{"id":41055,"date":"2025-12-18T20:11:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T20:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/ive-been-to-dozens-of-airport-lounges-worldwide-here-are-the-5-things-i-never-do-in-them\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T20:11:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T20:11:36","slug":"ive-been-to-dozens-of-airport-lounges-worldwide-here-are-the-5-things-i-never-do-in-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/ive-been-to-dozens-of-airport-lounges-worldwide-here-are-the-5-things-i-never-do-in-them\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve been to dozens of airport lounges worldwide. Here are the 5 things I never do in them."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66997d6f80d4d5da13d531e9?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A woman wearing a backpack taking a selfie at an airport lounge.\"\/><figcaption>I&#039;ve visited many airport lounges over the years because I travel at least once a month.<\/p>\n<p>Jill Robbins<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>I go to many airport lounges that I access through my credit card and Priority Pass membership.<\/li>\n<li>I travel at least once a month, and going to a lounge while I wait for my flight is routine for me.<\/li>\n<li>But in airport lounges, I never stuff my face, sleep, or take the first seat I see. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I travel often \u2014 at least once a month \u2014 and I like having access to Delta Sky Clubs through my co-branded Delta credit card and Priority Pass, a membership that gets me into more than 1,500 airport lounges worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>These two programs usually allow me to find a lounge I can use regardless of the airport I&#039;m at or the airline I&#039;m flying.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoy using airport lounges because they&#039;re usually quieter and less crowded than waiting at the gate. I also like having access to a nicer, less-crowded restroom, and of course, the complimentary food and beverages are pretty sweet, too.<\/p>\n<p>As a frequent traveler, here are five things I never do in an airport lounge.<\/p>\n<h2>Plop in the first seat I see<\/h2>\n<p>Most airport lounges have a variety of seating, from desk-like workspaces with electrical outlets to comfortable upholstered couches you might find in a living room.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#039;t pick the first open seat I see unless the lounge is super crowded and I feel as if it&#039;s my only option. Fortunately, I can usually gauge how crowded a lounge is by the presence of a line at the entry.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of lounges I&#039;ve visited don&#039;t allow new visitors when they&#039;re close to capacity, so finding a seat is usually not an issue.<\/p>\n<p>If I&#039;m not familiar with a lounge&#039;s layout, I&#039;ll take a lap to see all the available seating. I love a comfortable chair with built-in USB ports so I can charge my phone, so I&#039;ll look for that type of seating first.<\/p>\n<p>I also like to sit away from the buffet, bar, and restrooms so I can have as quiet an atmosphere as possible.<\/p>\n<h2>Stuff my face like food is going out of style<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66997d7049138fa6f6e3ab26?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A buffet in an airport lounge.\"\/><figcaption>Many airport lounges offer buffets.<\/p>\n<p>Jill Robbins<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Food varies widely from lounge to lounge, from chef-curated menus to bowls of trail mix and grab-and-go snacks, but there are typically plenty of hot food offerings.<\/p>\n<p>They can be tempting, but I don&#039;t have that &quot;it&#039;s free, and it&#039;s there&quot; mentality, so I won&#039;t load up my plate unless I&#039;m starving or know I won&#039;t be eating for a while. I don&#039;t want to feel too full or bloated before a long flight.<\/p>\n<p>The bar is always a happening spot for travelers, but I take it easy on the alcohol some lounges give out for free.<\/p>\n<p>I might have a drink once in a while, but I don&#039;t want to get dehydrated before a long flight or lose my inhibitions to the point where I&#039;m not watching my belongings or the time.<\/p>\n<h2>Snooze<\/h2>\n<p>Even if I&#039;m tired and a lounge has comfy, reclining chairs, I don&#039;t sleep in airport lounges. I&#039;m always too nervous I&#039;ll miss my flight.<\/p>\n<p>I&#039;ve never had a lengthy layover during which I was thatexhausted, plus most lounges have time limits on how long people can be inside them.<\/p>\n<p>Getting off my feet and relaxing is usually enough of a break if I&#039;m tired.<\/p>\n<h2>Be inconsiderate of other lounge guests<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66997d7049138fa6f6e3ab27?format=jpeg\" alt=\"People sitting in an airport lounge.\"\/><figcaption>Airport lounges are public spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Jill Robbins<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Unless a lounge is virtually empty, I don&#039;t take up more than one seat or put my backpack on its own chair. I get frustrated when I&#039;m looking for a seat, but many are unavailable because people are using them as storage.<\/p>\n<p>Using headphones is also a cardinal rule in airport lounges, although I often see people being inconsiderate by streaming or using FaceTime without them.<\/p>\n<p>I also wouldn&#039;t engage in some behaviors I see in lounges that I find gross, such as removing shoes to put bare feet on airport furniture or taking care of personal grooming \u2014 like clipping nails \u2014 outside a restroom.<\/p>\n<p>Lounges provide a comfortable, home-like environment, but I try to remember that they are public spaces. I wish other people would, too.<\/p>\n<h2>Go to another terminal in the airport to use a lounge<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66997d6ffb2b6bedb058899c?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Two orange drinks on a bar at an airport lounge.\"\/><figcaption>As much as I love using an airport lounge, I won&#039;t go too far from my gate to use one.<\/p>\n<p>Jill Robbins<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I love having lounge access, but I won&#039;t leave my flight&#039;s terminal to seek one out unless my layover is at least two hours long.<\/p>\n<p>Even then, I hesitate to go unless I&#039;m familiar with the airport. I never want to miss a flight just because I wanted some extra comfort before it.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story was originally published on July 25, 2024, and most recently updated on December 18, 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#039;ve visited many airport lounges over the years because I travel at least once a month. Jill Robbins I go to many airport lounges that I access through my credit card and Priority Pass membership. I travel at least once a month, and going to a lounge while I wait for my flight is routine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-41055","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41055\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}