USAir at MIA

I just have to say guys, that the new US Air wing at the Miami International Airport is PIMP. Since I most frequently fly to NC, USAir is usually the way I go since it is a hub. For years, the service has always been better than American going out of Miami, the lines are always shorter and as a result I generally am less stressed about the process.

But my biggest complaint has been that there's nothing to do at the terminal. To my pleasant surprise, that has been remedied. There is both a Starbucks and an Illy cafe (Illy being one of my favorite brands of coffee, BTW.) There is also a small food court, several stores and a place to get a quick manicure.

There are also the round docking stations for phones, laptops, etc and flat screen TVs.

Super awesome. Oh yeah, and did I mention that getting into the airport didn't make me want to tear my hair out? That the employees were actually nice? I could write for hours about how much I hate flying out of Miami through American Airlines because of their entire staff's total hatred for their jobs and customers, which would explain why so many people get bad impressions of the MIA Airport. But I won't.

Miami Travel

I was going through some photos and found this one of the plane I went on from when I went away a couple of months ago:

Shopping at the Airport

I went this morning to the airport and was pleasantly surprised at what you can do while you are waiting for someone to leave. Usually when I travel to MIA,

I am either in a hurry to get to my gate or am picking someone up outside, so today due to the storm, I thought it would be a good idea if I accompanied my guest in to check on the status of his flight. While there, we visited Cafe Versailles, watched the dudes at the Nokia store throw a dance party and found a new pashmina in one of the gift shops. They had great Miami shirts too - not touristy at all. I almost got one but already had my eye on the pashmina. I've found others there too coming back from flights. Who knew the airport had all this and more?

Other airport pashminas:

I hear it's made vast improvements and looks like it is continuing in that direction. There's a blog on Miami and transportation (Transit Miami), so my next question is when are they going to (if they are) connect the metrorail to the airport? It can't be completely impossible.