Connection Between Savannah & Sacramento Has Stuff
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/concourse-b-charlotte-douglas-international-airport-charlotte?select=twL0a4h_mbKnR2SL3pu6XQ&userid=3mNz5nQFTIBQm0oU5mBR0w
SITREP
On my way back from Savannah to Sacramento, I got *passed* to Charlotte Douglas International Airport for the Travelocity *assist.*
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/concourse-b-charlotte-douglas-international-airport-charlotte?select=lUvMsgmzR0-T4Si-ML-EnQ&userid=3mNz5nQFTIBQm0oU5mBR0w
[Sidebar: though not THIS excursion, but on other's, note to self - pay better attention to Travelocity connection reservations - 40 mins or 7 HRS layovers each have their own problems.]
THE SETUP
This airport is probably where I've seen the MOST people movers! All over the place. Which begs a related question: isn't it kinda....dangerous to intersperse opposite-direction people-movers in between each other?
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/concourse-b-charlotte-douglas-international-airport-charlotte?select_video=PH0uBLShU0H1YOqte8Z2PA
I prefer when ONE direction people-mover is on one side of the skyway and the OTHER direction people-mover is on the other side - that way people don't slam into each other trying to get to the direction they need.
"TECH-SUPPORT"
Additionally, this concourse has multiple charging station throughout which I appreciated.
BILLED AS "SIX BUSIEST AIRPORT IN THE WORLD"
Yeah, I definitely saw this. And WAY too crowded to find a seat or any kind of comfortable place to stand where you don't feel like you're standing in the way.
AA
And I think I discovered at least PART of the reason why it is so unnecessarily busy: American Airlines had overbooked (yet again) and so they were looking for volunteers - not that this is a direct issue with the airport, but when you have LOTS of overbooked flights - and multiply all those passengers by each flight - that certainly increases the passenger density in the surrounding concourses.
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/concourse-b-charlotte-douglas-international-airport-charlotte?select=4fj1-5xuYwJeCVmJy1MkHQ&userid=3mNz5nQFTIBQm0oU5mBR0w
THE LOWDOWN
One of the interesting paradoxes where I believe your luggage is treated better than you are (and not that that is necessarily a BAD thing if you value your luggage getting to your destination). BTW, I wish I had had a LITTLE extra time for one of those massages, but Travelocity only gave me a 60 min connection window.
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/concourse-b-charlotte-douglas-international-airport-charlotte?select=X2H8BIt7ZErUxmOtG8iwiQ&userid=3mNz5nQFTIBQm0oU5mBR0w