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It’s not just the DOT that wants airline passengers to be kind and courteous this holiday season. Delta Air Lines has rolled out a Centennial Cheer program for the holiday that will reward travelers for assorted moments of kindness. The campaign caps off Delta’s 100th Anniversary Celebrations and is designed to encourage, recognize and reward […]

Travel is great. Travel with big discounts? Even better. Here’s the second round-up of some of the better deals we’ve found for Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Travel Tuesday. See our first list here. Hotels (photo courtesy Hotel Indigo Williamsburg -Brooklyn) The Hotel Indigo Williamsburg (above) and other IHG properties participating in the IHG Cyber Sale offers IHG […]

Happy New Year from the Stuck at the Airport team. Here’s to a great, safe year of travel in 2024.

In New Zealand, the appearance of a group of stars named Ngā mata o te ariki Tāwhirimātea (Matariki) in the winter night sky marks the traditional beginning of the Māori new year. This year those stars are set to appear on July 14 and New Zealand’s Christchurch International Airport (CHC) is marking the beginning of […]

Some airports around the country are going all out to celebrate the holidays this year and entertain travelers. Here are some of the fun celebrations we’ve spotted. More to come. Let us know what we missed. Denver Int’l Airport’s Purple Elf Pottery Bike Landing at Philadelphia Int’l Airport If you’re at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) […]

It’s not just the DOT that wants airline passengers to be kind and courteous this holiday season. Delta Air Lines has rolled out a Centennial Cheer program for the holiday that will reward travelers for assorted moments of kindness. The campaign caps off Delta’s 100th Anniversary Celebrations and is designed to encourage, recognize and reward […]

Travel is great. Travel with big discounts? Even better. Here’s the second round-up of some of the better deals we’ve found for Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Travel Tuesday. See our first list here. Hotels (photo courtesy Hotel Indigo Williamsburg -Brooklyn) The Hotel Indigo Williamsburg (above) and other IHG properties participating in the IHG Cyber Sale offers IHG […]

Happy New Year from the Stuck at the Airport team. Here’s to a great, safe year of travel in 2024.

In New Zealand, the appearance of a group of stars named Ngā mata o te ariki Tāwhirimātea (Matariki) in the winter night sky marks the traditional beginning of the Māori new year. This year those stars are set to appear on July 14 and New Zealand’s Christchurch International Airport (CHC) is marking the beginning of […]

Some airports around the country are going all out to celebrate the holidays this year and entertain travelers. Here are some of the fun celebrations we’ve spotted. More to come. Let us know what we missed. Denver Int’l Airport’s Purple Elf Pottery Bike Landing at Philadelphia Int’l Airport If you’re at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) […]

We’re looking forward to some fun on April 1 as airports, airlines & others (maybe you?) celebrate April 1. We got a preview earlier this week from Sacramento International Airport (SMF), which alerted fans of the airport’s iconic giant red rabbit that a makeover might be in the cards. We love this 2022 wayfinding idea […]

Here’s a sampling of Lunar New Year messages for the Year of the Tiger from airports around the world. If we missed yours, please send it along. (Up next: Airports mark Black History Month)

Here’s a hopeful sign that airports are getting their groove back. On Monday, National Compliment Day, the Kindness Takes Flight team at Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO) brought back its Free Compliments Campaign. From a kiosk in the main terminal and via “compliment balloons” spread throughout the airport, passengers and airport visitors received free compliments such […]

(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 […]

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