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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

Stuck at Sacramento International Airport? Grab a coupon book.

10/14/08

Each year I gather up information about contests, promotions and events on tap for the holiday season at the nation’s airports. Since I end up doing most of my own holiday shopping at airports, it’s my way of maximize my shopping dollars. But why wait? In researching this year’s airport shopping list, I came across […]

Sacramento International Airport

Open house at new Indianapolis International Airport

10/13/08

Proving, once again, that it’s often lots more fun to just hang out at the airport than to actually fly anyplace, thousands of folks showed up this past weekend for the open house at the new Indianapolis International Airport. In addition to all the new shops and eateries, the new terminal, just down the road […]

Indianapolis International Airport

Alligators, skulls, and questionable payments

10/10/08

There’s way too much intriguing, puzzling and just plain bizarre stuff happening at airports this week. So as we head into the weekend, here are some items I’ve filed under “find out more….” According to this article in the Los Angeles Times, the FAA may make the agency that manages Los Angeles International Airport and […]

Pillows for passengers – free for a cause

10/10/08

To draw attention to their contract negotiations, to protest “chaotic air travel for passengers” and highlight what they feel are poor working conditions, American Airlines flight attendants will be handing out travel pillows today – Friday Oct 10th – at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, New York’s LaGuardia Airport and at airports in Miami and Los […]

LAX FlyAway bus raises fares

10/09/08

The last time I visited Los Angeles it cost close to $50 to take a (not very clean) cab ride from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to a downtown hotel. The ride back to the airport on the clean, comfortable, and non-stop LAX FlyAway bus from Union Station cost just $4. There was even free […]

Self-parking airplanes at the airport?

10/08/08

Lexus has those self-parking cars, so why not self-parking airplanes? According to this article from the Star Telegram.com, the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport has equipped about 90 gates with an auto-docking system that allows some American Airlines planes to park at the gates without the aid of ramp workers standing there waving orange sticks. For […]