I Hate the Edmonton Airport
Christina
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The last thing anyone wants to do is spend hours in an airport. It’s even worse when you’re exhausted at the end of a trip, had insomnia a few nights on the trip and had to do the milk run to get home. I had stupid delays on the way there too, but on the way home it was worse. I ended up in the Edmonton Airport for 6.5 hours in the middle of the night.
The first annoyance is that there’s no hotel attached to the airport — the closest ‘airport’ hotel is a shuttle ride away, and for such a short time it’s not worth it. I was considering seeing if there was a cheap rate if a hotel was attached to the airport, but not if I have to shuttle there, that effectively reduces the time I can spend crashed out.
The second annoyance? That they charge for WiFi. Vancouver and Denver both give the travelers free WiFi. I refuse to pay roughly $10 for a few hours. They have no options for, say, 1 or 2 hours of WiFi. At least with shorter options we’d get a price break and wouldn’t pay for 24 hours of access when we only need a short amount connectivity. Needless to say I didn’t spend the money.
Anyhow, I planned to go through to the gate and sleep on the row of chairs until morning, but apparently the gate area closes for a few hours and they wouldn’t let me stay there. This seems a little dumb to me, since I already had no choice but to stay at the airport. They sent me up to this ‘observation lounge’ where I tried to crash for a few hours. That was only semi-effective. I did nap, but not well. I had no blanket, and don’t really need it to nap well, but it got so cold up there that I kept waking up. So, now, I’m still exhausted.
Then I get to the security. I don’t understand the inconsistency of the screening. Are they just bored? Do I look scary or like a risk? I’ve been through screening with the same bag of liquids in multiple airports over the last few days and EVERY airport was fine with it — in fact, most didn’t have the ‘labelled’ bags easily available. This one? They made me leave the screening area, transfer the liquids to one of their bags and only one. I understand if that is the regulation, but really? If it is the regulation, why the hell aren’t the other airports: Vancouver, Austin, Denver all applying it too?
I’ve been through this airport many a time and every time it sucks. I hate this airport. And, I hate Aeroplan for booking this stupid stupid schedule for me. I like the travel points but I really hate this flight schedule. Every time I fly on points I end up with a stupid set of flights. I think, as soon as I can, I will switch to a different travel points card — one with more flexibility. I’m sure there must be a website out there that compares the points offered and redeemed between systems. There has to be a better deal out there than this.
Oh and one more airport question?!?! Why the hell are there birds inside? (I tried getting a photo but people walked past and scared them before I could)
carly
re: birds in airport.
i asked this too (about vancouver airport) because i thought it was a taped chirping recording
evidently they made homes while the building was going on, and they didn’t notice until the roof was in, decided to let em stay.
carly
re: birds in airport.
i asked this too (about vancouver airport) because i thought it was a taped chirping recording
evidently they made homes while the building was going on, and they didn’t notice until the roof was in, decided to let em stay.
Melanie
You’re back, you’re back, you’re back!
Yeah, about the birds. Plus some might flit in through doors, and not find their way out again.
Melanie
You’re back, you’re back, you’re back!
Yeah, about the birds. Plus some might flit in through doors, and not find their way out again.
Gyspy Queen
I’ve seen birds in just about every airport I have been in. Bizarre.
And confess…you LOVE Edmonton :p
I think skype is in order here. Sorry about Edmonton, but the rest of your trip, from what I infer on fb was awesome! (Austin’s a pretty cool place!)
Gyspy Queen
I’ve seen birds in just about every airport I have been in. Bizarre.
And confess…you LOVE Edmonton :p
I think skype is in order here. Sorry about Edmonton, but the rest of your trip, from what I infer on fb was awesome! (Austin’s a pretty cool place!)
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