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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

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Have you seen an award-winning airport bathroom?

04/10/10

Been in any great airport bathrooms lately? If so, then take a moment nominate it for the 2010 America’s Best Restroom Award. This is the ninth year the Cintas Corporation has been running this wacky contest and there have been some pretty swanky loos among the contestants. But back in 2005, the grand prize winner →

What’s there for you in DOT’s new tarmac-delay rule?

04/09/10

Yes, the Department of Transportation’s new rule taking effect April 29 promises stiff penalties for airlines that strand passengers inside idling airplanes for more than three hours. But look closer at the 81-page document detailing DOT’s new Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections rule, and you’ll find other regulations that apply more broadly. They require carriers to →

Pay for carry-on bags? We’ll see about that.

04/08/10

We all knew this was coming – someday – right? Spirit Airlines announced that, come August 1st, you’ll need to pay a fee (up to $45 if you wait until the last minute) to stow a bag, a box, or that container holding our uncle’s cremains in the overhead bin. The alternatives? Check your bags →

LAX art exhibit: Strangers’ Luggage

04/07/10

When you’re standing in line waiting to go through the security checkpoint at the airport, aren’t you just a little bit curious about what the TSA folks are seeing on those x-ray screens as everyone’s carry-on bag passes by? Los Angeles artist Juanita Meneses must have wondered, because she created a series of paintings, Strangers’ →

Airport trend I applaud: ice-cream vending machines

04/06/10

Where I live, it’s been very cold and very rainy. But at the Nashville International Airport (BNA) they’re ready for summer and celebrating the season with the installation of a new vending machine that dispenses that popular ice-cream treat: Dippin’ Dots. The machine is located on the C Concourse (across from Burger King and The →

Fossils at Liverpool John Lennon Airport

04/05/10

It’s the 50th anniversary of the Beatles being “The Beatles” so I’m planning a visit to the Liverpool John Lennon Airport, where the slogan is “above us only sky.” Poking around the airport’s website this weekend, I discovered that it’s really easy to get to JLA from Amsterdam and that the Liverpool airport has a →