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Wild photo: American Airlines plane lifted over highway

05/25/10
Take a good look at this photo of the MD-80 jet that American Airlines recently donated to the George T. Baker Aviation School in Miami.  The school is just across the highway from Miami International Airport, but they couldn’t just fly the plane over. So the airline partnered with the Odebrecht construction and engineering company […]

Packards at John Wayne Airport & a salute to women in aviation at the C.R. Smith Museum

03/01/10
From now through June 1, 2010, a collection of photographs and accessories from the classic Packard automobile will be on display in Terminal A at John Wayne Airport (JWA).   The items are on loan from Orange County’s Packard International Motor Car Club and include hood ornaments, Packard ephemera, and photos of Packards, including this 1932 […]

Tidbits for travelers: lost luggage, found privacy, & contests

11/05/09
A little bit of this ‘n that today. (No one is walking off with this bag!) The story out of Phoenix about a couple who managed to steal more than 1,000 pieces of luggage from the baggage claim carousels at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is alarming, for sure. But we shouldn’t be surprised.  While […]

College-bound? It’s time for Travel Deals 101

09/11/09
Heading to college or sending a kid off to school? Once tuition, room, and board bills are paid, there may not be much cash left over for actually traveling between home and the college campus.  But, as I write in my Well Mannered Traveler column on MSNBC.com today, some airlines offer a little help. Lufthansa, […]

Tidbits for travelers: Cashless cabins, clothes-free CEOs, and goopy garages

05/28/09
Cashless: On Monday, June 1st, American Airlines becomes the latest airline to go cashless. If you’re flying on an American Airlines flight in the continental U.S. or on a flight to or from Hawaii, Alaska and Canada and want to buy headsets, meals, snacks or alcoholic beverages, you’ll need a credit card to do so. […]

Prize patrol: airports and airlines giving away great stuff

05/11/09
Wish you could drive a cool car or fly to some cool places? Then stop playing solitaire on your computer and enter some of these contests: Through June 29, 2009, American Airlines is running a “Capture the Flagship Experience” game.   Top winner gets two round-trip Business Class tickets to anywhere American flies in Europe, Asia […]
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