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Travel Tidbits from Airports Near You

A lot is happening at airports around the country this week. Here’s a round-up of some of what we’ve spotted so far.

First – see if you can catch this deal:

Low-cost Icelandic airline PLAY is offering flights from the U.S. to Iceland for $99 and to London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, and Paris for $109 from October 24 through 31. Book it here.

This deal is valid for flights booked from November 2024 through January 2025.

Trick-or-Treat at the airport? That could be fun.

In some cities, they do safe trick-or-treating events at the mall. But in Canton, Ohio, kids will head to the Akron-Canton Airport (CAK) on Halloween.

Greeting card vending machine at OAK

The Stuck at the Airport shopping team loves creative airport vending machines. Here’s a new one at OAK airport that dispenses greeting cards.

SLC Airport still celebrating Phase 3 opening

We can’t wait to visit Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) to see the new art at amenities that opened as part of the Phase 3 redevelopment.

Fresh art at Bush Intercontinental Airport

And this week Bush Interncontinal Airport (IAH) opened a lovely Terminal D West Pier.

Pot smuggling ring foiled at OAK Airport

Just say no

Three baggage handlers working for Southwest Airlines were among more than a dozen people arrested in what federal authorities allege was a long-running marijuana shipping operation that took advantage of the special security access bag handlers enjoy at California’s Oakland International Airport.

The baggage handlers allegedly used their ability to avoid security checkpoints to gain access to passenger terminals beyond the checkpoint. They’d then hand off bags of drugs to people who had cleared security and would then take the package onto a plane headed for another city, where the drugs would be sold.

Some packages of pot were smuggled as cargo, the Contra Costra Times reports, and at least one of the co-conspirators is said to have posted photos of large bundles of cash and marijuana on Instagram.

In a statement released yesterday, Oakland International Airport officials said they had been working closely with law enforcement from the outset of this investigation “to root out, stop, and prevent criminal activity and we’re pleased to see the investigation concluding and the people involved held accountable.”

Southwest airline issued a statement saying it too is fully cooperating with authorities.