Ernie's Solo Adventures

** 5 THINGS TO SEE/DO AT ATLANTA’S HARTSFIELD-JACKSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT **


The world’s busiest airport in the world has about 275,000 travelers flying in & out daily and with some of those travelers, they are waiting on their connecting flights. You have to provide ways to keep travelers not only busy, but in the airport. Keeping the business of traveling going when the consumer can’t leave the airport, because they want to go through TSA again. So here are 5 things to see and/or do while you are in Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International.

Terminal Art Walk
Minute Suites
Eat & Plane Watching in Terminal E
Go Shopping
Just Walk Around The Airport

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** AIRPLANE SNACKS & DELTA’S NEW POLICY **


For those who haven’t heard, the most popular airline in the United States, Delta Airlines, implemented a new policy where they are not serving food & drink on flights that are less than 350 miles or 563 kilometers. Flights that are under 90 minutes in time will be the ones that are most affected by this like New York City to Boston, London to Paris, Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Rome to Naples, Los Angeles to San Francisco, and many other short hop routes.

In an appearance on “The Today Show” in the USA, Delta CEO Ed Bastian says the reason why they stopped it is because they couldn't get the service in time, most of the time. If there was turbulence at one point on the flight, then they wouldn’t have the time to do service because they would have to go back to their seats. This was the explanation given by Bastian. However, this was a sentiment that not everyone agrees with, most notably "The Points Guy", who said on the Instagram comments for this video, that they serve full meals in Europe on the same length of routes. Basically, if it can be done in Europe, why not America? However, this does bring a bigger point in mind on how reliant we are on airplane snacks.

It’s for good reason that we are reliant on them because we’re forced into spending over $5 for a 16.9oz bottle of soda & over $6 for the same amount of cookies. Remember, we can’t bring liquids through the TSA from home. There are times where we are rushing through the airport and we couldn't stop to get food or even stop at the fountain for a drink. There was backlash about this because they already feel like they are being “nickel-and-dimed” when it comes to every little cost and for once, they wanted to feel like they were getting premium service for a fair price. I will say that this does sound like entitlement, but it’s a valid feeling to have.

On the other side of the coin, Delta has said that they are having better service on longer flights and higher classes to sort of “trade off” the discontinuation of the service on the short length flights. I guess I can understand that, it seems like it’s more of a business strategy than anything. But I could be overthinking this. At the end of the day, it would be nice to have a service whenever we fly. We pay a premium price for a premium service on the number one airline in the United States. When you start taking away things that don’t necessarily need to be taken away, it starts to dilute the public perception of the service.

** MY FAVORITE FIVE US PUBLIC TRANSIT CITIES **

Public transportation is one of the most important tools that every traveler has. It’s one of the first things that I look for in a city that I’ve never been to before. I look for hotels that are within walking distance of a train station. It’s that integral to my travels. Here are my 5 favorite public transit systems in the United States.

1. Washington DC
2. Chicago
3. Boston
4. San Francisco
5. New York City

Did I miss any? Leave a comment down below.