Airports

When you fly with major airlines, they use a system where they have central “hub” cities and smaller “spoke” cities. If you’re not flying directly to or from a hub…

Nothing about booking airfare is straightforward. The way airlines figure out how much to charge to get you from city A to city B drives me crazy. Idiosyncracies in the…

A lot of people don’t really like going through the TSA security checkpoint. And that’s understandable. It’s crowded. It can be a long queue. Overall, it can be pretty stressful,…

Because we live in the United States and most of the social media we read is from that country, we learn a lot about the best and worst of travel…

New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport has been under major construction for 2 years so far. The massive undertaking has included and will continue to include: $9.5 billion…

I’m old enough to remember when people were allowed to smoke pretty much anywhere. But over the years, those involved in science and medicine have discovered how bad smoking and…

Passengers attempting to bring guns through the TSA checkpoint is a near-everyday occurrence. A grenade though? That doesn’t happen very often. But it happened in New Haven, Connecticut last week,…

I’ve known how amazing Singapore’s Changi Airport is for a while. If you’re tuned into travel blogs, it’s hard to ignore. It took a while for Sharon to learn about…

Imagine being on line at the airport during a time of year when the airport is super crowded. There’s one queue that goes horribly slow and another line that goes…

Plane enthusiasts are a special breed. Like any person who is especially interested in a particular topic, plane enthusiasts can tell you the minutia about aviation. They don’t need a…