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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 […]

Harriet Baskas

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The Newsletter

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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: SAS deals + SFO’s audio walkway

08/18/25

The summer sale at Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) runs through Tuesday, August 26 with some very inviting discounted routes from John F. Kennedy (JFK), Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), Miami International Airport (MIA), Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) and Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to destinations in Scandinavia and Europe. Discounted travel can be made now for […]

News from Air Canada + Korean Air + More

08/17/25

Air Canada flights on, then off On Sunday afternoon, Air Canada said it was suspending its plan to resume limited flying by Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge after striking flight attendants represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) defied the government’s back-to-work order. Instead, the airline says it now plans to resume […]

Air Canada braces for a strike

08/14/25

Your options if you have an Air Canada ticket Air Canada’s negotiations with CUPE, the union representing 10,000 flight attendants on Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge, aren’t going well. And if no agreements can be made, a strike is expected to begin Saturday, August 16 at 01:00 ET. In preparation, the carrier began a […]

Going places: Travel in the Middle Ages

08/13/25

(Villagers on Their Way to Church from Book of Hours, about 1550, courtesy Getty Museum) If you think traveling can be complicated now, imagine making a journey in the Middle Ages. Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages, a new exhibition coming to the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles this fall, will present […]

Rendering of the JFK Terminal 6 Arrivals Corridor

New JFK T6 to feature art & imagery from top NY museums

08/13/25

The international arrivals corridor in the $4.2 billion Terminal 6, under construction at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), will welcome travelers with art and imagery from four of New York City’s top cultural institutions. The American Museum of Natural History, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum […]

Everyone can be a VIP at the airport. If you pay.

08/08/25

[Our story about the premiumization of airports first appeared on NBC News] Pittsburghers are so excited to see the new $1.7 billion airport terminal that Pittsburgh International Airport is opening this fall that 18,000 of them applied for 2,000 test day slots even before the date was set. The lucky volunteers chosen to drive to […]