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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So ... folks have been alluding to this, but I want to ask head on:

Because BWI has fewer int'l flights, is it faster/easier to get through customs/immigration? I get anxious just thinking about the customs lines at IAD, post long-a$$ exhausting flight from abroad. [/quote]
for us, yes, BWI was faster.   Had friends/family tell stories of getting off an intl flight at IAD and the lines thru immigration was like 3 hours long.[/quote]

We sat in a 2+ hour line for immigration at IAD recently. The space was a fire code hazard - they held people on the people mover and mezzanine - regardless of whether you were GE or anything else. You weren't moving until people in the queues moved. It was hot, no wheelchairs for handicapped or elderly, so many exhausted kids. The worst I have ever experienced. Granted we don't fly internationally thru BWI as regularly as IAD - primarily because there aren't many options - but when we have - immigration, never, ever took 2+ hours. In the past BWI's luggage issues were their Achilles heel, but even that has improved significantly.

We pick the airport based on where we are heading - but primarily use BWI or DCA. [/quote]

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