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Two travel deals to check out

01/18/26

Amtrak has a great offer for travelers who want to explore the US by train. As part of its ‘Adventure Awaits Sale’, the rail line is offering USA Rail Passes for $250, a significant discount from the regular fee of $499. But only through January 20, 2026. The pass is good for 10 coach coach →

Deals

Happy Birthday, Finnair

11/01/23

Finland’s flag carrier, Finnair, turns 100 today. If you’re flying, keep an eye out for special celebratory events. In the meantime, here are some short videos celebrating the airline’s history and a fun Moomin character livery makeover. →

Airlines

Greetings from: Helsinki

06/05/22

Snaps from Finnair’s Inaugural Flights from SEA to HEL Finnair is the latest new international carrier to serve Stuck at the Airport’s home base airport in Seattle. We were delighted to hop on the inaugural flight from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Helsinki Airport (HEL). And, yes, we love that we can tell people we →

City Guide

Travel Tidbits from SFO + Finnair +Indiana State Museum

03/20/22

SFO’s Wag Brigade Gets a Bunny Most airports that had them before the pandemic have now brought back their teams of stress-busting therapy animals to the terminals. A great example is SFO’s Wag Brigade, which is made up of about a dozen cute pups, a pig named LiLou, and the newest member of the team, →

Animals

How to join Finnair’s virtual reality flights to visit Santa

12/16/20

What does Santa do after he finishes all that hard work delivering presents on Christmas Eve? He’ll go up the last chimney, climb into his sleigh, and make his way home to Rovaniemi, Lapland. That’s the Christmas story Helsinki-based Finnair, “Santa’s official airline,” believes. And they’re backing it up with a series of eight virtual →

Holidays

Fashion show on an airport runway? Yes.

03/02/16

Finnair and Helsinki Airport will be hosting a runway-style fashion show on one of the airport's runways in May. Just makes sense! →

Now it’s all about Santa’s trip

12/02/14

Now that all that turkey business is over with, it’s time to start watching the skies for Santa. NORAD – the North American Aerospace Defense Command – is already on the job with its NORAD Tracks Santa website, which has a holiday countdown, games, activities, Santa data and more in eight languages: English, French, Spanish, →

Frying with Finnair to the UN Climate Summit

09/22/14

Smell that? The Airbus A330 making Tuesday’s Finnair flight from Helsinki to New York will be running on biofuel partly made from recycled cooking oil from restaurants. It’s perfectly safe – and Finnair and several other airlines have done it before – but this flight is designed to coincide with the UN Climate Summit taking →

Environment

Airline amenity kits – part 2

09/15/14

Here’s part 2 of my round-up of cool, collectible airline amenity kits, originally produced for CNBC Road Warrior. See part 1 here. A complimentary amenity kit filled with deluxe-sized, beauty, grooming and lifestyle products chosen by the sample-savvy folks at Birchbox is one of the perks included with JetBlue’s upgraded, coast-to-to-coast Mint service introduced in →

Amenity kits

Free Ferris Wheel Spin, courtesy Finnair

06/04/14

Free Ferris Wheel Spin, courtesy Finnair →

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