TSA

If you’ve been following the travel industry for a few years (read: before Covid), you may remember a time when the TSA’s online presence was actually a lot of fun. …

The holiday season is fast approaching. And for most of us in the United States, that means airports, particularly the larger ones, will be crowded messes for the days around …

I’m pretty sure that I’ve told you about my late mother-in-law, who was disabled. She had a chronic condition that required her to wear braces on her legs, and either …

Funny how something can bring back a long-lost memory. Last week, when I wrote about whether or not you’re allowed to refuse your carry-on bag to go through the scanner …

Welcome to #TBT, commonly known as Throwback Thursday! Believe it or not, it was 5 years ago this week – October 28, 2019, to be exact – that NBC Washington …

If you’re old enough to remember it, you know that 9/11 changed everything about the way we fly. Security was there, but it was pretty lax. Airports frequently outsourced the …

A while back, we wrote a piece about what flight attendants are really doing when they greet you on a plane. I won’t go into the details in this piece, but …

Over the past several years, the TSA has been testing facial recognition at more and more airports. These specialized scanners, called CAT-2 units, incorporate facial recognition technology by taking real-time …

It’s been 36 years since Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice first came to movie theaters. Released in 1988, the film cost $13m but made over $73m, and wound up being one of 1988’s highest …

Passengers who travel outside the U.S. and have Global Entry know how convenient it is. For just a $100 application or renewal fee (increasing to $120 in October 2024), you …