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Silly gooses! On a serious note tho. I spent 7h waiting at Charles de Gaules in Paris trying to find a decent seat I could spend more than 1h in without getting my bottom numb and lamentably failed. Why are airport always displaying fancy architectural design and super poor comfort? Is that a cost requirement or are interior designers simply never waiting in an airport themselves and unaware of what's required for comfort?

That's on of the biggest upsides of Airport lounges. They are usually not noisy and actually have seats that people can sit on for a prolonged period of time.

For Americans, just having a credit card with a "priority pass select" membership (Citi Prestige, Amex Platinum) will make stays at larger airports a LOT more pleasant.

OMG. Rome terminal 5 (I think) is the worst. Good luck even finding a seat, because each gate only has a handful of them even for large international flights, forcing almost everyone to stand or sit on the floor. The idea seems to be to force you to walk around through the maze of Gucci, Bulgari, etc. stores cluttering the terminal until you pass out on the floor clutching a oversized Toblerone.

I dig Sea-Tac's rocking chairs: http://i.imgur.com/mRjp4s8.jpg

These can also be found in BOS and CLT, probably others.

Thanks everybody for checking out #ChairsofSFO!

It wouldn't have had legs to stand on without all your support.

Happy Sitting, Kurt & Shy.

The American Express lounge in SFO is the place to go. They have free food, booze, beds and even a shower.

Often, the biggest perk of airline lounge access with the big US legacy carriers (AA, UA, DL) is that you get access to the lounge agents who do bookings. In the event of long delays or cancellations (especially weather related) the phone lines are clogged up and there are lines around the block at both the gate and the customer service area. However, if you have lounge access, you can just duck in there and have them help you out way ahead of everyone else.

I have mixed results with lounge agents. And on a bad weather day in a hub, the lounges get just as overloaded.

(though my experience with the AA/US merger has largely been that AA is terrible in general in bad-weather-at-hub situations, and I've spent multiple unexpected nights in places I didn't want to spend the night as a result)

I actually just spent the night (~4 hours) passed out in both the first, egg-kinda-sorta chair, and the bench-type they rated the highest during a really long layover before going to Seoul. My advice? Avoid having to sleep anywhere in SFO if you can. At least you won't be the only one doing it, though.

Arne Jacobsen Swan chair. Style and appeal: -1. Didn't see that one coming.

Lounge memberships are 100% worth it. With an Alaska board room membership you can access the Cathay Pacific lounge at SFO as well as any American Admirals Club (which aren't generally anything special).

I was seriously considering applying for an American Express platinum card so Kurt and I could get in and try the various varieties of seating they had in the lounge. . .

Lots of different kinds of chairs there ^_^ but you need the card in hand ahead of time haha. Next time you want to review, let me know, I'll guest you in haha.

I mainly fly out of LGA but, next time I fly through SFO I'll hit you up on the offer!

The lady at the desk said if we applied right there she would have let us in. I'm more of a cash back person though. Can't be bothered with points or fees.

You can get in for $50 if you hold any Amex card.

Getting an Amex Platinum to gain access to the Amex Centurion (SFO T3, DFW, LAS, MIA, LGA, SEA) is really the best thing you can do to improve your airport experiences. They have excellent food, complementary mid-shelf booze and special amenities: SFO one has a wine wall and the DFW centurion offers complementary 20 minute massages.

Unlike the Cathay lounge at SFO (T-I A-gates) the Centurion is at T-3 so not only can you get in from T-3 but from T-I G-gates via the airside bridge (no need to re-clear security).

The Platinum also gets you into Delta lounges, and you can request a Priority Pass Select (included) which gives you access to the Alaska lounges, the Air France lounge at SFO T-I A-gates and a lot of others, especially international ones.

I've started flying from SFO to most places via DFW just so I can hang out at the DFW centurion ;)

Yeah the location of the CX lounge could be a problem but Alaska flies out of the international terminal now and I only fly Alaska so it works out for me. The made to order dandan noodles are legit.

If you travel enough where seating at the airport is a frequent issue, wouldn't you have complimentary lounge access as a result of your status with the airline?

US airlines don't offer complimentary lounge access with status on domestic itineraries.

Seems like all the comfortable chairs lack a power source! An all too common occurrence in cafes as well :(

Stop doing this interior designers!

This is the most useful act of boredom I ever saw.

Glad you've found it useful!

Get an external battery pack, sit wherever you want!

We had two. Wouldn't have been as fun of a project though if we'd included them.

This is so cute.

Love this.

Wow, HN has finally broke Google! This is what Google Docs message says: "Wow, this file is really popular! Some tools might be unavailable until the crowd clears.Try again Dismiss "

That kicks in relatively quickly, it disables co-editing functions such as shared cursors.

I suspect it kicks in way below the actual capacity for the feature, and is primarily about the fact that it would be a usability nightmare above a certain level.

See here for responses to a similar comment earlier today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10075453

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