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Yeah but US airports are ridiculous. There’s nowhere in the world with worse processing. I’d take Indonesia and Heathrow during a lockdown over LAX on the quie

Yeah but US airports are ridiculous. There’s nowhere in the world with worse processing. I’d take Indonesia and Heathrow during a lockdown over LAX on the quietest day of the year.

kortilla 3y ago
LAX is maybe the worst one in the US though with its constant construction. Maybe it’s different for non citizens, but I’ve had easy international transfers through SEA, SFO, ATL, DTW, JFK, and MCO.
- Mandatum 3y ago
  ATL, SFO, JFK are just as bad - just less claustrophobic.
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kelnos 3y ago
If you're just talking about immigration lines, that seems not correct at all. I've definitely seen much longer wait times at quite a few non-US airports than the non-citizen lines at most US airports. Aside from that, at least you don't have to clear immigration to leave the US. I always thought it was super weird that you need "permission" to leave many other countries, which adds a bunch more unpredictable time to the airport experience, beyond what's already there with the security lines. And LAX is not exactly a great example; it's one of the worst airports in the US. SFO, EWR, IAD, and even JFK (to name a few) aren't anywhere near as bad, and are just-fine to good at some of them. And Indonesia... having to pay cash in the airport in order to be allowed to leave the country? And if you're out of rupiah by that point, they charge you much more in USD? Hell, I'd probably take LAX over that garbage. And Heathrow! Oh man, Heathrow. It's been years since I flew into, out of, or through Heathrow, so maybe things have gotten better, but what a terrible airport it was! Transferring between terminals was a pain in and of itself, not to mention the need to go through security again if you need to make a connection between certain terminals.
- Mandatum 3y ago
  > Indonesia... having to pay cash in the airport in order to be allowed to leave the country? They've had card payments since before 2019.

Yeah but US airports are ridiculous. There’s nowhere in the world with worse processing. I’d take Indonesia and Heathrow during a lockdown over LAX on the quietest day of the year.

kortilla 3y ago

LAX is maybe the worst one in the US though with its constant construction. Maybe it’s different for non citizens, but I’ve had easy international transfers through SEA, SFO, ATL, DTW, JFK, and MCO.

Mandatum 3y ago
ATL, SFO, JFK are just as bad - just less claustrophobic.

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kelnos 3y ago

If you're just talking about immigration lines, that seems not correct at all. I've definitely seen much longer wait times at quite a few non-US airports than the non-citizen lines at most US airports. Aside from that, at least you don't have to clear immigration to leave the US. I always thought it was super weird that you need "permission" to leave many other countries, which adds a bunch more unpredictable time to the airport experience, beyond what's already there with the security lines. And LAX is not exactly a great example; it's one of the worst airports in the US. SFO, EWR, IAD, and even JFK (to name a few) aren't anywhere near as bad, and are just-fine to good at some of them. And Indonesia... having to pay cash in the airport in order to be allowed to leave the country? And if you're out of rupiah by that point, they charge you much more in USD? Hell, I'd probably take LAX over that garbage. And Heathrow! Oh man, Heathrow. It's been years since I flew into, out of, or through Heathrow, so maybe things have gotten better, but what a terrible airport it was! Transferring between terminals was a pain in and of itself, not to mention the need to go through security again if you need to make a connection between certain terminals.

Mandatum 3y ago
> Indonesia... having to pay cash in the airport in order to be allowed to leave the country? They've had card payments since before 2019.