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| - I don't like airports in general. I just want to get to where I'm headed, y'know? But the Pittsburgh airport, which was my home airport for the past three years, made traveling relatively painless.
One time it turned out that a friend and I were flying out the same day to different destinations and on different airlines, and because all the airlines are connected, we could hang out before boarding time. We couldn't have done this if we had been at a larger airport.
The food court's got some decent options. My favorite may be Currito, the burrito place where you can some healthy-ish grub. As for the other shops, the Rite Aid is always handy, and I've enjoyed getting my free monthly piece of chocolate at the Godiva store as a Godiva Rewards Club member. (The program's free by the way--if you fly in and out of PIT regularly, you might want to consider getting in on this.) You can also admire the Mister Rogers exhibit and various Pittsburgh-themed statues.
My least favorite thing is that the airport is a ways out from Pittsburgh proper, but that can't be helped considering how hilly Pittsburgh is. If you have friends picking you up, short-term parking is very, very inexpensive ($1 for less than a hour, last I checked?). Parking for longer periods of time is affordable, too. The 28X bus is a long ride back to Pittsburgh, but it IS a free ride if you have a Pitt or CMU ID.
I probably won't be flying in and out of PIT for the foreseeable future, but we had some good times together.
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