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Freedom for all Wi-Fi users at Philadelphia Int’l Airport

07/02/10

Well this is a nice way to kick off the July 4th weekend: Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) now offers free Wi-Fi access to all travelers. This is especially great news because PHL has long had a somewhat wacky Wi-Fi set-up. The service was free for students all the time and free for everyone else only →

Tidbits for travelers: LAX views, Orlando news, & KCI cruise

06/18/10

Here’s great news for anyone who finds themselves stuck at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on the weekend. The Observation Deck at the top of the Theme Building, which has been closed since 9/11, will finally re-open to the public this Saturday. (A view of the old version of the observation deck; courtesy LAX. New →

Tidbits for travelers: SNA gets free Wi-Fi; travelers get great art

06/15/10

Today the folks at John Wayne International Airport (SNA) in Orange County, California announced a partnership with FreeFi Networks to provide free wireless internet access at the airport. You’ll need need to watch a short commercial before getting to that free Wi-Fi service, but that’s a small price to pay for a service most of →

Tips and tidbits: free in-flight wi-fi and free travel e-book

05/19/10

The march to make sure we’ll never be without Wi-Fi in the sky continues: Alaska Airlines now has Gogo inflight Internet on six Boeing 737-800 airplanes and promises to have the service on all its planes by the end of 2010. To celebrate, there will be free Wi-Fi through July 31, 2010 anyplace those six →

Tidbits for travelers: Volcano underwear at Schiphol

05/11/10

I spent a morning touring Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport in search of new amenities and services to share. Along the way my tour guide, Marianne de Bie (who reminded me that she’d been my tour guide almost ten years ago!) shared some stories about what the Schiphol staff did to try to make stranded people more →

Party at Pittsburgh International Airport

05/04/10

To celebrate five years of service to Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), Southwest Airlines will be throwing a little party at its PIT gates starting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Gate games and decorations are promised, but with Southwest, well, you never know quite what will happen. Even without a Southwest party, Pittsburgh Airport has a →

Tidbits for travelers: an in-flight Wi-Fi contest and a free hotel night

02/15/10

I’m a firm believer in that corny saying, “You can’t win if you don’t play.” Works on many levels. One example: contests and giveaways. So here’s some information about an in-flight Wi-Fi contest and a hotel bounce-back offer to check out as you dig out of the snow and head out on the road this →

When will all airports have free Wi-Fi?

02/11/10

This month, my “At the Airport” column in USATODAY.com is all about airport Wi-Fi. And all about why more and more airports, including those in Denver, Pittsburgh, Orlando and, just recently, Seattle and Boston, offer this welcome amenity for free – and why some don’t. Here’s an edited version of that column: Free Wi-Fi was →

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