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Survey Finds Airport Wi-Fi More Important Than Food

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-can-go-days-without-food dept.

Ninjakicks writes "For the business traveler (and the traveler in general, really), Wi-Fi is important — crucial, even. But more important than sustenance? That's exactly what was found in a recent survey by American Airlines and HP, where some 47% of business travelers responded that Wi-Fi was the most important airport amenity, outscoring basic travels needs such as food by nearly 30 percent."

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  1. Could we get a "duh" tag? by Opportunist · · Score: 2, Informative

    First, food in airports is notoriously bad, stale and generally nothing you'd want to eat, even when coming back from a famine-struck land. My personal theory is that this is the crap that they salvage from planes after the flight, the gunk not even the sardines-in-a-can class dwellers could stomach.

    So what does the knowledgeable traveller do? Right. He brings his own food.

    It's kinda hard, though, to bring your own WiFi AP with you...

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    1. Re:Could we get a "duh" tag? by oldspewey · · Score: 5, Informative

      In my experience (generally 20+ business trips per year) there is usually a decent restaurant or two somewhere in most airports - especially the newer ones. Of course sometimes the "good" restaurant is in a completely different concourse from where your flight is departing, and the prices tend to be pretty high.

      Case in point: the new Indianapolis airport. I was pleasantly surprised at the food quality in the 500 Grill, where I had a tuna steak cooked to order on a bed of greens ... and incidentally Indy airport has free wifi but it's pretty slow.

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  2. Re:I can bring food by Bert64 · · Score: 2, Informative

    You usually can't get food past security... And you certainly don't want to have any left when you land in a foreign country or you could face stiff fines for illegally importing food.
    This is also why the food is overpriced, since you have no other alternative.

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  3. Re:I can bring food by flithm · · Score: 2, Informative

    You usually can't get food past security... And you certainly don't want to have any left when you land in a foreign country or you could face stiff fines for illegally importing food.
    This is also why the food is overpriced, since you have no other alternative.

    Not sure what countries you are flying to and from, but I've done a fair bit of air travel in my life to varying countries around the world, and I've never once had a problem bringing my own food.

    Of course you can't bring your own water (that must be purchased after the security check point), but as long as you're okay with your food being pelted with x-rays (which is undoubtedly healthier than the food typically sold in most airports), you should be fine.

    Of course there are restrictions on certain types of edibles, mostly fresh fruit and other things with seeds. Just pre-package a meal with your fruits in it all cut up, and they won't say anything.

  4. Find the airline "club"... by dh0dges · · Score: 1, Informative

    Find the airline "club" and free wifi usually leaks out...

  5. Re:Not surprising by WSOGMM · · Score: 3, Informative

    A very relevant day to post this. Don't forget your towel. :D

  6. Re:Access to high security data not stealing? by Parallax48 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Still not stealing.

    In this case you are acquiring access to classified data. You are not stealing it (i.e you are not physically walking off with blueprints).

    Imagine I took a photo of a bomb. Did I just steal it?