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If you have your routine down, fly during the work week (most business travel), and have precheck you can pretty reliably have your wait down to 45 minutes. I f

If you have your routine down, fly during the work week (most business travel), and have precheck you can pretty reliably have your wait down to 45 minutes. I fly a lot and usually breeze through the airport.

rtpg 9y ago
Is that possible for international flights? My impression is that you're kinda forced to get there super early. But maybe I'm doing this wrong. I'm also used to doing international flights from cities where the airport is super far away. For example Charles De Gaulle is still a 45 minute train ride away from a lot of useful stuff. DFW's a bit out there too. The dream is obstensibly Shinkansen-style "get there in the morning, leave in the evening and be back before bedtime" flows. Is that doable with smaller international flights already?
- psergeant 9y ago
  Depends on the airport. 100% possible at LCY, which is also only 20m from Canary Wharf.
  - SOLAR_FIELDS 9y ago
    It really does. I can reasonably go to Houston Hobby or Austin Bergstrom and with Precheck expect to be at the gate within 15 minutes of when I walked in the door (assuming no checked baggage). DFW or O'Hare or George Bush is an entirely different ballgame.
- karthikb 9y ago
  SFO - less than 60 minutes from SOMA to seat with (1) precheck, (2) no check in bags.
chrisseaton 9y ago
Sometimes I go through the airport in 45 minutes or even a lot less, but I still get there three hours early because the risk of not getting through in 45 minutes, and the problems it causes if I don't, are too great. Getting through in 45 minutes four times out of five doesn't help me if I miss my flight and all my travel plans are ruined the other one time out of five.
- timthelion 9y ago
  I think that there should be city center terminals at which you do check in. Then a bus would take you to the airport. The terminals could be nice, with free breakfast, and you'd sit down at a table with your laptop after going through check in. And when the bus came, you'd get on it stress free. If an airline did this, they could save a lot of passenger time and stress and it would probably be cheaper and better for the environment then faster planes.
  - chrisseaton 9y ago
    And the idea is all the passengers would be on the bus so they would delay departure if the bus was delayed? I don't think it would help much to put the check-in in the city centre though - getting into a city centre is just as prone to delay as getting to an airport, and I'd still need to leave hours for that possibility.
    - timthelion 9y ago
      Yes, all passengers would be on the buses and if a bus was delayed they would delay the plane. Oops, I forgot that in the US you don't have subways. Here in Europe, there are never, ever, delays going to the city center.
      - chrisseaton 9y ago
        I’m British, but I still wouldn’t bet thousands of pounds worth of travel plans on absolutely being able to get into London without delay.
        timthelion 9y ago
        I forgot you guys were still technically in Europe, sorry.
        chrisseaton 9y ago
nunez 9y ago
I usually get into the airport a few minutes before boarding. My emplacement process is usually ~20-25 minutes with no wait.

rtpg 9y ago

Is that possible for international flights? My impression is that you're kinda forced to get there super early. But maybe I'm doing this wrong. I'm also used to doing international flights from cities where the airport is super far away. For example Charles De Gaulle is still a 45 minute train ride away from a lot of useful stuff. DFW's a bit out there too. The dream is obstensibly Shinkansen-style "get there in the morning, leave in the evening and be back before bedtime" flows. Is that doable with smaller international flights already?

psergeant 9y ago
Depends on the airport. 100% possible at LCY, which is also only 20m from Canary Wharf.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 9y ago
  It really does. I can reasonably go to Houston Hobby or Austin Bergstrom and with Precheck expect to be at the gate within 15 minutes of when I walked in the door (assuming no checked baggage). DFW or O'Hare or George Bush is an entirely different ballgame.
karthikb 9y ago
SFO - less than 60 minutes from SOMA to seat with (1) precheck, (2) no check in bags.

chrisseaton 9y ago

Sometimes I go through the airport in 45 minutes or even a lot less, but I still get there three hours early because the risk of not getting through in 45 minutes, and the problems it causes if I don't, are too great. Getting through in 45 minutes four times out of five doesn't help me if I miss my flight and all my travel plans are ruined the other one time out of five.

timthelion 9y ago
I think that there should be city center terminals at which you do check in. Then a bus would take you to the airport. The terminals could be nice, with free breakfast, and you'd sit down at a table with your laptop after going through check in. And when the bus came, you'd get on it stress free. If an airline did this, they could save a lot of passenger time and stress and it would probably be cheaper and better for the environment then faster planes.
- chrisseaton 9y ago
  And the idea is all the passengers would be on the bus so they would delay departure if the bus was delayed? I don't think it would help much to put the check-in in the city centre though - getting into a city centre is just as prone to delay as getting to an airport, and I'd still need to leave hours for that possibility.
  - timthelion 9y ago
    Yes, all passengers would be on the buses and if a bus was delayed they would delay the plane. Oops, I forgot that in the US you don't have subways. Here in Europe, there are never, ever, delays going to the city center.
    - chrisseaton 9y ago
      I’m British, but I still wouldn’t bet thousands of pounds worth of travel plans on absolutely being able to get into London without delay.
      - timthelion 9y ago
        I forgot you guys were still technically in Europe, sorry.
        chrisseaton 9y ago

nunez 9y ago

I usually get into the airport a few minutes before boarding. My emplacement process is usually ~20-25 minutes with no wait.