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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

Visit Santa’s Layover Lounge at Denver Int’l Airport

11/19/24

A pop-up bar dubbed Santa’s Layover Lounge is now open at Denver International Airport (DEN), just in time for what’s expected to be a record-breaking holiday travel season. Lounge 5280, on the mezzanine level of Concourse B, in the Center Core, has been transformed into a festive holiday pop-up bar with decorations, themed cocktails, a […]

Black Friday Travel Deals – so far

11/18/24

Now that the clocks have been turned back (in more ways than one…) it seems like a good time to get out of town. The Stuck at the Airport “get outta here” team will be sharing some of the better deals sent our way. Many Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Travel Tuesday holiday deals are already available. Some […]

Decline to recline for courtesy & prizes

11/13/24

It’s that age-old travel debate: recline or decline? After having one too many meals and laptops ruined by airplane seat recliners, the Stuck at The Airport team is squarely in the “don’t recline” camp. The folks at La-Z-Boy, the furniture company that invented the home recliner nearly 100 years ago, get it. And they’re running […]

Travel Tidbits from Airports Near You

11/13/24

Winning snowplow names at Bradley Int’l Airport A second-grade class and a fourth-grade class from Windsor Locks, Connecticut, chose the winning names for two new snowplows at Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport. The winning names: Snowbelle and Blizzard Wizard. The story of how Salt Lake City International Airport saved its World Map This is a great […]

Places we’d go: Stradivarius exhibit in Phoenix at the Museum of Musical Instruments

11/12/24

The Stuck at the Airport Museum Team missed visiting the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix, AZ our last time through and we plan to make the MIM our first stop the next time we head that way. Which may be soon. The museum displays more than 4,200 instruments representing all the world’s countries and […]

5 Thing We Love About Luxor International Airport

11/11/24

The Stuck at the Airport team visited Egypt’s Luxor International Airport as part of a Viking Cruises adventure on the Nile River aboard the just-christened Viking Sobek. On this journey, we visited airports in Seattle, Dubai, Cairo and Luxor. Luxer International Airport (LXR) is a medium-sized airport with enough amenities in the domestic flight zone […]