
Originally Posted by
DutcheD
Or had bad experience!
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Darn I hated that because the qeueu after checking was so long (safety scan check and all), had to stand for 30 minutes and I wanted badly to sit in a cafe before flight and have a nice cup of coffee and ciggy. I ended up rushing to board. Whoever designed that mile long stretch of check in counters is darn stupid and they should make the directions clear in English! It's an international airport, even if the terminal is within the EU, duh.
That probably explains why the airport code is MAD?
I haven't been to sunny Spain, but of all the airports I visited, I think the LAX (Los Angeles) and JFK (New York) are just not setup for the convenient transfer of international passengers catching their domestic flights. That is, you have to physically go in and out of terminal buildings. Contrast this to say, ATL (Atlanta) where one disembarks from an international flight, pickup luggage, go through customs, all these without the hassle of going in and out of buildings.