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Vent: I was overpaying for airport food in Denver for years because I never looked up
My flight got delayed last week, and I finally walked up to the terminal's mezzanine level and found a normal-priced food court with $12 sandwiches instead of the $25 ones downstairs. Anyone know other airports that hide their cheaper eats like this?
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aaronallen5mo ago
Check the food courts one level above baggage claim at Orlando. They built a whole normal mall food court up there to keep the tourists from finding it. Atlanta has a cheap food court in the atrium between terminals, but you have to go outside security. Always walk five minutes past your gate, the prices drop fast.
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robinb385mo ago
Spot the same trick in every big box store, putting the milk and bread in the far back corner. They design spaces to herd people past the expensive stuff first. Airports just do it with security lines and gate placement instead of shopping aisles. It's all about controlling the path to squeeze out more money.
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wood.noah3mo ago
Orlando airport is actually a good example of what I mean though. I fly through there a few times a year visiting family and I think the gate placement is just about getting people on planes efficiently, not tricking them. The cheap food court before security at Atlanta is more about space being cheaper outside the secure zone, not some scheme. Same with milk in the back of a grocery store. I know it sounds like a conspiracy but walk into any Walmart or Target and those coolers need to be near the loading dock for restocking. It's a practical logistics thing not a path manipulation thing. Stores put impulse buys near the registers because that's what works, but I don't think they're herding us like cattle. Sometimes the simplest explanation is the right one.
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