{"id":979,"date":"2008-09-23T02:12:21","date_gmt":"2008-09-23T07:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/?p=979"},"modified":"2008-09-24T09:40:54","modified_gmt":"2008-09-24T14:40:54","slug":"yet-another-snooty-lounge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/23\/yet-another-snooty-lounge\/","title":{"rendered":"Yet Another Snooty Lounge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/2008-09-23_dsc03309.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"980\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/23\/yet-another-snooty-lounge\/2008-09-23_dsc03309\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/2008-09-23_dsc03309.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-W80&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1222151099&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2008-09-23_dsc03309\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/2008-09-23_dsc03309.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/2008-09-23_dsc03309.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-980\" title=\"2008-09-23_dsc03309\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/2008-09-23_dsc03309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once again, Brian the snooty world\u00a0traveler, was able to get &#8220;back of the bus Tom&#8221; into a nice lounge. My personal opinion is it&#8217;s not as good as the one in Chicago, but who am I to complain. Free food and drinks, and free\u00a0wireless\u00a0internet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our flight leaves in about an hour and there&#8217;s not reason to think it will be delayed at this time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/2008-09-23_dsc03309.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/2008-09-23_img_0612.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"981\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/23\/yet-another-snooty-lounge\/2008-09-23_img_0612\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/2008-09-23_img_0612.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1222153060&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2008-09-23_img_0612\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/2008-09-23_img_0612.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/2008-09-23_img_0612.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-981\" title=\"2008-09-23_img_0612\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/2008-09-23_img_0612.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/2008-09-23_img_0615.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"984\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/23\/yet-another-snooty-lounge\/2008-09-23_img_0615\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/2008-09-23_img_0615.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1222154771&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2008-09-23_img_0615\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/2008-09-23_img_0615.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/2008-09-23_img_0615.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-984\" title=\"2008-09-23_img_0615\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/2008-09-23_img_0615.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Apparently\u00a0not too many people know this spacious lounge is here. There were more staff members then travelers. This is just ONE section that I didn&#8217;t realize was there until we were ready to leave.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, Brian the snooty world\u00a0traveler, was able to get &#8220;back of the bus Tom&#8221; into a nice lounge. My personal opinion is it&#8217;s not as good as the one in Chicago, but who am I to complain. Free food and drinks, and free\u00a0wireless\u00a0internet.\u00a0 Our flight leaves in about an hour and there&#8217;s not reason [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[80,387],"class_list":["post-979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo","category-text","tag-beijing-china","tag-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p47XZT-fN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2248,"url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/12\/in-the-snooty-lounge\/","url_meta":{"origin":979,"position":0},"title":"In the Snooty Lounge","author":"Thomas Tomchak","date":"January 12, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"All checked in, through security and in the Red Carpet (aka snooty) lounge enjoying some snacks and wifi.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;iPhone&quot;","block_context":{"text":"iPhone","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/category\/iphone\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"mobile-photo-jan-12-2010-7-48-50-am","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/mobile-photo-jan-12-2010-7-48-50-am-600x450.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/mobile-photo-jan-12-2010-7-48-50-am-600x450.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/mobile-photo-jan-12-2010-7-48-50-am-600x450.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":914,"url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/14\/all-checked-in\/","url_meta":{"origin":979,"position":1},"title":"All Checked In","author":"Thomas Tomchak","date":"September 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"We made it through checkin and security very fast (total time was probably 20 minutes). 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