If you’ve traveled through a major airport, chances are you’ve spotted a Best Buy Kiosk. Previously called Best Buy Express kiosks, they’ve been around since 2008 and there are over …
Airport
-
-
Funny Stuff
Man (Drunk? Lost? Both?) Surfed Airport Baggage Conveyor Belt Network
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegA couple of years ago, we reported about a toddler who snuck away from his mom and wound up on the “backstage” conveyor belt system of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. …
-
Airports
LaGuardia Airport Finally Getting A Connection Between Airport & Trains
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegLaGuardia Airport (LGA) has been in the midst of a much-needed rehab since 2016. Construction-related traffic woes had gotten so bad in 2019 that people were actually leaving their cars …
-
Airports
Select Airports Piloting Virtual Queues For TSA Security Checkpoint
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegIf you’ve gone to some of the larger theme parks in the past few years, you may have participated in a virtual queue. Instead of standing in line for a …
-
I’ll admit one thing about traveling that Sharon and I have a real problem with: figuring out when to leave for the airport. We sit there and do the type …
-
Funny Stuff
They Live Near An Airport & Complained About Plane Noise. The Responses Were Classic!
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegWhen I was a little girl, we lived pretty close to JFK and frequently had planes flying overhead. I grew up with it, it was a way of life and …
-
A man learned the hard way never to enter a plane and sit in a particular seat the way he did. Then again, the fact that he walked through an …
-
As so many people have said in recent years, flying is generally not a pleasant experience for John Q. Public nowadays. Airlines have figured out how to get every penny …
-
Baggage fees. They started in the early 2000s, with the advent of ultra low, a’la carte carriers like Spirit, Allegiant and Fontier. By 2008, American Airlines decided to jump in …
-
CLEAR is a secure identity platform that stores individuals’ personal information and links it to biometric data (fingerprint and retinal scan.) This allows people aged 18+ to bypass the travel …