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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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Learn to dance at the Paris airports

08/01/08

I’ve always thought that a great service for air travelers would be gate-side mini-courses in everything from the ancient history to CPR or packing. Now comes word from Paris that the airports there are offering free dance classes. Since the end of June, the Ecole des Vacances holiday school has been offering free dance classes →

Free drinks for (some) kids on US Airways

08/01/08

Starting today, August 1, 2008, coach passengers on US AIRWAYS will have to pay for all beverages – including water. Free drinks will still be available for First class fliers, trans-Atlantic passengers, and those flying on US AIRWAYS Shuttle Flights. According to airline spokesperson, Michelle Mohr, there’s one more category of travelers exempt from this →

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Cell phones on airplanes? Looking less likely.

08/01/08

When will we be able to make and receive calls on our cell phones on an airplane flying over the United States? Maybe never. A while back, several members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee introduced the Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace (HANG UP) Act. The goal: to make sure cell phone →

Recycled fashion at Pittsburgh International Airport

08/01/08

Would you wear clothing made out of old newspapers, crushed glass, old detergent bottles and bits and pieces of aluminum cans? If they looked like the duds Nancy Judd makes, you just might. Judd is an environmental artist who makes award-winning fashion out of the stuff most of us throw away. And from now through →

DFW gets Best Buy; air travelers get play tickets

07/31/08

I’m a big fan of skipping the mall and doing all my shopping at the airport. So I’m pleased to see that Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) now has two automated Best Buy stores (a.k.a. vending machines) selling electronic products and accessories all at prices that match the Best Buy stores on the street. (Find →

Jerry Lewis, guns, and deer

07/30/08

Actor and comedian Jerry Lewis was on his way to Detroit last Friday when he got nabbed at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas for having a gun in his carry-on baggage. Maybe he was really on his way to Flint. According to the Flint Journal, at Flint’s Bishop International Airport recently a “wayward shot” →