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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

Orlando Int’l Airport ready for National Public Sleeping Day

02/17/25

Have you ever fallen asleep in an airport or on an airplane? If so, you will appreciate and want to mark National Public Sleeping Day, which takes place each year on February 28th. The unofficial national holiday celebrates and encourages taking a nap in public places, including airports and on airplanes, a skill most travelers […]

Airport fitness zones? Changi has a fun, new one

02/16/25

All that sitting around in airports and on airplanes can’t be that good for you. Or your health. That’s why some airports have marked heart-healthy walking paths, others have yoga rooms for stretching and a rare few have real gyms on site. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) has the FitPHX Trail stretching more than […]

Happy Valentine’s Day

02/14/25

Wishing you a happy Valentine’s Day and safe travels with your loved ones year-round.

Another airport adds a gate pass program. Yay!!

02/13/25

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, San Antonio International Airport (SAT) is launching a gate pass program. The new SAT Pass lets non-ticketed visitors pass through security to greet arriving passengers post-security or go with a departing passenger to the gate. Applying for the pass is easy. Guests can go online to request a pass […]

Airports ready for Valentine’s Day. Are you?

02/11/25

Are you ready for Valentine’s Day? Many airports are. And you should too. The Clark County Clerk’s Offices is already set up at Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas offering marriage licenses and vow renewal certificates to arriving passengers at a pop-up marriage licence bureau in the Terminal 1 bag claim. It will […]

Museum Monday: Edmund Hillary’s Camera

02/10/25

Greetings from New Zealand. When the Stuck at the Airport team isn’t hanging out in an airport, it can usually be found in a museum. And this week, while traveling through Australia and New Zealand on Holland America’s Westerdam cruise ship, we’ve been delighted to stop in towns with truly wonderful museums. One of our […]