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MD-80 Travel: Just Get Drunk at the Airport

4/10/2008 at 4:41 PM
Tags: Drinking, Bars, Airports (all tags)

Flying American Airlines on one of those much-maligned MD-80s? You might need to get drunk at the airport to deal with the delays--and the fear of flying on a plane that might have some bogus wiring.

Luckily, Gridskipper has put together a great guide on where to booze at the airports aside from those token airport bars.

Some tips we didn't know? Inside those clubs usually reserved for members and first/business passengers, staffers wield free drink tickets which are usually a one ticket per person kind of deal. But Gskip says you can get around that.

If they like you, they'll slip you more than one. If you can't schmooze a drinks ticket, zero in on those blessed people who did and strategically position yourself next to them, so when they're running to catch their flight, they'll (hopefully) leave them on their table.

Another tip is the food court where salesmen tend to sit and drink their faces off. And you can always sit in the parking lot with a flask. if you have to resort to that, maybe the other AA might be a better stop.

Related Stories:
· How To: Getting Drunk at the Airport [Gridskipper]
· Drinking coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo of Heathrow drinking: James Cridland]