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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

Airports ready for St. Patrick’s Day + Cool special JetBlue livery

03/13/25

Airports in the U.S. and abroad are preparing to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, March 17. And check out this special livery coming to JetBlue In February, JetBlue invited customers to vote on which of three special livery designs created by Puerto Rican artists will be painted on a JetBlue Airbus A320 to honor Puerto Rico’s […]

What are the best, cleanest & most enjoyable airports?

03/12/25

Here at StuckatTheAirport.com, we often say that the best airport is the one that serves as the gateway to where you want to go. But there are many ways – and many organizations – that evaluate airports using other measurements. And that’s just fine. Airports Council International (ACI) World is one of those organizations. And, […]

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Take a free museum tour at SFO Airport

03/11/25

Arriving early for a flight or spending a long layover at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) can be a treat because SFO is one of the few US airports with an official museum program. At any one time, the airport’s SFO Museum hosts up to a dozen temporary exhibitions and keeps an eye on a […]

Travel tidbits to kick off another wacky week

03/09/25

JetBlue plans a makeover for T5 at JFK JetBlue opened its flagship Terminal 5 (T5) at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in 2008 with a bevy of cool amenities and lots of hip design features. The facilities expanded in 2014 and an outdoor deck with a pet relief area for dogs (the “Wooftop”) was […]

Let’s get out of here

03/05/25

Feeling like you need a break? We do. Between the news and the weather and, well, really just the news, we’re reading every email that pops into our inbox that has a whiff of something fun to do somewhere else. Here are some museum exhibits we’re putting on the “let’s go there” list:” Asian Comics: […]

Do you love the scent of the airport?

03/04/25

Have you ever wished that you or your home would smell just like your favorite airport or airline? It’s not such a far-fetched idea. Back in 2012, we saw the debut of a line of 19 city-centric scents named for their airport city codes — CDG (Paris), LHR (London), DXB (Dubai) — and packaged in slender bottles […]