
Jenny Powers
- I booked an hour in a private “nap room” to try to make my layover in the busiest airport better.
- My hour with Minute Suites was mostly excellent, and my daughter and I both got sleep.
- I would book a stay again if I could use my Priority Pass discount, but I wouldn’t pay full price.
I dread layovers and typically avoid short stays that require connecting flights.
Still, I didn’t factor this into the equation when I accepted a friend’s wedding invitation to his hometown of Fairhope, Alabama.
Our family had to fly from New York’s LaGuardia Airport to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and, after a three-hour stopover, board a connecting flight to Mobile, Alabama.
Although I was excited about the festivities, reality hit as we boarded our first flight — we’d be navigating our downtime in the world’s busiest airport, a 6.8-million-square-foot terminal complex that sees an average of 286,000 daily passengers.
The idea of jockeying for an available charging station while listening to a constant barrage of muffled gate announcements prompted me to find a way to avoid the masses once we touched down in Atlanta.
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