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Holiday travelers will find busy airports, but with plenty of free things to do

Holiday travelers will find busy airports, but with plenty of free things to do

12/21/21
(This is a slightly different version of a story we prepared for NBC News) Over this holiday, the Transportation Security Administration is expecting to screen a near pre-pandemic number of passengers. Many travelers will be visiting an airport for the first time in almost two years but will be pleased to find a wide range […]
Gate passes; jet travel; and art fans

Gate passes; jet travel; and art fans

08/29/21
Sharing some of the stories we’ve written recently for our friends over at The Points Guy site: Airport gate pass programs are back Before the pandemic, a handful of airports around the country offered gate pass programs that allowed non-ticketed visitors to join ticketed passengers on the security checkpoint lines and on the secure side of […]
Detroit Metro Airport gate pass program permanent

Detroit Metro Airport gate pass program permanent

01/04/20
Gate pass programs expanding The pilot DTW Destination Pass program at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) which allows non-ticketed passengers past the security checkpoint began in October and was supposed to end this week. But so many non-ticketed visitors are interested in visiting DTW airport to shop, dine, check out airplanes and spend more […]
Now 3 airports offer gate passes to non-ticketed passengers

Now 3 airports offer gate passes to non-ticketed passengers

10/24/19
Another airport invites non-ticketed passengers to hang and visit You can do it a Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) and you can do it at Tampa International Airport (TPA) Now Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) will let you do it too. Detroit Metro Airport now allows non-ticketed passengers to spend time on the post-security side […]