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Air France buys 20,000 Charlie Hebdo papers for passengers

01/15/15

French flag carrier Air France purchased 20,000 copies of the first edition of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo to be published since the January 7 terrorist attack on its offices. The cover features a representation of Mohammed holding a placard that reads ‘Je Suis Charlie.’ The initial press run of five million copies sold out →

Airplane! stars in video for Travel Wisconsin

01/10/15

Here’s a look at the third video in a fun series promoting tourism in Wisconsin featuring cast members from the classic Airplane! film. Look for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Robert Hays and the inflatable Otto Autopilot. Missed the earlier videos? Here they are. →

Fun Stuff

Valentine’s Day: Fly with your sweetie for $1

01/08/15

My household already has a holiday plan for Valentine’s Day, but if reservations weren’t already made I’d be looking closer at this offer from Turkish Airlines, which is good for the entire month of February. Through January 17, 2015, passengers who purchase one ticket can get the second ticket for just $1 for travel between →

No fee to check 1st bag on Alaska Airlines – for 1 month

12/30/14

Here’s a nice gift for travelers to kick off 2015: Alaska Airlines is waiving its $25 first-bag fee – for the month of January. To take advantage of the offer, passengers must be a member of Alaska Airlines’ Mileage Plan, but anyone not yet a member can easily sign up for free online or at →

Baggage

Airport Amenity alert: Beer taps at your table at MKE Airport

12/29/14

I thought I had dreamed this one up…but it’s for real. At General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin there’s a bar with beer taps right at the table. Thirsty? The are two high-top tables with built-in taps at Miller Brewhouse in MKE’s main terminal. To use them, you simply “swipe your credit card & →

Food

Relaxing checkpoint at Oakland Int’l Airport

12/26/14

Travelers heading home through Oakland International Airport at the end of this holiday weekend will no doubt be thankful for two new on-site amenities. In addition to the one-month old “BART to OAK” people mover train service running between Oakland International Airport and the BART Coliseum station, OAK is sporting a new SpringHill Suites “Experience →

Christmas in Hawaii? Sounds good to me.

12/12/14

Rain? There’s been a bit too much of it in many parts of the country the past few days. And that always leads to dreams of … Hawaii. No time to fly there right now? These holiday-themed videos from Hawaiian Airlines, including a hula version of Jingle Bells, may help. →

Holidays

ANA’s app for anxious airline passengers

12/11/14

Anxious about flying? ANA (All Nippon Airways) has an app for you. Released just in time for the holidays, when people find flying even more stressful than usual, the ‘ANA Takeoff Mode’ app offers fliers a simple, distracting puzzle (users must maneuver a ball on screen to collect points), along with relaxing music. Designed to →

Travel tune-up: re-thinking airline loyalty programs

11/30/14

About 25 million people had plans to travel by air this Thanksgiving weekend and, as they return from their holiday, some are already making travel plans for 2015 using the frequent flier miles they earned from airline loyalty programs this past year. But changes in some of those programs might make some travelers rethink their →

Not flying? You can still shop at PIT’s AIRMALL

11/28/14

Remember the days when the amenities at most airports consisted of generic news and gift stands offering magazines and snacks, such as hotdogs rotating under a heat lamp, at outrageous prices? Those days are gone – for a long list of reasons – but thanks in no small part to the AIRMALL at Pittsburgh International →

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