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Welcome to r/Airport! Here, you can post text, news, and photos relating to your current airport or upcoming flight, photos of the airport you are waiting in, videos of planes taking off, complaints about baggage, delays or weather information, questions about flying, and what you're bringing along. Any other airport related posts are encouraged. Airport rants and airline jokes are also welcome!


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Renew Clear?

TLDR: which airports make it worth renewing clear membership?

I got Clear about 6-7 years ago when it was clear (har har) that it would get me through security faster than tsa precheck when I was running late for my flight. I’ve kept renewing it since my credit card paid for the renewal fee, but now I don’t have the fee reimbursement so I’m wondering if it’s worth it. Recently, DigitalID is way faster (when flying delta) and for other airlines usually the regular tsa precheck lines move faster than clear’s since the clear agents create a bottleneck. Should I renew? If the answer is “it depends”, do the benefits of Clear matter more at certain airports? (I noticed they were worth it in STL, for example, but that’s not a major hub)

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2024/11/03
03:07 UTC

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Liquids on plane

If I have say, 500ml of one liquid. Can I separate those 500ml of liquid into 5, 100 ml bottles. I just don’t know if airports won’t allow a lot of the same liquid

3 Comments
2024/11/02
21:29 UTC

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Need advice for SeaTac

Arriving from Seoul via Korean Air at 9:00am. Next flight to Phoenix via Delta Airlines was originally scheduled at 11:45 but has been pushed an hour earlier to 10:45. Do we have enough time?

5 Comments
2024/11/02
20:14 UTC

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IQOS on airplane

I’m going on a school trip to Germany from Greece and I am underaged for smoking (16). Can I bring my IQOS device on the plane with 4-5 packs of terea with me?

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2024/11/02
17:42 UTC

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O'Hare Secure Airside Bus

Tight connection tonight and have to go from terminal 1 to 5. I found this online but has anybody done it? Rather than exit and take the tram and have to re-enter security, there is apparently an airside bus taking connecting passengers to terminal 5. Can anyone verify? TIA.

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2024/11/02
13:38 UTC

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What to buy from Munich duty-free?

I am travelling from Munich to Delhi, and want to buy some gifts for family. Mostly stuff which would be more expensive in India, like chocolates and luxury products.

4 Comments
2024/11/02
10:19 UTC

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Recent Flight cancellations?

Someone I know was supposed to go to Bahamas on the 6th for a vacation his girlfriend set up as a surprise. They got a notification today that ALL American Airlines will be canceling flights for that day cause they're expecting something bad to happen after the election results?

Any ideas what's going on? Predictions? Assumptions? Let's conspiracy the shit out of this and see if one might be true. Ready? Go.

6 Comments
2024/11/02
02:23 UTC

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Piercings

Hi! I have a very simple question that no one seems to be able to give me as straight answer for. I have had to take piercings out in the past to go through metal detectors, but I recently got my first face piercing and I got my belly button repeirced. They won’t be healed by my flight time, does anyone know if they’ll make me remove them despite not being healed? Would it help if I replaced them with the temporary plastic kinds? Thanks in advance!!

3 Comments
2024/11/01
19:52 UTC

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Need help ATL AIRPORT

So I am flying with Ethiopian airlines, and I am taking the Marta Train to get to the Airport. And I’m guessing it will automatically take me to the domestic side. So how can I get to the international side without taking a shuttle. I have 1 checked luggage, can someone help guide me.

10 Comments
2024/11/01
19:20 UTC

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New to International Travel

Hi everyone, I’m flying from Boston to Oslo, Norway in February. There aren’t any direct flights and I’d have a 1 hour layover in Copenhagen. I’ve never had an international connecting flight before and was wondering if the hour would be enough to get to my next flight. As well, would I need to go through customs or security check again once in Copenhagen before boarding again?

2 Comments
2024/11/01
07:20 UTC

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What do these symbols mean?

I recently came home from holidays, and noticed these marks on one of the suitcases.

Does anyone know what they are?

Initially I was expecting to be pulled aside but after collecting the suitcases I walked straight out. There was nothing in there of any significance.

I’ve never seen this happen before, or even heard about anyone having these in their luggage 🤷🏽‍♀️

6 Comments
2024/11/01
01:57 UTC

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Flying out of Dulles for an international 5AM flight; how early is too early?

Anticipating a 45-minute Uber ride this early in the morning. Even though the Dulles website says the main check-in counter opens at 3AM, historically the workers don't start arriving till close to 3:45-4AM. Would arriving at 3:30 be okay? Or is that still too early?

4 Comments
2024/10/31
19:39 UTC

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Dublin Airport post security Beer shop

Hi there. Just wondering if there are shops after security in Dublin airport that sell cans of beer? From memory I think there might be but not 100% sure

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2024/10/31
10:13 UTC

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Is there a way to get a taxi from fiumicino airport past midnight ?

Landed in rome fiumicino a dozens times in T3 between midnight and 1am and never succeded to get a taxi in a “normal” way (queuing up / ordering it on the phone). Its usually crowded with confused tourists with a couple clueless members of staff, that can’t really help you. Most of the time I had to split a taxi with strangers (which I don’t mind) but had to wait at least half an hour. Cab services like uber and freenow don’t work, I guess because fiumicino cab drivers want to drive to the capital.

Is there a better option ?

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2024/10/29
23:39 UTC

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Does someone know the frequency at ground east at Oslo Airport Gardemoen?

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2024/10/28
18:55 UTC

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What Airport is this 1993 Footage From?

Washington D.C.? New Jersey? Any help would be appreciated.

4 Comments
2024/10/26
17:20 UTC

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Shops at London Heathrow

Hello! Do you guys know if any of the airport shops sell beer? I am looking for a specific one, Neck Oil, from Beavertown breweries. Thanks in advance!

9 Comments
2024/10/26
13:57 UTC

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Airport liquid scanner

Does the liquid scanner in airport makes drink and food unsafe after analyzing it?

12 Comments
2024/10/26
02:43 UTC

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question about bringing vape in a carry-on

I'm Swedish and I'm flying in my country, I'm underage and I'm wondering if the airport security can take my vape or inform my parents.

2 Comments
2024/10/25
15:57 UTC

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Airline changed time of flight that seems to have made my connection unmakeable

I’m flying home from EBL to EDI on Sunday. It originally went,

EBL 0500 hours - SAW ~0730 hours SAW 0920 hours - EDI 1105 hours

however, a few days ago our travel agency called us and told us our first flight time had changed. It was now

EBL 0750 hours - SAW ~1020 hours

I checked the flight status online and it indeed had changed, but our second flight from SAW to EDI hasnt changed time yet, still displaying 0920 hours. There seems to be no other flights for the next 2 days at least and now i’m worried.

Both flights are with the same airline. Will the second flight be delayed?

4 Comments
2024/10/25
15:13 UTC

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Can I take moving sand art on the plane?

Probably not the place to post this but I am not sure we're else to ask. But I bought some moving sand art that has both liquid and sand in it with out thinking about how I am going to take it on the plane so I am wondering if there is a way to take it on the plane?

1 Comment
2024/10/25
14:30 UTC

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First time flying solo

Hi! So tomorrow I leave for Spain for two weeks. I’m autistic and don’t do well in crowds or hectic situations like airports. I’ve never flown solo and I’ve never flown international. I’m flying Cincinnati->London, then London-> Barcelona Can anyone give me a rundown in the simplest terms but with detail too? Like if I go through customs in London, will I also go through it in BCN? I’m just nervous. Thanks ahead of time!

5 Comments
2024/10/25
03:27 UTC

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2024/10/24
11:40 UTC

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Can/Will we get banned from the airport?

Hi y’all, my dad had an altercation (not physical) at a Texas airport last night where their transportation manager accused him of trying to hit her with his car. Granted he was driving somewhat recklessly but he’d made a sharp merge to try to get to me, not seeing the manager who was not vested like the other transportation staff, and got too close to her. She then called police but prior to police arriving, she started saying some racist stuff to my dad. When the police arrived, I tried to explain the situation more calmly than my dad, after which they informed us that he didn’t commit a crime so it’s fine and we can lodge a complaint with the airport. But, the manager got the police to make us give her pictures of our IDs.

I’m worried that we’ll be banned from that airport and how that would work. Also, given the racist remarks she’d said to him, it feels like the escalation of the situation was targeted in some way. What’s even more worrying is that she got my ID as well, and I didn’t even do anything.

I’ve heard that they don’t always follow through on things like this, but she does have pictures of our IDs, which concerns me. Any advice on how to handle this situation?

7 Comments
2024/10/24
03:41 UTC

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Air India denied boarding

A friend was recently travelling from Mumbai to London. He was stopped while collecting the boarding pass at the Air India check in counter by Air India crew asking him where he would be staying. Naturally, he said he’d be staying with me. They refused to give him the boarding pass stating he needed a hotel reservation! In all my years of flying, the check in staff have never asked me nor do they have the right to ask where I would stay as I long as I have a valid visa and return ticket!

My friend is a bit weak in English and the staff kept on pestering him for a hotel reservation. At one point, they even asked him why he was travelling to the UK if his English isnt good! Absolutely outrageous. Since when did the airline crew become immigration officers?

9 Comments
2024/10/23
02:13 UTC

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Arriving at Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport | Poland | 02/05/22

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2024/10/22
15:44 UTC

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All the essentials in the Dublin airport restrooms

4 Comments
2024/10/22
13:46 UTC

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Can I put a Ninja portable blender in my checked luggage?

Title.

2 Comments
2024/10/22
09:20 UTC

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will i be okay if i fly domestically within california with a dispo vape?

i currently live in sacramento for school and i’ll be returning home to long beach in the winter over my winter recess. i want to fly with a weed dispo because i smoke medically (im 18). i would just land and buy a dispo in my city but the taxes on weed are so much higher compared to if i brought one with me. will i be okay if i fly with my pen in my carry on? what about edibles??

4 Comments
2024/10/22
07:42 UTC

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