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20 airports you can visit without a plane ticket

01/05/26

Airport guest pass programs allow non-ticketed guests to go through the security checkpoint and access the secure side of a terminal to dine, shop, see the art and spend more time with family and friends. Currently, about 20 airports offer this service. And each airport has its own set of rules for how many guests →

Harriet Baskas

Airports

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Alaska Airlines’ big, bold Boeing plane order

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Holiday videos from Icelandair and Austrian Airlines

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Updated airline policies for change/fee waivers due to flight reduction mandate

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Download Valentines from DFW + more Valentine’s Day treats from airports

02/12/26

Flying to see your sweetheart? Here at Stuck at the Airport, we’ve been highlighting Valentine’s Day-themed activities at various airports all week. We love the cute and corny, downloadable, travel-themed set of 15 Valentines that Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has put together with lines such as, “My heart takes off every time you →

Valentine's Day

Travel tidbits from airports near you

02/11/26

The Stuck at the Airport team is in Vancouver, B.C. this week eating oysters, visiting museums and galleries and going shopping for valentine gifts. We’re keeping an eye on the airport beat, though, and sharing (below) some fun tidbits from airports in Pittsburgh, Houston and Denver. Pittsburgh’s new airport terminal gets a new play area →

Delta Air Lines will mail love letters penned on certain flights

02/10/26

We told you how Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK) and Southwest Airlines are teaming up to provide and mail Valentine’s Day postcards for free. That offer ends on Wednesday and is an option only at OAK. Now, inspired by Friday’s general release of the new Wuthering Heights film, Delta Air Lines is encouraging travelers →

Ready for Valentine’s Day? OAK Airport is.

02/09/26

Airports and airlines will be celebrating Valentine’s Day this year. But Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK) and Southwest Airlines are getting a head start by bringing back a free Valentine Day’s mailing service for the second year in a row. Through Wednesday, February 11, passengers traveling through OAK can pick up free OAK-themed postcards →

Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport

Where the scruffy little suitcase wants to go

02/08/26

The scruffy little suitcase wants what it wants. And we’re happy to tag along. So we’re kicking off the week with a round-up of some of the places on our ‘go’ list: Vancouver, BC here we come (Courtesy Vancouver Art Gallery) This week we’re taking the train from Seattle to Vancouver, B.C. for a quick →

Airports, governors place bets on the Big Game

02/07/26

Lots of people have placed lots of bets on the outcome of the Big Game on Sunday, February 8, between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. That includes the officials at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) and Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) and governors of Washington and Massachusetts. Here is what’s on the line. →