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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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The Newsletter

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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

Staying alive at the airport and on the airplane

08/07/08

Late last month, as a red-eye Delta flight from Los Angeles to Atlanta was preparing to land, crew members found an unresponsive passenger in the jet’s lavatory. Medical professionals were on the flight but, when the plane landed, authorities confirmed that 61-year-old Michaele O’Neil Carnahan had passed away. Having a passenger die on an airplane […]

Pet hotel coming to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

08/06/08

Good news for pets – and their people – who travel via Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). The airport will soon put out a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a 24-hour Pet Hotel and Resort on the airport’s west side. DFW airport has received more than two dozen informal inquiries about setting up such a […]

The airlines’ most precious cargo: your kids

08/06/08

Don’t be surprised if your next airplane seatmate has a Spiderman carry-on bag and elite frequent flier status. Millions of children between the ages of 5 and 14 fly alone every year, as what the airlines call “UMs” or unaccompanied minors. Many of these small-fry fliers travel year-round, shuttling back and forth between divorced parents […]

Smallest traveling circus at San Diego International Airport

08/05/08

Step right up! Today, between 11 am and 1 pm (West Coast time) kids of all ages will be treated to a free performance of Circus Minumus, San Diego’s smallest traveling circus, in the baggage claim area of Terminal 2 at San Diego International Airport. Scheduled to appear: Dori Smith’s Pig’s Eye Puppet Theater, featuring […]

San Diego International Airport

New exhibit at Sacramento International Airport

08/05/08

Breweries, coffee grinders, drugstores and grocery stores were among the businesses that flourished in Sacramento, California during the post-Gold Rush era. Now travelers can see an intriguing exhibit of fruit labels, store displays, advertising materials and other artifacts from that time at the Sacramento International Airport , (SMF). The items are from the Sacramento Archives […]

Sacramento International Airport

Love the layover: Encounter Restaurant at LAX

08/05/08

Don’t let the scaffolding fool you: While the landmark Theme Building in the center of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is about to undergo a year-long $9 million restoration, the space-age themed Encounter Restaurant at the top of the building will remain open. In February 2007, a 1,000-pound, 5-foot by 10-foot section of stucco coating […]