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Old Nov 15, 2011 | 7:25 am
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pbuntrock
 
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Originally Posted by Ottermatic
There are actually a few options:

1) The former Continental side of the terminal is pretty much dead these days; there's one or two AirTran gates over there, but the rest are unoccupied, so you could easily perch in a corner and call in fairly uninterrupted.

2) There's an Alaska Airlines Board Room on the right in the main hallway after you clear security (I could never understand why it's there, given that there are only maybe two gates that service Alaska, but it's there nonetheless). They sell day passes for the bargain price of $45: https://commerce.points.com/loungepasses Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that that location has conference rooms, but you can give them a call at 650-875-8613 to find out what they do have. https://www.alaskaair.com/content/gi...and-hours.aspx

3) There used to be a shuttle between the former CO side of terminal 1 and terminal 3, because I know at least one person with a US club membership that used to hop it over to terminal 3 to use the United RCC. I've never ridden this myself, and my guess is that it might be no more now that CO's moved to terminal 3. I can't seem to verify this one way or the other on the web, though, and I won't be back there until next week to check it out in person (it's also shown on the map that's sitting in front of the former CO club pre-security, but that could be old).

Best,
Ottermatic
I do this frequently. I'm actually in the situation today. Meetings end today around 4 pm, have the 10:10 to PHL tonight.

Board Room is great and is a real value. Good food and nice champagne. The WN crowd has discovered the now empty CO area, so last week it was full of loud families. And the nice deli was closed.

International terminal is great, lots of quiet places to sit. It does get more busy as it gets later, with more flights taking off in thhe evening.

I also sometimes take the shuttle bus to the Crowne Plaza. Easy to do. Lots of quiet areas and a nice bar.
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