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  • Airlines

    What Does It Mean When A Plane Is ETOPS Certified

    by joeheg January 20, 2026
    by joeheg January 20, 2026

    Sitting in my window seat on a Southwest 737 MAX8, preparing for the short flight from Atlanta to Orlando, I snapped a quick picture of the plane at the gate …

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    The One Question Flight Attendants Lie About — And Why It’s Honestly Hilarious

    by SharonKurheg January 17, 2026
    by SharonKurheg January 17, 2026

    When they’re put in charge of a few hundred passengers, flight attendants wind up getting a lot of questions. And because their “audience” is different from flight to flight, they …

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    The Plane’s Toilets Didn’t Work Until 16,000 Feet — Here’s Why

    by SharonKurheg January 16, 2026
    by SharonKurheg January 16, 2026

    Toilets (a.k.a. “lavatories,” or “lavs” for short) on planes are nothing like toilets on land. Well, except for why they’re there (cuz when you gotta go, you gotta go) and …

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    How Aviation Geeks Identify Airplanes at a Glance (and How You Can, Too)

    by SharonKurheg January 10, 2026
    by SharonKurheg January 10, 2026

    Those of you who are aviation geeks amaze me. I mean, you can glance at a plane and know what it is. How do you even DO that??? Me? I’m …

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    Why Don’t All Airport Hotels Offer This Cheap, Smart & Free Amenity?

    by SharonKurheg December 19, 2025
    by SharonKurheg December 19, 2025

    Airport hotels have their place. They’re certainly convenient for those who want somewhere to sleep in between flights that are a day apart. Some airport hotels, such as the TWA …

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  • Airports

    The World’s Smallest Baggage Claim Carousels

    by SharonKurheg December 9, 2025
    by SharonKurheg December 9, 2025

    If you fly into a large airport and have checked luggage, you already know how humongous those baggage carousels can be. They take up a lot of floor space and …

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  • Airlines

    Why American Airlines and United Avoid Flying Over Mexico (Most of the Time)

    by joeheg December 6, 2025
    by joeheg December 6, 2025

    For those traveling from Texas to Hawaii, you might notice an interesting flight path: flights from Houston to Honolulu or from Dallas to Hawaii often avoid crossing directly over Mexican …

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  • Travel

    YouTube Pulled The DOT’s “Golden Age of Travel” Video. Here’s Why.

    by joeheg December 4, 2025
    by joeheg December 4, 2025

    The Department of Transportation rolled out a video as part of its “Golden Age of Travel Starts with You” campaign. It leaned hard into that 1950s/60s nostalgia — when flying …

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  • Travel

    She Did It! City #25 Is Complete — JetBlue 25-for-25 Is in the Books

    by joeheg December 1, 2025
    by joeheg December 1, 2025

    And just like that… 25 out of 25. 🎉 Just before Thanksgiving, my wife Sharon wrapped up JetBlue’s ambitious 25-for-25 promotion with a simple out-and-back from Orlando to Providence, RI …

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  • Disney, Universal & Other Theme Parks

    Disney World Once Had Its Own Airport — And Almost No One Remembers It

    by SharonKurheg November 23, 2025
    by SharonKurheg November 23, 2025

    Most visitors to Walt Disney World (WDW) fly to Central Florida and land at Orlando International Airport (although some fly into Sanford or even Melbourne). From there, they take ground …

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