Airport Etiquette: Rules for Navigating the Airport
Ava dives into the messy world of airport etiquette. Whether you're a seasoned traveler or a first-time flier, navigating the airport can sometimes feel overwhelming…but knowing the written and unwritten airport rules helps.
Episode Summary
Ava dives into the messy world of airport etiquette. Whether you're a seasoned traveler or a first-time flier, navigating the airport can sometimes feel overwhelming…It’s giving chaos. To hell with the rhetoric that the airport is a ‘lawless’ place with no rules. There are actually lots of rules, written and unwritten, and it benefits us as passengers to follow airport etiquette.
A surprising amount of this airport etiquette actually starts at home before you even step foot inside the airport, like checking in online and familiarizing yourself with the airline's bag restrictions, finding your boarding time and level of security clearance. Ava sheds light on the dreaded "secondary security screening selection" (SSSS) and provides advice on how to handle it if you find yourself in that situation.
Moving on to the airport itself, there are plenty of dos and don'ts for checking in, checking bags, and going through security. It wouldn’t be an airport rules convo without addressing the infamous 3-1-1 liquid restrictions and defining what even constitutes a liquid according to TSA guidelines.
Between security and boarding, there are fewer written rules, but there are still important unwritten ones that often go unnoticed. Mainly, being considerate and respectful of others. At the end of the day, we all want to get where we’re heading in the smoothest way possible, and being a considerate traveler tapped into the written and unwritten rules of the airport helps.
If you want to hear about the part where you actually get on the plane, check out episode 45: Airplane Etiquette 101.
