What to do in a long wait at an airport?

if you travel a lot, little or almost never, I'm sure I touched you sometimeó wait más de 1 time for your connecting flightón, ¿thaté do in a long wait at an airport? In this littleñtoíI'll leave you some tips, recommendations or ideas of things you caníwhat to do in those sometimes boring hours that seem eternal.

In some of the úlast trips I made this toñor as for example FAITH 2018 or for presentationón of the fieldña Everything to fall in love, I had some long waits that felt longás longer than they were and ahí I insistedó the idea of ​​making this post.

Ideas from other trips or others that occurred to me during those waits, I will put themé in this post and I invite everyone to send their tips to [email protected] so that this post continues to grow and becomes a guía básica para tu próxth trip.

¿Whaté do in a long wait at an airport?

Sleep

The main idea that comes to mind is the image that accompaniesña is fasting. Many connecting flightsón they occur at dawn or simply, you have dreamñO. Sleeping is an excellent optionón, but not all airports have chairsófashions to launch and sleep.

There are airports where there are armrests between each chair in the waiting rooms., so lying down is impossible and sleeping sitting up is not very comfortable.óway, although the dreamñthe podríto win and you do it the same.

This optionón is good if your flight has a wait of más de 3 hours, but I caníso fall asleep and miss the flight ? .

Go crazy at Duty Free

you arrive at the airport, you have a long time to wait, ¡lets go shopping!

An excellent optionón if you have the budget to spend and buy everything, but if it is not your case, you can freely go to visit all the shops, make you interested in X product, ask for free samples and you can eveníeating something or having a ron exótico, free.

This optionón is good for short waits of up to 2 hours ?.

do spotting

Okay, If you like airplanes like meí, taking photos at the airport will help youá for time to passás ráI ask, but everything dependsá from the terminal. There are airports that do not have a view of the platform or have very strong security measures and taking photos generateá a wake up callón the algaeún security guard.

Yes at the airport that isás waiting there are no signs saying you can't do it, carry out the activity without looking so suspicious or fixed on a single airínea o avión, to theí avoid problems or misunderstandings with airport staff.

This optionón works for m waitsás de 2 hours, since I'm sure to seeás several interesting planes coming and going ?.

Enter a VIP room

It is one of the best options for long waits. enter one sala VIP allow youá rest, comer, to drink, work quietly and even take a shower, but they are generally high costs.

This in the end will dependá of airports and VIP lounges available, since some are exclusive for high-level members of loyalty programs.ón of the aerosolsícredit cards or credit cardsédito and others that sí allow entry to individuals. The values ​​I have seen range from $27 dólares up, so this is a point to evaluate.

This optionón works in waiting for más de 2 hours, so that theí you can enjoy the máximo the benefits of the VIP room ?.

just sit and wait

Another optionóIt's not just sit and wait. you can use your cell phone, tablet or laptop connected to the airport WiFi, check your social networks, call someone, play Candy Crush or similar, watch a previously downloaded series on Netflix, etc.

Hereí you have to be clear that you dependá from the batteryíto your equipment and find a charging point, that not all airports have or areán located in places incóways or you can't sit. The other is WiFi, although the great majoríoffers free unlimited internet, others are for minutes.

You can always buy WiFi for hours, but in the end it all adds upá in your budget or carry a batteryían extra to keep your cell phone working and not get bored.

A book, magazine or work earrings are also an alternativeén to sit and wait.

This optionón works on all wait durations, but it depends on your patience and hold on not moving ?.

go out on the town

One of the first ideas that come to mind when you see that your wait is longer than 4 hours, I leave this airport and I don't even wait that long. Sí, it's great idea, but you have to take into account some factors:

• Currently, the great majoríMost airports allow you to leave the terminal, Tour and return without charging you anythingún tax, but othersí they charge. In the case of a recent wait in Lima I thoughté to go out to the city, but when consulting the Lima airport They told me that I would haveíto pay a value of más de $35 dóhomes, Meanwhile in Panamá sí salí From the airport and when I entered I didn't payé anything.
• If you leave the terminal, tenderás you have to pay a taxi or bus round trip, food and shopping you may be tempted to do, everything increaseá your budget.
• Keep in mind that if you go out, you must measure time very well, since upon return you will haveás have to go through security and immigration filtersón if the flight is international, which implies that you must calculate very wellánot beás out knowing and what you need to get back in.

This idea works on scales, under my experience, greater than 4 hours, ojo ?.

¿Get fit?

An idea that passed me byó for the head is to take advantage of it to exercise. When I am in an airport, be it new or an already known one, I walk it from one side to the other and discover every cornerón. Airports are large spaces that can easily beíto reach 1 kilómeter long and if you walk it, beás exercising.

Si tu próThe next flight is a long-distance one., stretching your legs will help youá to be más tired to sleep más in the flight and your body feelá minus the ravages of a long flight and burnás some heatías.

This idea works on scales up to 2 hours, I don't think you're going to walkáI know that ?‍♂️.

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