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Great place to get stuck
     by lpranger467 (January, 2012)
Reason for Stay: Weather/airline delay
Where: Airside
Pros: Mats/pillows & blankets placed out for stranded patrons
Cons: They decided to test fire alarms just after midnight
I love your site, and as a Non-rev (airline employee spouse) traveler I frequently use it, (but just became a member). Using the past few reviews for MSP I immediately got a mat (and pillow & blanket). Knowing right where to head I went to the second floor area directly above the entrance to terminal E. The area was clean and quiet. We put the mats down against front wall and drifted off until they started to test the fire alarm for 5 minutes straight.
Other than the alarm, the accommodations were great and very much appreciated. As an additional note, the presence of 24 hr restaurants is great.
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A night of misery in Dallas
by cidpusa (January, 2012)
Reason for Stay: Weather/airline delay
Pros: Had a roof over my head
Cons: No food, no sevices
Was coming back from Toronto to Los Angles with a stop over in Dallas. There was a storm in Dallas and the plane was rerouted to a smaller airport for refueling. The line at the small airport for refueling too two hours. Everyone packed in this plane and then it took off for Dallas. The flight to LA was cancelled and American Airline was giving 60 coupons to stay in a hotel. When I check the reviews of the hotel online it was a cockroach infested and dirty motel. So decided to sleep at the airport no shops were open. Found a chapel and a Muslim Mosque in the terminal. Many people were sleeping there on the carpets. So I kept my handbag as a pillow and coat as a cover well slept for a few hours.
In the morning MacDonald opens at 6 after the coffee rushed to get as a standby on a flight to LA. American Airline staff was nasty and showed no continued >>Was this Helpful?
Sleep freely!
by g_esquimaux (January, 2012)
Reason for Stay: Too cheap for a hotel room
Where: Landside and Airside
Pros: Security doesn't mind you; Overnight food options; Fairly clean
Cons: Restrooms not bag-friendly; All benches with armrests
In my opinion, the biggest factor in an airport's 'sleepability' is security personnel, i.e., whether or not they leave you alone. They certainly do at SEA-TAC. I've slept both landside and airside, and have never had the displeasure of a rude awakening. However, landside benches all feature armrest partitions between every seat--save for one handicap bench in front of Alaska/Horizon ticketing. I've yet to find it unoccupied, although even if I did, I'm not sure I'm enough of an asshole to utilize it comfortably... Airside seating presents the same problems. BUT, you can find long, completely flat, padded benches (like cots) at some boarding gates. I personally have two great sleeping spots to recommend, but I will have to present them in another review as their exact locations escape me at the moment I write this.
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Sleepers not welcome anymore?
by g_esquimaux (January, 2012)
Reason for Stay: Too cheap for a hotel room
Where: Landside
Pros: Clean; Many food options; Free WIFI; Bag storage
Cons: Attentive security personnel
Decided on a lark to stop by Vancouver as the last leg of another trip. Hassled by CBP at Amtrak, but that's another story. Anyway, looking to save so did a search on sleeping in YVR and found this site (great resource, btw) and made my way to YVR via Skytrain about 8PM. Scoped it out end to end and confirmed other reviewers sentiments: clean as hell, spacious, food options, quiet for an airport--especially on USA side, shower access via in-airport hotel, etc. About 11PM, was reading a book when I noticed a guy in yellow riding bicycle through terminal, weaving in and out btwn seating areas. 'POLICE' emblazoned across back of shirt. At this point there were a handful of people sprawled asleep across benches throughout airport and he passed most with a glance. Then he stops at one guy and wakes him up, starts an interview. Curious, I decid continued >>1 person found this review helpful Was this Helpful?
Not too bad
by cvlow (January, 2012)
Reason for Stay: Too cheap for a hotel room
Where: Landside
Pros: Open terminal with fresh breeze, 24 hour security, friendly staff
Cons: All sleeping surfaces are hard wood or stone, no place to store baggage
Got into HNL at 11 pm and was going to catch an interisland flight at 530 am the next morning. Decided to stay in he airport. Checked a bag so had to go outside security which was unfortunate as the garden or carpetted area, the rest of the posts describe, looked like it had potential for a good night's rest (at least the best one could have while sleeping in an airpot). Anyways once outside security wondered around for a bit to find out the area the gate counters are in for interisland fights closes down (aka hawaiian air counter). However, all baggage claim areas stay open along with the check in counter area for the international flights. All areas have stone slab benches or square ones that are not comfortable at all. As I was walking outside along the curbside (second floor officially) from the international ticket counter to the int continued >>1 person found this review helpful Was this Helpful?
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