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 …
Airports
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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, …
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We’re officially in the home stretch — and this time, my wife Sharon tackled three new airports on what will be her final overnight trip of JetBlue’s ambitious 25-for-25 promotion. …
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New York City
Long Island City – A Great Alternative to Expensive Manhattan Hotels
by joehegby joehegHotel prices in Manhattan have continued to climb — and they’ve now surpassed the already sky-high rates we were seeing in late 2023 and early 2024. During our most recent …
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Travel
My JetBlue Flight Delay Nightmare – And How I Became THAT Passenger
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegI like to think that I’m something of an “ideal” airline passenger. I mean, except for having to ask someone to put my carry-on bag into the overhead bins, and …