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MD-80 Travel: Just Get Drunk at the Airport

April 10, 2008 at 4:41 PM | by juliana | 2 Comments

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]

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  1. DragonflyDreaming

    Jaunted Member

    Bad idea...

    Last time I was with someone at an airport that decided to get drunk I learned the hard way you don't travel (and drink) with people who can't handle their booze. Let's just say we're lucky we made it BACK on the plane at JFK w/o intimately getting to know some Air Marshalls. Never again. Even if the booze IS free.
    April 10, 2008 at 5:22 PM
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  1. NathanMidgley

    Jaunted Member

    Doooooom Baaaarrrr!

    The beer on the far left is A++ stuff. Named after a treacherous sandbank off Padstow on the north coast of Cornwall, since you ask...

    I like having a couple of beers at the airport, but it depends when and where. Departure lounge bars at Heathrow, at night, during peak package holiday season: no thanks.

    April 11, 2008 at 8:27 AM
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