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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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No backstage pass needed at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport

03/10/08

During the music, film and media extravaganza known as the South by Southwest festival, or SXSW, pretty much every venue in Austin, Texas is pressed into service as a showcase for music from around the world. This year’s festival runs from March 7th to the 16th. Much of the action is centered in downtown Austin, →

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport

Fresh art at Nashville International Airport

03/10/08

Nashville International Airport (BNA) has an ambitious live music schedule and, it seems, a fine art program. Through June 1, 2008, the airport’s exhibition series (Flying Solo) features the work of four Tennessee artists, including T. Michael Martin who describes his work this way: “I create quirky, vibrant worlds where geometries are manipulated to represent →

Nashville International Airport

Stuck at Denver International Airport

03/07/08

I rarely mind spending a few extra hours at an airport – especially when I get a free ticket for volunteering to take a later flight and there’s free wireless Internet access throughout the terminal. This afternoon I volunteered to stay behind. The very irate woman in front of me at the customer service counter →

Denver International Airport

More music for airports: theme songs

03/06/08

If cities can have theme songs, why can’t airports have theme songs? Some airports do. Los Angeles International Airport traces its theme song back to a country music hit from the 1970s. The song, L.A. International Airport, was written by Leanne Scott and sung by Susan Raye. But when LAX made it the airport’s official →

theme songs

Music for airports?

03/05/08

I’m having a little too much fun researching a column about airport theme songs. I’m finding everything from jingles to “real” songs that have found their way onto the charts. One example – the theme song for Germany’s Cologne-Bonn Airport. Written by the Cologne-based band plus49. The song is included in their album “All the →

theme songs

Tasty fuel for the last leg of the trip

03/04/08

Notice all those restaurants and take-out joints popping up at airports? They’re not just for folks getting onto planes. For arriving passengers it means not having to go home – or to the hotel – hungry. David Grossman, a fellow columnist over at USATODAY.com explores the topic in a new column. He was kind enough →