Ever wonder why U.S. airports don’t operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? Well, technically, they DO. With few exceptions, airports don’t 100% close when the last plane …
Airports
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Over the summer, 25-year-old Cara O’Bannon was flying from Tampa to Jackson Hole, when nature called. She was traveling alone, so right before they started boarding the plane, she asked …
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Travel
The Secret Fix the Government Didn’t Want You to Know About When It Cut 10% of Flights
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegThe government shutdown is up to Day #37. It’s the longest shutdown in history. Instead of working together to try to come to a deal, there’s been finger pointing and …
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We’re up to day 37 of the government shutdown. As of yesterday, it’s the longest shutdown in history. Yee-freakin-ha. Because I fly quite a bit, and that’s only increased since …
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This isn’t a political post — it just happens to involve politics because the shutdown has reached a point where it impacts air travel in a way most of us …
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Airports
Schadenfreude at the Airport: Even Congress Can’t Escape the Shutdown
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegAs of this writing, the government shutdown has lasted 34 days. The 2018-19 shutdown holds the record for the longest shutdown. It lasted 35 days. We’ll tie that tomorrow. After …
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Travel Tech
Juice Jacking? USB Condoms? The Airport Phone Charging Warning You Should Know
by joehegby joehegPhones have become our boarding passes, wallets, cameras, maps, and social lifelines. Which means when your battery hits the red zone, rational thinking evaporates. That’s when the glowing beacon of …
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Airports
Why TSA at ATL Runs a Little More Smoothly Than at Other Airports
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegIf you go to the TSA security checkpoint at any airport in the United States – particularly the larger ones – you know it’s just a bunch of ongoing organized …
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Airports
22 Airports Now Allow Unticketed People Through TSA Security
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegBack in the day — when air travel was a lot simpler — TSA checkpoints didn’t even exist. You’d check in, hand off your luggage, walk through a metal detector, …
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Travel
Passports, PreCheck, and Global Entry in the Shutdown: Who Wins, Who Loses
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegAs I’m sure you know, the government shutdown is still on. This is its 27th day, making it the second-longest in our country’s history (the longest one lasted 35 days, …