Originally Posted by
kjnangre
Those are standard SFO terms. SFO has 4 terminals with 7 boarding areas. Most airports seem to prefer concourse instead of boarding area.
Right, but even with the "concourse" nomenclature, excluding midfield airport designs, the concourses are still part of the larger terminal - the terminal refers to the whole building regardless of whether it's airside or landside.
In this case, the poor wording simply created more confusion.