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Airports, Amtrak & airlines have treats for you on Valentine’s Day

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On Valentine’s Day this year, Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) won’t be handing out carnations to passengers as they have in the past, but will instead be sharing these special JAX candies with travelers.

Here are some other Valentine’s Day treats to enjoy if you’re traveling.

Here’s a great love story that started at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT)

   

Airport amenities from here and there

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Kicking off the week with some Lunar New Year celebrations hosted by airports and some cool airport amenities to watch for.

Let us know what you spot in your travels.

Airport celebrate Lunar New Year & Year of the Dragon

Airport amenities to cheer for

A handful of airports have book exchange corners. But Chattanooga Airport has the “Skylib” – a little shop filled with new and used books with payment on the honor system. Sales benefit the Chattanooga Public Library.

A great idea!!!!

A salad bar at the airport

This salad bar is at JetBlue’s Terminal 5 at JFK Airport. Another great – and healthy – idea!

Hat tip to Athletic-Minded Traveler.

Love your airport? It loves you too.

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Like you, airports around the country are getting ready to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

And a couple of our favorite airports have already shared a bit about what they have planned for their favorite passengers.

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) customer service staff will be handing out airport-themed Valentines and branded chocolate kisses at the airport information booths and in the Central Terminal. Look for a photo booth and keep an ear out for the roving violinist.

And over at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), Volunteer Navigators will be handing out 2,000 red carnations on Valentine’s Day starting at 10 am.

For those who need a last-minute Valentine’s Day gift, Lily Palmer Flowers and Gifts, located in PHL’s B/C Connector, will have two pop-up shops selling flowers and goodies. One shop will be near the Terminal B exit and another at the top of Terminal E.

And, as we shared earlier, there will be a temporary Marriage License Bureau set up at Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas.

The Stuck at the Airport romance team is gathering up Valentine’s Day activities planned for other airports, so stay tuned.

Free pie at PIE Airport on National Pie Day

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The Stuck at the Airport dessert team is delighted to learn that St. Pete – Clearwater International Airport, where the airport code is PIE – is celebrating National Pie Day on Tuesday, January 23 by giving away, you guessed it, free pie.

Travelers and guests will be able to grab a free mini pie at PIE in a PIE-branded box between 9 am and 11 am in the airport’s bag claim area.

Bonus activities include the chance to enter a contest to win two ticket vouchers on Allegiant Air and a stay at the Wyndham Grand Clearwater Beach, plus photo ops with a local TV celebrity and PIE’s new sand sculpture.

(Courtesy Library of Congress)

Airplane swag

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[This is a slightly different version of a story we first prepared for The Points Guy site.]

Airplane etiquette frowns on passengers taking home the blankets, the pillows, or the plates meals are served on. But some items are perfectly OK to swipe from your next flight.

Delta Air Lines’ ‘secret’ airplane trading cards

Delta Air Lines says that when they’re not busy preparing for a flight or flying the plane, their pilots are happy to pass out a collectible trading card featuring one of the airplanes in their fleet to “any customer that asks nicely.”

The carrier says there are 11 card types in the current collection and six total Delta collections since the beginning of the program, which has been active for more than 20 years.

Airplane Wings

If you are a kid – or an adult – stepping on a plane for the first time and a pilot or flight attendant hands you a small wing pin with the airline’s insignia on it, that’s going to make an impression.

Delta, Alaska, and Southwest Airlines still have airplane wings for kids and first-time flyers. Most are plastic, but the wings Alaska Airlines hands out are metal.

KLM’s little Delft houses

Long-haul business class passengers on KLM get to take home one of the more unusual and collectible items: a miniature Delft house.

The little blue-and-white houses are in the shape of historic and notable buildings in the Netherlands or abroad and are filled with Bols Genever, a liquor made with corn, rye, and wheat.

KLM commissions a new little house each year and releases it in October to coincide with the anniversary of KLM’s founding in 1919. This year’s house – the 104th in the series – portrays Valkenburg Station, the oldest existing railway station in the Netherlands.

Salt and pepper shakers

Airlines know that many passengers pocket salt and pepper shakers. And some carriers have fun with that.

Virgin Atlantic’s salt and pepper shakers say “pinched from Virgin Atlantic” on their feet.

And the little see-through airplane (above) filled with salt and pepper on Condor Airlines (remove the propeller for pepper) says “aeroplane souvenir” on the underside.

Amenity kits

Premium passengers on international flights are issued some swanky amenity kits.

United’s new Polaris amenity kits are filled with products from the Therabody wellness brand. And Emirates has a collection of Bulgari amenity kits for First and business-class passengers with a wide variety of upscale products, including an engraved Bulgari mirror.