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LAX Deemed Among Worst in U.S. For Making Flight Connections
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Another day, another survey finds Los Angeles International Airport unpleasant for travelers. In this case, the annual Travel Trends Survey by the Travel Leaders Group has deemed LAX the third-worst in the nation when it comes to making flight connections.
Landing behind Chicago O'Hare and New York's JFK, LAX is an airport travel agents' clients "try to avoid if making a connection," notes CBS2. But LAX did perhaps redeem itself when it comes to amenities for business travelers by ranking in the top 10.
Speaking of top 10, it's at spot #10 where Los Angeles ranks when it comes to popularity of domestic travel destinations, based on bookings. L.A. dropped from #9 last year for the same category.
Back in November, another survey ranked LAX the second most stressful airport in the country.
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And on any given day, in the absence of any scientific survey, most Angelenos and LAX travelers will rank the airport as dingy, depressing, hard to navigate, ugly, and a sad representation of our city. Meanwhile, D-list "celebs" appearing in the "Twilight" movies rank it number one for where to piss in public. Although, hey--one terminal is getting a champagne bar!
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