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Very old food and classic old cars

10/23/26

Our museum team is on assigment in Tacoma, WA this week and hit the jackpot on day one in terms of treasures that tickle our fancy. When in Tacoma, we always stop in at the Washington State History Museum to visit our buddies, Dave and Dandy, the now-taxidermied oxen that pulled the covered wagon pioneer […]

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Airport and Airline Resources

The history of airline meals in 7 courses – in Seattle

KLM reveals miniature Delft Blue house #107

United’s status match offer (do it) + more AmEx lounges

Alaska Airlines news + SJC gate pass program + awards for us

Tickets for new Qantas 18-hour nonstop flight between New York & Sydney begin August 2027

World’s Best Airlines, according to Skytrax

I flew to four Pacific Northwest Airports and didn’t go through a security check once

What’s old is new again: United testing food delivery to the gate

Listen to this. But maybe not on a plane

Alaska Airlines spreading its wings to Athens & Paris

Travel tidbits from MKE, CLT and other airports

10/07/26

Happy 100th Birthday to MKE Airport Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE), the airport with a post-security ‘recombobulation’ area, one of the only used bookstores in an airport (the pre-security Renaissance Books) and the Gallery of Flight Museum, turned 100 on October 5. This is airport the airport which gifted a mobile scultpure by Alexander Calder […]

A cool, new terminal for Hollywood Burbank Airport

10/06/26

California’s Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) cut the ribbon on the $1.3 billion replacement terminal that will open to the public on October 13. The Stuck at the Airport new terminal team was there – no way we’d miss this. The new terminal is much bigger than the current terminal, which is almost 100 years old. […]

Spooky Museums to visit at Halloween – or anytime

10/05/26

You don’t need to be 7 to love Halloween or everything spooky. And you don’t need to limit your visits to spooky museums to the Halloween season. We put together a list of ten of the spookiest for a new Travel + Leisure story, but here are five of our favorites. The Witch Board Museum: […]

Airport Card Quest coming to Orlando Int’l Airport

10/01/26

National Trading Card Day won’t come back around until February. But the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority can’t wait. That’s because there are new collectible trading cards for the authority’s two airports: Orlando International Airport (MCO) and the Orlando Executive Airport (ORL), a general aviation facility about 10 miles away. To celebrate, there’s going to be […]

Alaska Airlines news + SJC gate pass program + awards for us

10/01/26

During its Investor Day on Tuesday, Seattle-based Alaska Airlines shared a slew of announcements about its fast-paced expansion efforts, including details about new premium cabin products and lie-flat suites for Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines aircraft, new lounges in Seattle, Honolulu and San Diego, new options for how you can earn ATMOS points from flights and […]

The buzz: airports celebrating National Coffee Day

09/28/26

September 29 is National Coffee Day. Here’s what a couple of airports have in store to celebrate the drink that helps so many travelers wake up and get to the airport on time to catch their flights. *17 participating concessions selling coffee at San Jose Mineta Internatonal Airport (SJC) will handing out a free sticker […]