11-06-2016, 06:43 PM
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#1101
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Madman
I guess a drawback to the modular design. We were 20 min early, so this is maybe why.
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It's been a recurring problem, they'll get it sorted out. If they have an international flight land inboard of a domestic then they have to wait to disembark... schedules get padded in the winter to account for weather but when it's nice, stuff starts coming 30 min early and it gets messy.
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11-06-2016, 08:02 PM
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#1102
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Olympic Guru
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: PL1
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Originally Posted by Amethyst
Hmm.... that is annoying. And not very environmentally friendly. I can't remember where, but when I was travelling recently, an airport had water bottle filling stations and each time you used it, it increased the number of water bottles saved from the landfill. If they wanted to keep up with airport trends, I think this one is a step in the wrong direction.
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Had a connection in Chicago in September and they had this option in the international terminal. Unfortunate that our new terminal doesn't have this
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11-06-2016, 11:17 PM
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#1103
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by CofR
Had a connection in Chicago in September and they had this option in the international terminal. Unfortunate that our new terminal doesn't have this
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Probably cuts into the bottled water sales. Gotta keep the shopping up...
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11-06-2016, 11:44 PM
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#1104
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Brisbane
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Disgusting they don't have any water fountains and expect you to pay around $4 for a bottle.
I had a layover in Fiji a while back and was trying to find somewhere in that dump of an airport to fill up my water bottle. Finally ended up using the sink in the bathroom, took a couple sips, then realised I should not be drinking tap water from a third world airport and promptly bought bottled water.
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11-07-2016, 08:36 AM
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#1105
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Amethyst
Hmm.... that is annoying. And not very environmentally friendly. I can't remember where, but when I was travelling recently, an airport had water bottle filling stations and each time you used it, it increased the number of water bottles saved from the landfill. If they wanted to keep up with airport trends, I think this one is a step in the wrong direction.
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SLC has these stations outside of almost every restroom.
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11-07-2016, 08:39 AM
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#1106
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
all the strugglers looking at whiskey bottles sucked at 6am.
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I would have thought you meant stragglers but strugglers works perfectly fine in this context 
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11-07-2016, 08:40 AM
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#1107
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by GreatWhiteEbola
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Is this the area with all the photos people are talking about? I don't seem to remember anything like that when travelling to the US. This looks like the new YYC Link so did they turn it into a parking garage?
Last edited by Hack&Lube; 11-07-2016 at 08:43 AM.
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11-07-2016, 08:46 AM
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#1108
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Amethyst
Hmm.... that is annoying. And not very environmentally friendly. I can't remember where, but when I was travelling recently, an airport had water bottle filling stations and each time you used it, it increased the number of water bottles saved from the landfill. If they wanted to keep up with airport trends, I think this one is a step in the wrong direction.
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They don't care about the environment. They only care about selling you more bottled drinks because you have no choice.
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11-07-2016, 08:51 AM
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#1109
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by FireGilbert
Disgusting they don't have any water fountains and expect you to pay around $4 for a bottle.
I had a layover in Fiji a while back and was trying to find somewhere in that dump of an airport to fill up my water bottle. Finally ended up using the sink in the bathroom, took a couple sips, then realised I should not be drinking tap water from a third world airport and promptly bought bottled water.
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Did they sell Fiji water?
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11-07-2016, 09:13 AM
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#1110
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Victoria, BC
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Originally Posted by GreatWhiteEbola
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This picture solidifies Calgary's place as a rinkydink small town for years to come. What a genuinely stupid transport system.
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11-07-2016, 09:18 AM
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#1111
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Who designed those things? Why do they need a roof? Is it raining in the new terminal?
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11-07-2016, 09:42 AM
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#1112
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Who designed those things? Why do they need a roof? Is it raining in the new terminal?
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Some idiot saw some shiny new things to blow our taxes and airport fees on and didn't really think about usability.
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11-07-2016, 10:05 AM
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#1113
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Is this the area with all the photos people are talking about? I don't seem to remember anything like that when travelling to the US. This looks like the new YYC Link so did they turn it into a parking garage?
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Haha that's the old US Customs area. That can't be the final place for those things . . . It has to be temporary . . . I hope . . ..
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11-07-2016, 10:24 AM
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#1114
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Victoria, BC
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I just love how they're employing 20 people to drive those things around.
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11-07-2016, 10:26 AM
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#1115
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yes, the airport finally has johnny cabs!!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Is this the area with all the photos people are talking about? I don't seem to remember anything like that when travelling to the US. This looks like the new YYC Link so did they turn it into a parking garage?
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11-07-2016, 10:34 AM
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#1116
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Who designed those things? Why do they need a roof? Is it raining in the new terminal?
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I'm no engineer but it may be for structural reasons and would allow them to otherwise keep the weight of the vehicles down. Similar to convertible vs. regular cars.
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11-07-2016, 10:37 AM
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#1117
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Franchise Player
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No way that droopy dog tongue is structural.
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11-07-2016, 01:16 PM
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#1118
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Calgary
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I had to fly out to Saskatoon yesterday, so I went a little early to check out the pre-security area of the new terminal. It looks great and feels spacious and open. Post security, I went up to the new C "swing" gates. Nothing overly impressive, unfortunately. I'm sure that the true terminal is nicer, but those gates looked fairly average. I suppose that they are functional enough and give the airlines some flexibility with their schedules, and that's what counts.
Next, I headed to my gate: C33. That should be in the C concourse, I thought. Nope. I discovered that I actually needed to follow the signs to B concourse. Even the sign directly above the gate is still B33. Not a big deal for me personally because I was early and was exploring anyway, but I do feel that they've really botched the lettering of the gates. There are C gates on D/E (swing gates), C, and B. And the C gates on B are still all labelled B. So to go to C33, you need to either walk to the B concourse, or take the silly YYC Link thing and get off at the B station. Everything about the gate (concourse, signage, link stop, etc.) is B, yet they call it C33.
I feel for a traveler who is unfamiliar with the airport trying to make a connection. I wish that they'd just letter the gates based on their physical concourse, or drop the letters entirely. There is only one gate 33, so having C33 on B concourse is unnecessarily confusing. Call it B33 or just 33.
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11-07-2016, 03:22 PM
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#1119
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In the Sin Bin
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Flying through customs in less than a minute sure was nice. Looks like we figured out with computer systems what Toronto was struggling with for at least a couple years.
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11-07-2016, 03:24 PM
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#1120
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Franchise Player
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Anyone flown to the USA before 7 am out of the new terminal yet?
When does customs open?
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