIA and then delays leaving MIA so MJ and I did not land at PDX until about 135am, we live 15 minutes from PDX and arrived home at 2am. It is a haul but nice to have a route that gets us back same day. Out of who knows how many trips over the last 20 plus years I think we have made it home only once or twice with out having to spend a night along the way, even if scheduled to make it back some delay would happen. The MIA connection had us coming into E gates and then the marathon walk to D terminal immigration and customs. Global entry went smooth and with just carry on we decided to just leave and re-enter the airport so we could use Clear and get our Clear updated to the newest version. Beats going back through the regular line downstairs by where you recheck bags, a trick we learned the last trip when in a hurry.
We got to the airport two hours prior to our flight, took us 23 minutes as stated in another post. We had a cocktail at the make shift bar upstairs and potato chips as that has become a tradition since the downstairs bar. Looking forward to more options and where there were options the lines were long which seems to be the norm at about any airport any longer.
Cheers from Vancouver Washington, the original Vancouver ! Countdown until our return has started, 85 days. T & MJ
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Re: Departure Area Photos & thoughts
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12/16/2023 02:24 PM
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Todd, glad you made it home OK., and that Linda did also.
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Re: Departure Area Photos & thoughts
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12/16/2023 02:56 PM
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As Todd stated, I flew SXM to MIA, then a nonstop from MIA to PDX. The plane was late leaving SXM. We landed in MIA at 6:30 p.m., and boarding for the flight to PDX was at 7:30 p.m. I was pretty nervous about the short time frame, but my luggage came off fairly quickly compared to prior trips. I was at the gate to PDX at 7:20 despite the long trek to D4.
Wheelchair assistance in SXM was outstanding. We left from the lower level, and wheelchair assistant wheeled me to the plane and then carried my bag up the ramp and stowed it in the overhead. Wonderful! Wheelchair assistance in MIA and PDX was fine, but SXM just had that added touch.
The flight from MIA to PDX was somewhat uncomfortable: six hours in a fairly small plane. Even though I was in first class I yearned for the reclining seats/pods that you get on a 770. I have to weigh the convenience of getting home the same day I leave SXM with the lack of comfort on the nonstop. Getting home same day probably wins by a slight margin.
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Re: Departure Area Photos & thoughts
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12/16/2023 03:41 PM
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I get where you're coming from, getting home the same day is a good thing, even if it's really late. Too bad that the Miami flight is not getting a jetway predictably. Glad to hear that the wheelchair assistance in Miami was at least acceptable, as that certainly has NOT been the case on several occasions in the past.
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Re: Departure Area Photos & thoughts
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12/17/2023 06:37 AM
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All that is "nice".It's the arrival part that is a mess. That's what they should have fixed first!!
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