Cardiff Airport
Lasting Impressions....
"My luggage (consisting of my dirty washing) failed to arrive off the carousel and upon complaining it was missing I was told "Its not missing sir......it's gone to Dusseldorf" - L/cpl Sykes
"i bumped into some homeless people who took me under there wing" - Robert
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A few airport reviews from the archives
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"I was out of money and instead of paying for a 45minute bus journey and returning to a vacant flat I had just moved into I decided I would wait for the next flight in the morning by staying the night at the airport. I couldn't check in a suitcase which was empty(which was be refilled in the destination country for the return journey) until then so I had to keep it around me.
While buying a drink I left the suitcase aside a table, while still in sight, as it was too big to carry with a cup and saucer. As I went towards it with the coffee a porter came towards me repeating that I was not to leave the luggage/suitcase aside. I apologised and said ok, yes, but he was very repetitive. I said ok a fourth time. About two minutes later a guard with the full kit came over to me and asked me a load of questions, which I answered. I explained why I had decided to stay the night which I was told at the ticket office would be ok, but that security would be called to me, just to see that 'i'm o'k'. I was advised to return home, which I responded that I felt more comfortable staying at the airport. I found myself having to repeatedly answer comments already spoken from repetitive questions. And of course the guard said I appeared nervous, and a bit upset, which I thought maybe I should agree to, which I did, but in reality I felt harassed and uneasy by this questioning while trying to be friendly, casual, polite, smiley etc."
by Caradoc
"I arrived at Cardiff airport sometime before dawn. I tried to check-in but the girl on the desk couldn't speak any English. After an hour or so of looking at my hand tried again but the girl had been replaced by a strange being. I can't remember much after that because of the injection the people from the big hotel gave me, but I would advise anyone going to Cardiff airport to keep their eyes open for those strange people-being-things. One more thing take a packed lunch. I took some Welsh rare-bit with mushrooms."
