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“Your Flight Has Been Canceled”

12/29/21

Winter weather and pandemic-related staffing issues are creating a nightmare for travelers. Thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed – or delayed and then canceled – over the holiday weekend and now into this week. On Tuesday, more than 1,000 flights across the country were canceled, while thousands more experienced delays. When we checked →

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Tips for traveling with gifts

12/19/21

Getting your gifts through airport security Flying this week? Stay safe, stay sane, and pay attention to the gifts you put in your carry-on bags. TSA officers may ask you to unwrap a package if they need to get a look at what’s inside. That can be slow you down, of course, but it could →

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TSA’s Far Out Social Media Accounts

12/09/21

Once again, it looks like someone is having a little too much fun with the Transportation Security Administration’s social media accounts. The TSA has a handy “What Can I Bring?” tool that is part of the agency’s standing offer to help travelers figure out what they may and may not put in their carry-on bags →

Travel Tidbits from Chicago, Sweden, & TSA

12/01/21

The holidays are around the corner and we’re looking forward to seeing how airports around the country – and the world – will celebrate the season. TSA’s Canine Calendar for 2022 is available for download. Chicago’s O’Hare and Midway Airports are ready for the season. Sweden Tourism takes on Ikea Do you have any Ikea →

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Mask mandate on planes & public transit to be extended

08/17/21

On Tuesday, multiple sources were reporting that federal officials will extend until at least mid-January the requirement that travelers must wear face masks on commercial airplanes, in airports, and on other forms of public transportation. The Transportation Security Administration’s current transportation mask mandate is set to expire on Sept. 13. The agency is expected to →

Health

This and that from an airport near you

06/29/21

Some people scroll through TikTok dances at the end of the day. We click through the airport and airline news on Twitter. Here are some items we stopped to read Tuesday evening. Leave the fireworks at home July 4th is going to be a busy time at airports and long security lines might make tempers →

TSA offering self-defense training to flight crews.

06/28/21

As airline passenger volume ticks up, many passengers are packing something the Transportation Security Administration and airlines would rather they’d leave home: a combative attitude. “Passengers do not arrive at an airport or board a plane with the intent of becoming unruly or violent; however, what is an exciting return to travel for some may →

Traveling? Face Masks required through at least September 13

05/03/21

Almost every airline, airport, railroad, and public transportation mode put face mask requirements into effect pretty early into the pandemic. The federal government did not. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) first issued its face mask requirement on February 1, 2021, with an initial expiration date of May 11. Last week the agency announced it is →

Health

TSA’s Top 10 Finds of 2020

02/23/21

It has become a tradition for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to release an annual “Top 10” list of the ‘best’ things the agency’s officers find travelers’ checked and carry-on bags. The list for 2020 has just been issued in video form (below). What made the TSA list? #10 was a sling shot. #9: Knives →

Now wearing a mask at the airport is the law

02/01/21

Now masking up at the airport is a law. So get with the program. Most airports and airlines have been requiring travelers to wear proper face masks while traveling through the terminals and on the planes for months. But enforcing the rule has been difficult at times because there was no federal backing. Now, finally, →

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