Trip Report: AMS-IAD-SAN part III
Passport control at IAD was really fast, but baggage claim was slow. Like the first bag took at least 45 minutes to get to the carousel. And no wonder, look how many flights are coming in at the same time and using the same baggage carousel.
I then went to the Red Carpet Club by gate C17. The agent checking people in wasn't very friendly (refused entry to a couple people in front of me and then made a snide remark about it while they were still there). They only had orange slices out (no crudite), and it was so crowded with no view of airplanes. To top it off, I was denied wireless internet access - the agent incorrectly said I only get it when I'm departing the US!
So I then left and went to the club by gate C9. There, the agent really tried to get me to go to C17 because she said this one was crowded and that one was closer to my gate. Well, I insisted on this lounge, and it turns out that this was less crowded than the other lounge. Plus, it had crudite, I got my wireless pass, and had nice views of airplanes.
