what's worse than airports that have scant dining options before the check-in counters?

[PhillyB]

nothing. my brother-in-law dropped me off at dulles at 4am and my flight doesn't leave until 9pm, so i've got thirteen hours before i can check in. napping on the concrete floor and choosing between the absurdly expensive chop house and the convenience store where i can get a bag of skittles. where's a fuging wendys when you need one? there's probably eight on the other side of customs.

[Brooklyn Bully]

And you blame the airport for getting dropped off that early? Mkay.

 

And pretty sure that still beats airports in India, Iran, etc.

[Johnny Rockets]

I know TSA security lines can be a bit long at times but get dropped off 2 hours early like a normal person and not a day and a half early! 

[Darth Biscuit]

Seriously Philly, why the long wait before the flight?

 

Skittles are very nutritious fyi

[PhillyB]

i was going to take a bus up (far cheaper than flights) but my brother-in-law offered to drive me for free. i just had about $9000 of expenses broadside me in the last two weeks (blown HVAC system, blown sewer/drainage line, and car repair) so i jumped on it. i'll just sit here and work on thesis poo all day.

 

this cheddar burger is some good poo though so maybe i take back the thread

[Captroop]

Yeah, Dulles is the money airport in DC. I wouldn't complain. You could be flying out of Reagan, and then you've just got a bagel place, and a magazine stand that sells egg salad sandwiches. Try that for 13 hours.

[pstall]

You should walk around using a fake Eastern European accent looking for change and bubble gum.

[dos poptarts]

All those flyer miles and you haven't scored one of those Club/Lounge passes?

 

I'm sure you could talk your way into the United Global First lounge, drink some scotch and hors d'oeuvres. Heck you might get lucky and meet some of those leech lobbyist or strike gold and handshake with some Congress Critters. Just pretend to be one characters in the Tinderbox spectrum (except Pstall, cause neither side really cares about independents) and you'll have another chapter for your book. 

[Hawk]

two options...go through security and find out what's on the other side

 

b, catch a bus and head to town or whereever you can go.

 

the odds of me spending that many hours in an airport before a flight is slim and sweet F^%k all

[Anybodyhome]

There's no way I'm spending that much time inside the confines of an airport. Hell, you could tour most all of the Smithsonians by the time your flight is ready to board...lol

[PhillyB]

i spent 60 hours at the airport in kuala lumpur a few years back when i had a rash of bad luck with flights... but they had big cushy bench seats with low lighting on an upstairs terrace and ten restaurant options in the flight checkin terminal. take some lessons IAD

[chknwing]

well you were practically sleeping on the curb at the allpro draft party, a concrete airport floor should be nothing for you.

[CamMoon]

You would be better of leaving the airport via cab and getting food that way. 13 hours is insane bro.

[PhillyB]

i've been doing long-ass layovers for the past six years. i slept on the concrete walkway in front of the departure terminal in sulawesi, inside kuala lumpur intn'l, at the taiwan airport, LAX, in baltimore... i have found over the years that the back brace on my backpack makes a kickass pillow. long layovers are fun because i pretty much get a dozen straight hours reading, writing, or sketching maps in my journal. it's a vacation all its own.

 

i just want some goddamn cheap food, that's all