Nabil R
Google
The man serving the food and drinks during the 3 ½ trip, was very attentive, pleasant, enthusiastic, professional, efficient, fast and never stopped working.
Almost everything was great, except 4 things that I found unreasonable...
1)The Brightline shuttle charged each passenger $10 from the Miami Airport to the Brightline station. There shouldn't be any charge, especially to Premium ticket passengers, or the $10 Uber ride credit that Brightline gives us, should be also for the shuttle.
2) Security from Brightline Miami removed and tossed away a small pair of scissors ✂️ inside a new small sewing 🧵🪡 kit, from one of my *checked-in* suitcases, because it was supposedly not allowed, not even in the checked-in luggage, which they mentioned they're trying to revise that rule in the future, because it obviously doesn't make any sense, especially since all airports allow it, as long as it's not inside a carry-on bag and it had just went through multiple international airports with me, including the Miami airport, without any issues.
3) They don't have free carts available at the baggage claim area, for people traveling alone with multiple suitcases. You have to pay almost $10 and it's on a different floor, which doesn't make any sense. Most airports provide them at no cost and they're available everywhere. Typical corporate greed.
4) I was not allowed to use the Premium Lounge until 2 hours before my train departure. I arrived at the Brightline station 4 hours before my departure, because I was coming from Europe on a transatlantic flight. I was hungry, sleep deprived and was still told I needed to wait 2 hours to use it, which is unreasonable. What are they afraid of? There's only so much food and space anyone can eat and use in 4 hours. It was just 2 additional hours.