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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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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

Spotted: Mortuary at Schiphol Airport

10/09/24

This disembodied head sits on a small patch of grass next to the quirky but charming CitizenM hotel at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport (AMS). Behind it: the Schiphol Mortuary. I was walking to the hotel behind a couple who also stopped to take a photo. And then overheard the man say to the woman: “Well, dear. […]

Flying soon? Locate your guns.

10/08/24

It’s not overdoing it to say that the Stuck at the Airport safety and security team is a bit obsessed with the topic of firearms at airports. We can’t go down the rabbit hole that is the gun control discussion here. But we do get quite alarmed every time the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) […]

KLM unveils its 105th Delft Blue miniature house

10/07/24

Want a free house? KLM, the Netherlands’ flag carrier, gives them away for free. There are strings, of course. And more to the story. You need to be flying in business class on an intercontinental flight. And the houses are just 4 inches high. But they are filled with Dutch gin and are part of […]

Airports and airlines brace for Hurricane Milton

10/06/24

First, it was Hurricane Helene. Now Hurricane Milton is heading toward Central Florida and is expected to arrive with vengeance midweek. Airlines are already canceling flights, posting travel advisories and offering fee waivers for flight changes. Airports are issuing operational updates and reminding travelers that they are not public shelters. Here are the policies and […]

SFO Museum celebrates San Francisco

10/02/24

Here’s a great reason to plan or be thankful for a long layover at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The SFO Museum‘s newest exhibition, San Francisco: City of the World, offers travelers a thoughtful, fun and educational look at the iconic city’s colorful history. Find it post-security in Terminal 2 through July 6, 2025. […]

Condor Airlines adds a pink-striped plane for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

09/30/24

Condor, the German airline with the candy stripe livery in an assortment of fun colors, has added a pink-striped livery to one of its Airbust A320 aircraft to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which runs through October. Condor’s “Fly Pink” plane joins the “FlyPink” initiative founded by QantasLink pilots in 2015. The initiative supports the […]