Amtrak from Tuscaloosa

SEA_tide
Wed, 22 Apr 2015 20:22:23 +0000

It’s very difficult to get lost in the Birmingham airport as the airport only has 18 gates and 4-5 baggage carousels. It’s nothing like LAX, Washington Dulles, or other large airports. I like the idea of dropping ones student off at the airport so they can walk through a typical check in process, though with mobile boarding passes it has become as simple as finding the correct security line. You can wait for them in the cell phone lot and have them call you when they have “arrived” at baggage claim. Airports typically have good signage and people working at the airport will generally know the location of certain features like terminals, restrooms, baggage claim, etc. Look at the monitors for specific information about ones flight.

When looking at the tome involved, flying is almost always going to be quicker and is usually cheaper. Many people I know used to drive 700+ miles to their winter homes and now fly because it’s so much quicker and is often cheaper. The cost of gas and maintenance required to drive 4+ hours to meet a train is going to be very similar to the $200 extra to fly roundtrip into a regional airport near ones home.