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 "dataUrl": "https://thesalestraveler.com/data/layover-office-index.json",
 "slug": "layover-office-index",
 "name": "The Layover Office Index",
 "url": "https://thesalestraveler.com/layover-office-index/",
 "entityNoun": "Airport",
 "measures": "published commitments",
 "period": "2026-07",
 "methodology": "A canceled 2pm means the airport IS the office. We scored 15 US hubs on 15 published commitments — what the airport itself lists and states, not what happens to exist in Concourse B. Top score: 87 (Atlanta (ATL)). Average: 69. Austin, the fastest-growing tech-sales city in America, finishes last.",
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  {
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   "id": "T",
   "max": 3,
   "label": "Time Control"
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  {
   "id": "R",
   "max": 3,
   "label": "Recovery"
  },
  {
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   "max": 3,
   "label": "Admin"
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  {
   "rank": 1,
   "name": "Atlanta (ATL)",
   "category": {
    "C": 3,
    "W": 2,
    "T": 2,
    "R": 3,
    "A": 3
   },
   "score": 87,
   "note": "Minute Suites with showers, the Plane Train, live security waits — everything committed except a stated quiet space.",
   "ruledBy": "Editor-in-Chief, The Sales Traveler",
   "ruledOn": "2026-07-22"
  },
  {
   "rank": 2,
   "name": "Chicago O'Hare (ORD)",
   "category": {
    "C": 2,
    "W": 3,
    "T": 2,
    "R": 3,
    "A": 3
   },
   "score": 87,
   "note": "Minute Suites, an in-terminal Hilton, a yoga room, and live waits in the app — the fullest published layover-office stack in the country.",
   "ruledBy": "Editor-in-Chief, The Sales Traveler",
   "ruledOn": "2026-07-22"
  },
  {
   "rank": 3,
   "name": "Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW)",
   "category": {
    "C": 3,
    "W": 2,
    "T": 2,
    "R": 3,
    "A": 3
   },
   "score": 87,
   "note": "A Grand Hyatt inside the terminal and Skylink between every gate — the recovery dimension's benchmark.",
   "ruledBy": "Editor-in-Chief, The Sales Traveler",
   "ruledOn": "2026-07-22"
  },
  {
   "rank": 4,
   "name": "Denver (DEN)",
   "category": {
    "C": 3,
    "W": 1,
    "T": 2,
    "R": 3,
    "A": 3
   },
   "score": 80,
   "note": "A Westin on the plaza, trains, stated power — strong bones; no pod product or quiet space listed.",
   "ruledBy": "Editor-in-Chief, The Sales Traveler",
   "ruledOn": "2026-07-22"
  },
  {
   "rank": 5,
   "name": "San Francisco (SFO)",
   "category": {
    "C": 2,
    "W": 2,
    "T": 2,
    "R": 3,
    "A": 3
   },
   "score": 80,
   "note": "A stated reflection room and rail to a connected Grand Hyatt; no bookable work pods listed.",
   "ruledBy": "Editor-in-Chief, The Sales Traveler",
   "ruledOn": "2026-07-22"
  },
  {
   "rank": 6,
   "name": "Seattle (SEA)",
   "category": {
    "C": 3,
    "W": 1,
    "T": 2,
    "R": 2,
    "A": 3
   },
   "score": 73,
   "note": "Publishes power and live waits; no in-terminal hotel and no listed pod product for the four-hour layover.",
   "ruledBy": "Editor-in-Chief, The Sales Traveler",
   "ruledOn": "2026-07-22"
  },
  {
   "rank": 7,
   "name": "Boston (BOS)",
   "category": {
    "C": 2,
    "W": 1,
    "T": 1,
    "R": 3,
    "A": 3
   },
   "score": 67,
   "note": "Connected Hilton and clean app commitments; no inter-terminal transit and nothing listed for pods or quiet.",
   "ruledBy": "Editor-in-Chief, The Sales Traveler",
   "ruledOn": "2026-07-22"
  },
  {
   "rank": 8,
   "name": "New York JFK",
   "category": {
    "C": 2,
    "W": 1,
    "T": 2,
    "R": 3,
    "A": 2
   },
   "score": 67,
   "note": "The TWA Hotel is a real published recovery asset; work-pod and walk-time commitments haven't followed.",
   "ruledBy": "Editor-in-Chief, The Sales Traveler",
   "ruledOn": "2026-07-22"
  },
  {
   "rank": 9,
   "name": "Newark (EWR)",
   "category": {
    "C": 2,
    "W": 1,
    "T": 2,
    "R": 3,
    "A": 2
   },
   "score": 67,
   "note": "AirTrain and a walkable Marriott carry recovery; workspace commitments are thin for a hub this size.",
   "ruledBy": "Editor-in-Chief, The Sales Traveler",
   "ruledOn": "2026-07-22"
  },
  {
   "rank": 10,
   "name": "LaGuardia (LGA)",
   "category": {
    "C": 3,
    "W": 1,
    "T": 1,
    "R": 1,
    "A": 3
   },
   "score": 60,
   "note": "The rebuild shows in stated power and modern app tooling — not yet in pods, quiet space, or an on-airport hotel.",
   "ruledBy": "Editor-in-Chief, The Sales Traveler",
   "ruledOn": "2026-07-22"
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  {
   "rank": 11,
   "name": "Los Angeles (LAX)",
   "category": {
    "C": 2,
    "W": 1,
    "T": 2,
    "R": 2,
    "A": 2
   },
   "score": 60,
   "note": "The new people mover finally fixes transit; pods, quiet, and an in-terminal hotel remain unlisted.",
   "ruledBy": "Editor-in-Chief, The Sales Traveler",
   "ruledOn": "2026-07-22"
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  {
   "rank": 12,
   "name": "Miami (MIA)",
   "category": {
    "C": 1,
    "W": 1,
    "T": 2,
    "R": 3,
    "A": 2
   },
   "score": 60,
   "note": "An in-terminal hotel few travelers know is committed on the airport's own site; Wi-Fi terms are vaguer than peers'.",
   "ruledBy": "Editor-in-Chief, The Sales Traveler",
   "ruledOn": "2026-07-22"
  },
  {
   "rank": 13,
   "name": "Charlotte (CLT)",
   "category": {
    "C": 2,
    "W": 2,
    "T": 1,
    "R": 1,
    "A": 2
   },
   "score": 53,
   "note": "Minute Suites is the bright spot; a banking-hub airport with almost no other work commitments in writing.",
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   "ruledOn": "2026-07-22"
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   "rank": 14,
   "name": "Phoenix (PHX)",
   "category": {
    "C": 2,
    "W": 1,
    "T": 2,
    "R": 1,
    "A": 2
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   "score": 53,
   "note": "Sky Train and solid app basics; nothing listed for pods, quiet, or recovery.",
   "ruledBy": "Editor-in-Chief, The Sales Traveler",
   "ruledOn": "2026-07-22"
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  {
   "rank": 15,
   "name": "Austin (AUS)",
   "category": {
    "C": 2,
    "W": 1,
    "T": 1,
    "R": 1,
    "A": 2
   },
   "score": 47,
   "note": "The fastest-growing tech-sales airport publishes the least work infrastructure of the fifteen.",
   "ruledBy": "Editor-in-Chief, The Sales Traveler",
   "ruledOn": "2026-07-22"
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