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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 […]

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

Southwest Wi-Fi to filter for pornography

02/12/09

Earlier this week, Southwest Airlines announced that it was finally testing in-flight Wi-Fi on two planes and plans to being testing the service on four planes in just a few weeks. The service is provided by Row 44, which provides Wi-Fi via aircraft-to-satellite technology. The service will be free during an initial testing phase and […]

Airports offer sweet treats for Valentine’s Day

02/11/09

This month, my “At the Airport” column in USAToday.com is all about Valentine’s Day specials at the nation’s airport. Here’s a link to the column and, below, some highlights. Valentine’s Day falls on a Saturday this year, so frequent travelers have a good chance of working out those plans to touch down in the same […]

A Valentine from NASA and a birthday gift for Galileo

02/11/09

In 1609, 400 years ago, Galileo first turned his telescope towards the sky. Now, to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy, Valentine’s Day, and Galileo’s birthday (Feb. 15) NASA is all giving sky lovers a gift. The agency is releasing giant images from its Great Observatories– the Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, and Chandra […]

The TSA and your grandma

02/10/09

I spent two long and truly educational days last week attending a TSA training course. My report on the class will show up in my in Well-Mannered Traveler column on MSNBC.com this Thursday, but this post in the TSA’s Evolution of Security blog reminded me of one of the break-out sessions in the class. (Guess […]

Prize patrol: Enter JetBlue’s Anniversary Sweepstakes

02/09/09

To celebrate its 9th anniversary, JetBlue Airways has kicked off a five day sweepstakes that starts today. Prizes include free flights, luggage, a year’s worth of soda and snacks, Dunkin’ Donuts gift packs, XM satellite radio and other fun stuff. Grand prize: a vacation for 9 in the Bahamas. You’ll need to be a member […]

Airfares by weight? One company predicts it will happen.

02/09/09

The folks at Luggage Forward, one of the companies that provides doorstep to destination luggage delivery, is putting out their annual industry report today and, no surprise, they predict that in 2009 travelers will: Be paying increasing baggage fees: “Despite falling fuel prices airlines have determined that baggage fees do not deter people from flying […]