I’m in the Boston Admirals Club lounge, waiting for my flight to Dallas, connecting to Austin, where sxsw is being held. The Admirals Club is American Airline’s lounge, about which I have two questions:

1. To enter an Admirals Club, you have to press a buzzer. Someone then presses a switch that unlocks the door for you. So here’s my question: What’s the difference between a locked door that is unlocked for anyone who presses a buzzer and an unlocked door?

2. Why did an airline name its lounges after admirals?

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