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Make the best of America’s busiest airports – part 2

11/09/11

Making the best of America's busiest airports. Part 2: Denver, Las Vegas, Houston and NY's JFK airports. →

Airports want you to go away

11/30/10

Several airport are having contests and promotions to give away free tickets. →

Las Vegas Airport contest; Phoenix Airport thank-you

10/02/10

Here’s another reason to pay attention to airports: you could win a free trip. Or at least some free popcorn Oakland International Airport just announced the winning photos in its What You Do With The Extra Hour Is Up To You photo contest. Three winners won vacations just for sending in photos depicting how they’d →

Happy Souvenir Sunday from SEA and ORD

01/31/10

(Photo courtesy Pam Mandel, Nerd’s Eye View) On Sundays, I unpack my bags and take a look at some of the fun, under $10, “of”the city items I picked up while stuck at the airport. Last week, it was gee-gaws from McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. This week, I’ve got souvenirs sent in by →

Souvenir Sunday: fun stuff from Las Vegas airport

05/10/09

Happy Souvenir Sunday (and Happy Mother’s Day)! Whenever I’m stuck at an airport I poke around for something fun and “of that city” to bring home as a souvenir. I have just a few rules: 1. No shot glasses or t-shirts 2. Nothing that costs more than $10 3. Nothing generic that’s simply stamped with →

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Smoking at airports. Good or bad?

01/21/09

If, like President Barack Obama, you haven’t quite kicked the smoking habit yet, you might be on the look-out for airports where you can grab a smoke indoors without having to trek out to the curb. Or perhaps you’d like to know where all the non-smoking airports are so that you can breathe free when →

Happy Birthday McCarran International Airport

12/17/08

This Friday, Dec. 19th, marks the 60th anniversary of McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. When it opened, the airport was not much more than a tiny dusty airstrip served by four airlines that averaged a combined 12 flights per day. (Photo: Howard W. Cannon Aviation Museum) Today, of course, McCarran is one of the →

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Jerry Lewis, guns, and deer

07/30/08

Actor and comedian Jerry Lewis was on his way to Detroit last Friday when he got nabbed at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas for having a gun in his carry-on baggage. Maybe he was really on his way to Flint. According to the Flint Journal, at Flint’s Bishop International Airport recently a “wayward shot” →

Info-tainment at San Diego International Airport

06/30/08

Starting on July 4th, waiting on line at a security checkpoint at San Diego International Airport (SAN) will be a bit more entertaining. The airport is rolling out a series of “info-tainment” videos featuring popular San Diego mascots offering tips to travelers about what can and cannot be taken through the checkpoints. Look for the →

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McCarran International Airport: Work out before you take off

02/15/08

If you get stuck at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, don’t fret. There’s plenty to keep you entertained: a great aviation museum, slot machines, oxygen bars, and candy shops that hand out free samples of fudge. There’s also a 24-hour gym. On a very long layover at McCarran recently, I played the slots, ate →

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