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Souvenir Sunday: bullish photo op at CLT

05/10/15

Sunday is Souvenir Sunday here at Stuck at The Airport – a day for taking a look at some of the fun, inexpensive items you can pick up when spending time at an airport. This week’s pick comes from the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport (CLT), which now has a branch of Whisky River, the popular uptown →

Denver Airport has its own lottery ticket

05/05/15

You may end up scratching on your next layover at Denver International Airport. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Denver International Airport the Colorado Lottery has created a $2 “Destination Dollars” Scratch game with tickets featuring four iconic images of the airport. Top prize is $20,000 and you can pick up tickets at the airport’s →

Albany International Airport & the selfies

04/30/15

That’s not really the New York State Capitol – it’s the Albany International Airport. But go ahead – take a selfie. For travelers who haven’t had time to hit all the hot spots in and around Albany, officials at Albany International Airport set up a Selfie Spot on Concourse C with an over-sized photograph of →

More April Fools’ Day aviation news

04/02/15

In addition to this list of April 1 travel tidbits sharing April Fools’ Day announcements from WestJet, Richard Branson and Denver International Airport, you should know about these April Fools’ Day announcements. Southwest Airlines released a video saying “all the other guys are doing it,” so they were beginning a “bag fee bandwagon bonanza” based →

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Travel tidbits for April 1

04/01/15

So much “news” today – April 1 … WetJet has introduced Smart Seats – which let you take a seat in the airport and board the plane in that same seat.. Richard Branson announced that the Virgin Group’s U.S. operations will be moving to Branson, Missouri There’s a report out of Florida that the Transportation →

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PDX Carpet & Portland’s Starlight Parade

03/22/15

We’ve just announced #PDXCarpet has been named Grand Marshal of the 2015 PGE/SOLVE Starlight Parade! #pdxcarpetman pic.twitter.com/FSO8VcBImj — Rose Festival (@PDXRoseFestival) March 20, 2015 Pretty darn exciting, isn’t it, that the grand marshal at the Starlight Parade taking place May 30th during Portland’s Rose Festival is going to be the PDX Carpet from Portland International →

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Free pie at PIE Airport to celebrate Pi Day

03/11/15

St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport (PIE) is celebrating Pi Day a day early this year by handing out free individual-sized strawberry and Key Lime pies on Friday, March 13 from 1:30 to 3:14 p.m. Pie will be served both curbside (drive-by pie) and inside the terminal. Why free pie? The Greek letter “π” (Pi), is the →

Virtual reality testing, courtesy Qantas

02/17/15

Forget the seat-back screen and your bring-on-board tablet. In an in-flight entertainment first, Australian carrier Qantas will soon be making Samsung’s virtual reality headsets, called Gear VR, available to premium passengers on some long-distance flights. A three-month trial run begins in mid-March, when Qantas plans to make the headsets available to first-class passengers on some →

Totally fun video from B.C.’s Kelowna Int’l Airport

02/12/15

Check out this fun video celebrating Kelowna International Airport (YLW) in Kelowna, B.C. All the dancers are local volunteers – and are clearly having a great time at the airport. →

Cool, quirky airport carpets

01/22/15

It’s usually a bit of an inconvenience, but not that big a deal, when an airport changes out the carpeting in the terminals. But because the current carpet at Portland International Airport has become a social media sensation, all manner of media will be on hand Friday when construction crews begin removing the existing →

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