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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meanwhile, last week at Dulles, my DD dropped me off.  I immediately got out of the passenger seat and she popped the trunk and I got fussed at while pulling my bag out. Maximum 90 seconds. No hugs, last minute instructions.

I got home and at the arrivals pickup was three deep with cars parked there the entire 20 minutes it took DD to get from the cell phone lot to arrivals pickup— because three lanes of traffic were parked. Some with their cars turned off.  One person in front of me was next to the curb and appeared to be napping. It was a zoo, and there was zero traffic enforcement. I saw no police in 20 minutes.

So, apparently at Dulles,  departures is a car bomb scene waiting to happen, while it could never happen at arrivals.

Don’t be an A-hole and hang out at arrivals OP. Circle or wait in the cell phone lot. And YES, pay the ticket. It’s a post 9/11 security related offense at an airport in DC near the Pentagon. It may take a while, but having it outstanding will catch up with you. Don’t have it be something like getting flagged at security when you fly out of Dulles. [/quote]

Pro tip: when the arrivals level at Dulles is that packed, the departures level is almost always empty. Last couple pickups I have done at Dulles it has been like that, and I had the arriving person go upstairs and picked them up on the departures level with zero delay or hassle. Heavily recommend [/quote]

Noooo. Don’t share our secret. [/quote]

Oh my goodness, you just brought back a fond memory! My dad was with Eastern Airlines so we all flew frequently as college and grad students (employee “space available” passes). We never checked luggage because we never knew which airport we’d end up in the region. Dad way back in the 70s (I’m at the tail end of a large family) had us coming out to Departures when we landed. Of course, this had to be coordinated in advance pre-cell phone. When we were trying to depart from wherever, there was always a bank of pay phones at the gate and once everyone was boarded and seated on the plane (or if there were lots of available seats), the agent would give us the nod and we’d phone home to say we got on the flight and confirm our “Arrival at Departures” strategy.

BTW - airport ticket writers were darn aggressive back then too. We were always circling when trying to meet someone. Eventually you would have to park, walk in and have them paged on a “white courtesy phone.”[/quote]

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