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Amelia Earhart + pizza-inspired art + a snazzy new checkpoint

06/04/25

Summer reading: The Aviator and the Showman If you have a subscription to The New Yorker or can somehow click your way through to access it, be sure to read this revealing and heartstopping story titled: Amelia Earhart’s Reckless Final Flights, by Lauri Gwen Shapiro. It’s taken from Shapiro’s soon-to-be-published book The Aviator and the […]

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Long TSA lines? Skip them with this free service

05/23/24

The Memorial Day weekend means longer than usual lines at airport security checkpoints. And if you don’t have TSA PreCheck it’s a good bet you’ll find yourself standing in those very long line. But there’s a free, ‘secret’ way to bypass those lines at more than 20 airports in North America and Europe. For travelers […]

Self-service security screening? It’s being tested

03/06/24

Self-service checkout works at the grocery store. So why not self-service screening at the airport? That’s what the Transportation Security Administration has in mind. For the next six months, TSA and the Department of Homeland Security will be testing a self-service checkpoint at Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas. Starting in mid-March, travelers […]

Guns in Peanut Butter & Inside a Raw Chicken: TSA’s Top 10 Catches from 2022

01/02/23

Officers for the Transportation Security Administration see a lot of stuff in the carry-on bags of passengers. Some of it is just fine for people to take on the plane with them. Other items, such as baseball bats, meat cleavers, and even Magic 8 balls, falls on the prohibited items. So do knives, guns, and […]

Travel Tidbits From An Airport Near You

11/02/22

TSA May Still Make You Wear A Mask The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling that allows the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to require mask-wearing on planes, trains, and other forms of transport. The TSA stopped enforcing a mask mandate in April of this year after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s […]

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Some airports ease travel. Others make it harder

09/19/22

Now you can reserve a checkpoint slot at Miami Int’l Airport One of the newest, and most welcome airport amenities are free programs that allow passengers to schedule the time they go through TSA checkpoint screening. Examples include the Spot Saver program at Seattle-Tacoma Internation Airport (SEA), the LAX Fast Lane at Los Angeles International […]

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Travel Tidbits from an airport near you

07/25/22

Drama at Dallas Love Field Operations resumed late Monday afternoon at Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL) after a frightening incident involving shots fired inside the terminal building. According to Dallas police, a woman entered the airport near the ticket counter, went into a bathroom, and exited wearing a hoodie and brandishing a gun. She began […]

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Airport security lines are long. Reserve your spot.

06/07/22

Summer travel is back in full force and that means long lines to go through airport security checkpoints. Having a paid TSA Precheck or CLEAR membership will get you on shorter, expedited lines. But at an increasing number of airports, there are free programs in place that will also help you shorten the wait times, […]

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Fewer passengers, but more firearms at airports

10/13/21

This is alarming: While there are still fewer passengers flying on commercial planes due to the pandemic, there is an uptick in the number of firearms people are bringing with them to U.S. airports. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced this week that so far this year its officers have found a record number of […]

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