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When deciding on an airport the things you should consider are:
#1 Do you have a choice in airports, in most cases, unless you own your own plane the answer is no.
#2 How is the parking? At Mccarren, it's easy breezy. $14 a day for long term, and the garage is only a walkway away from the terminal.
#3 How is passenger pick up? At Mccarren, it's pretty easy. Traffic is rarely backed up to the point that cars can't get through, and even though they say no waiting, everyone does and it doesn't seem to cause a huge problem.
#4 How is the drop-off? At Mccarren it's like playing frogger with the taxis. You have to have a little patience and it's best to keep to the far left lane until you're close to your airline.
#5 How is the Check-in service? If you're carrying on it's great. There are kiosks all over with every airline in that terminal all in one. Print your boarding pass and go. If you need to check your luggage you may want to consider skycap - there are a couple of counters for each airline and the lines there seem to move fast.
#6 How is baggage claim? At Mccarren, you have to check the monitors frequently. They will often change up which carousel your bags arrive on - I think they do this to see who started their drinking on their flight in.
#7 How is security? At Mccarren it really depends on the time of day but it's usually not too bad. If you are flying 1st or business class they have a fly-by lane. But there are several security lanes and the line seems to move fast.
#8 How are the restaurants and shops? Mccarren, really has a little of everything. If you're craving it, they have it. Starbucks, Pretzels, Pizza, Nachos, cigars, chocolates, flavored air, etc.
What else should you know about Mccaren? Terminal 3 is all international flights plus Alaska, Frontier, Hawaiian, JetBlue, Sun Country, Virgin and United. It can be a bit confusing if you haven't flown in or out of it before. Both terminal 1 and 3 have trams that can take you to the gates, but you have to pay attention to the signs when leaving terminal 3 or you'll end up at the wrong baggage claim.
Tip: no matter which terminal you're flying out of, wear a pedometer - you're bound to get a ton of steps in, this airport is HUGE!
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