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Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy Slept Here
Finally, care should be exercised when travelling with Continental to, from, or through, their Newark (EWR) hub:
(a) Weather, in EWR, should be checked BEFORE boarding your originating flight.
(b) AVOID travel during Christmas, college breaks, etc.
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Agreed! But sometimes it's unavoidable. Lately I've been flying either Delta or Northwest into Stewart (SWF) in Newburgh, NY. It is often a bit more expensive but worth it. If your final destination is in the Hudson Valley region of NY or Northern NJ it is very convenient and just off the NY State Thruway (I87) which connects to I287 and the Garden State Parkway in NJ. With a boarding pass printed online I can get through TSA in under 5 minutes. Parking is cheaper there (although not plentiful) and it isn't a mile walk from the chec-in counter to the gates. JetBlue and USAir (express) also serve Stewart however JetBlue only has service to Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale and USAir only flies turbo-props to Philadelphia which is
really an airport to be avoided at all cost!Westchester County airport (HPN) is also a good alternative if your origin or destination is east of the Hudson river.
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(c) If you will be making an "on-line" Continental connection in EWR, determine whether your arriving flight, and the departing flight are in the same terminal and, if different terminals are involved, insist on a minimum connecting time of 2 hours, or plan for an overnight stay in EWR. One must clear a TSA security line in the departing (second) terminal.
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(d) The location of the Continental "airside" (inter-terminal) shuttle is, evidently, a state secret since signage is limited to non-existant.
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Actually the signage has gotten better since the gate in terminal C from which the inter-terminal shuttle operates is also the gate for US Helicopter flights to/from NYC. Before the shuttle it was a pain changing terminals outside security. They have also done some shifting of flights so that ALL mainline CO flights (on a 737 or larger) operate from terminal C and Expressjet flights are in A. There are times (like when I arrived Dec. 21 after EWR had some snow) when things can get shaken up and an express flight willl arrive/depart from C. Always double-check those monitors!