Drinking in airports?

[Mama Coosa]

Who here flies often? Do you find yourself seeking the comfort of the bar nearest your gate versus the icky crowded chairs around the gate that don't have beer?

I do.

:cheers

[tangentgirl]

Yes indeed. I was at the airport just this week, stopped for a delicious cerveza, and dangit if the 75 year old bartender didn't upsell me on a shot of Jameson's. I almost never have shots, and certainly not on my own, but somehow being at the airport made it ok.

[Becky]

You bet. Somehow, a beer in an airport bar makes the whole experience more tolerable.

[westtexas]

Cheers to beer in airports. Last time I flew to SLC - I stopped in the bar at 9 a.m. in Denver and had me a couple of nice cold ones. Met a nice Marine too and struck up quite a conversation while waiting for my flight. So much fun!

[azfiddle]

tangentgirl- I don't fly often and am not usually in airports during drinking hours, but had to comment- a shot of Jameson's can be a mighty tasty bit of sippin' whisky in the right circumstances (usually during and Irish music session at the pub...)

[tangentgirl]

So true, azfiddle. Combine it with a well-poured Guinness and it will almost bring a tear to the eye.

[RubyTuesday]

Hmmmm. Good idea. I am fling home across country in six days. I think I might try that chair!

[ny biker]

I never drink before a flight. I'm too concerned with things like trying to stay awake if it's an early flight, not getting dehydrated on the plane but also not desperately needing a trip to the bathroom when the seatbelt sign is on, keeping my immune system up so I don't get sick from all the sneezing and coughing going on around me, etc etc. Boring yes, but that's how it is.

[Biciclista]

I don't drink but i have read that drinking alcohol makes the flight harder on your body -- dehydration. Dehydration will happen to just about everyone who flies into mile high territory, but if you have been consuming alcohol, it is worse.

Surprised to know that others see this so very differently.

[jessmarimba]

I occasionally drank before a flight when the company still allowed alcohol...now I can't afford it.

If I get bumped to first class you can bet I'm having a glass of wine though.

[jyyanks]

I'm a nervous flyer so a glass of red wine right before the flight helps ease the nerves :)

[Tokie]

I'm usually hoping to avoid needing to use the airplane toilets, so would avoid the beer,caffeine or much of any volume of liquid! Well, I don't really drink much either, so I might talk way too much & be giddy. Tokie

[ClockworkOrange]

I only fly once or twice a year and in recent years because of various medication, rarely drink, only because one drink can almost put me down on the floor. :rolleyes:

What I do love to do at the airport is just people watch, maybe I am just nosey by nature.

Equally I dislike sat around crowds of people.

[lph]

I fly regularly and while I like flying I find the constant people push around me stressful. So I'm the one hunkered down in the farthest quietest corner pretending not to be there, zoning out with classical music and a good book... I get dehydrated too so I avoid alcohol.

[OakLeaf]

I enjoy my beer, wine and mixed drinks, but the only time I'll drink while flying is the glass of wine you (used to?? it's been a while) get with dinner on a transatlantic flight. Between the dehydration, the bad air and the disorientation, it's the last thing my body needs.

[westtexas]

I'm a nervous flyer so a glass of red wine right before the flight helps ease the nerves :)

+1. This is why I have a beer or two. And then you buy a bottle of water to drink on the plane. If the flight's under 3 hours you won't even have to use the bathroom.

[ny biker]

+1. This is why I have a beer or two. And then you buy a bottle of water to drink on the plane. If the flight's under 3 hours you won't even have to use the bathroom.

Maybe you won't, but I will.

[indysteel]

Maybe you won't, but I will.

Me, too!!! Being on a plane is like a cue to my bladder to become even more overactive.

[westtexas]

Me, too!!! Being on a plane is like a cue to my bladder to become even more overactive.

Ah well... many years of long bus trips with no available facilities and being the only woman (well, girl at the time) in the group taught my bladder to buck up and wait :D

[Crankin]

I usually have that glass of wine on flights to Europe, or if I'm in first class (now that DH doesn't fly so much, not very often).
I don't usually drink on my trips to Phx and San Diego, but it doesn't mess me up to have one drink, any more than if I had it at home!
I just can't be perfect all of the time and worry about dehydration, having to pee, etc. I will get up to go if the seatbelt sign is on... really, I've never been stopped. I wouldn't do it in turbulence, but other times, yes.

[OakLeaf]

Oh goodness, the last thing I'm doing is trying to be perfect.

It's just that there are some things that make me feel so sick that I don't even desire them one little bit. Ice cream is one. Alcohol at 35,000 feet is another.

[zoom-zoom]

Me, too!!! Being on a plane is like a cue to my bladder to become even more overactive.

I think it's the vibration. I swear I have to pee FAR more when I'm in the car than I would just sitting at home. I think the vibration sets-off bladder contractions...enough where I can feel like I have to pee like a racehorse, even if I really don't have an overly full bladder.

[westtexas]

I think it's the vibration. I swear I have to pee FAR more when I'm in the car than I would just sitting at home. I think the vibration sets-off bladder contractions...enough where I can feel like I have to pee like a racehorse, even if I really don't have an overly full bladder.

Then whatever you do, don't come to west Texas. You'd go out to ride with me and we'd have to stop every 10 feet :D The roads here are so bad and even with full carbon I get quite a buzz from the crappy paving.

[zoom-zoom]

Then whatever you do, don't come to west Texas. You'd go out to ride with me and we'd have to stop every 10 feet :D The roads here are so bad and even with full carbon I get quite a buzz from the crappy paving.

Ha, we have chipseal roads like that here in MI. I know where all the big trees and shrubs are! And, really, it HAS been better since I went from aluminum to carbon. I had to pee mid-ride a LOT more last year! :eek:

[pll]

I think it's the vibration. I swear I have to pee FAR more when I'm in the car than I would just sitting at home. I think the vibration sets-off bladder contractions...enough where I can feel like I have to pee like a racehorse, even if I really don't have an overly full bladder.

I think it is the *boredom* of being in a plane (or driving). In a long flight (my longest non stop flights have been close to 16 hours), I'm looking for *any* excuse to get up and walk around.

[indysteel]

Ah well... many years of long bus trips with no available facilities and being the only woman (well, girl at the time) in the group taught my bladder to buck up and wait :D

My bladder has changed with age. I'm not se old you are, don't be surprised if your ability to hold it in changes in time.

[Aggie_Ama]

I have had a beer once in an airport before we flew to Seattle. It was kind of a celebratory, raise my glass to my Nanny. When she passed we (DH and I) received a very small portion of her life insurance. We chose to take a trip somewhere she would have enjoyed and chose Seattle because she loved water and rain, she also loved a good drink. Although I couldn't stomach a bourbon and coke (her fav), we did toast her memory with a Shiner Bock. Otherwise we're too cheap for overpriced airport fare.

[malkin]

The first time I was at the SLC airport, I stopped at the snack place for a beer, and the clerk looked both ways, and served me a beer with one of those paper boats that a hot dog comes in. "If anyone asks, just say you ate the hot dog."

The law required food to be ordered with a beer.

[Grog]

I discovered these last few years that any red wine intake in the 6 hours prior to a flight (or during one) will promptly be rejected through vomiting as soon as the plane takes off. I don't know about beer. I have no idea how come this started happening to me, and it took me a while to link cause to effect, but I just don't want to risk it anymore. Yuk. :(

[skinimini]

I discovered these last few years that any red wine intake in the 6 hours prior to a flight (or during one) will promptly be rejected through vomiting as soon as the plane takes off. I don't know about beer. I have no idea how come this started happening to me, and it took me a while to link cause to effect, but I just don't want to risk it anymore. Yuk. :(

Oh Grog how awful for you--I think I would abstain from anything!

For me, bloody Mary as we speak!

[Jolt]

I can't say I've ever gone to the bar and had a drink in the airport--usually if I am flying somewhere it's in the morning so it's just not a time that it would appeal to me. The one time I drank the glass of wine on a transatlantic flight it gave me quite a buzz...and it really wasn't that pleasant. Apparently alcohol hits a lot harder at 35,000 feet. It didn't do that much to help me relax and sleep on the plane either like I thought it would, even despite the fact that I had also taken a Benadryl at the beginning of the flight to try and help with that (which it really didn't). The moral of the story is that I think on future flights I'll steer clear of any alcohol. I'd rather be in full possession of my faculties in that situation anyway in case there's an emergency...I think that's part of why I didn't like how the glass of wine made me feel on that flight.

[macski]

I fly frequently for work - usually at least twice a month. I have access to the Business Class lounge with all the free wine, beer or spirits I could possibly want yet I never have an alcoholic drink. I get slightly airsick (have never vomited but feel ill) and alcohol just makes it worse. I also don't have the alcohol on the plane. It's a shame really - such a wasted opportunity.

[OakLeaf]

such a wasted opportunity.

:D :D

I'm reminded of the time I was on a full flight, and the flight attendants were re-arranging people so a family with small children could sit together. As compensation for changing my seat, they offered me a free drink. Never mind I would've declined it anyway, but it was 10:30 in the morning! :eek:

[GLC1968]

I don't drink in airports or on airplanes. I'm WAY to prone to motion-sickness that alcohol would only make it worse. I made that mistake on a cruise ship once...never again!

My brother can't even drink within 24 hours of a flight - not even one. Of course, he's the pilot, so it makes sense. ;)