Wheelchair Availability at Denver Airport
Posted Mar 2, 2011 by anonymous | 165 views | 0 comments
I am a 75 year old woman whose knees don't work well - consequently need to use a wheelchair at airports. This week I flew to Baltimore with a layover in Denver. The wheelchair 'pusher' (my daughter was not permitted to push, as she is in over airports) gave me a choice of being left in either the food court, or a 'special room'. I could not keep the wheelchair. The first time I selected 'the room' - the 'warden' in charge would not call for a wheelchair when I requested it, as it was too early to go to the gate in her opinion. I was required to stay in 'the room' for another 10 minutes. On the flight home I opted for the food court - after sitting in a very crowded McDonald's over two hours my daughter went in search of a wheelchair and pusher to get me out of McDonald's and to the gate area, where I was again just deposited on a chair. At close to boarding time we had the gate agent call for a wheelchair and pusher. It required two calls, and as a result I missed the 'preboarding' so delayed a multitude of people as I was pushed down the ramp, and then hobbled with my cane down the isle. People were very nice, but I was totally embarrassed by delaying them. Don't have a layover in the Denver airport if you need to use a wheelchair. You are kept captive either in 'the room' or the food court - and if you don't have someone traveling with you, you are really in trouble!!!!!!
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