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Stealing Wi-Fi from Airport Lounges

by Neil Woodburn (RSS feed) on Apr 3rd 2007 at 2:33PM

It's not so easy finding free Wi-Fi at the airport these days. Only a few actually offer it, while others are simply traps for hackers to suck your hard drive dry.

Wendy Perrin, a blogger for Conde Nast Traveler, however, has a great suggestion to help track down free wireless at the airport. All you have to do is find an executive lounge and check to see if their Wi-Fi bleeds out to the common folks.

Perrin claims to have plugged in just out side the American Airlines' Admirals Club by Gate 42 at JFK, and again outside Continental's Presidents Club by Gate 62 at LAX. I haven't tried this out for myself yet, but you can bet I'll be right on it the next time I fly.

Thanks Wendy!

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

jersu Apr 3rd 2007 5:46PM

This is one of my favorite travel tips. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work. This past week I can confirm that the AA Club near gate C19 at DFW didn't bleed any signal at all, and I was sitting just outside the door. Maybe it's all the concrete that is used for the exterior walls of the club.

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