Category Archives for Airports.
A passenger’s duffel eventually made it to baggage claim in Pittsburgh—but not before the carousel delivered its contents first, one sock and one pair of underwear at a time. The timing was so perfectly awful it looked intentional, though the most likely explanation is a bag that popped open somewhere in the baggage system or after a TSA inspection.
New “revitalize Dulles” renderings are in after a DOT request. For now it’s all concept work, not an approved project, but it tees up a real fight over who controls Dulles modernization, how it gets funded, and naming politics.
A Mercedes sedan drove through the glass entry doors at Detroit Metro and into the Delta departures lobby, slamming into the check-in area and sending debris across the terminal.
Syracuse airport officials approved a paid billboard from an employment law firm — then rejected it over one line about “harmless flirting.” The firm sued, the airport rewrote its advertising rules mid-case, and a federal judge still granted an injunction, calling the “misleading” rationale “nonsense.” The fight now is over a simple question: can a government airport pick which messages travelers get to see?
An 80-year-old man pushed his wife through Tenerife South Airport in a wheelchair until staff at the security checkpoint noticed she was unresponsive and unusually cold. Medical assistance was called, she was confirmed dead of natural causes, and authorities activated the airport’s protocol for discovery of a body—while the husband was questioned and later released.
A federal judge blocked DHS from trying—again—to void the TSA’s union contract, ruling the agency can’t sidestep a prior injunction by issuing a “new” justification for the same outcome. The decision keeps the 2024 collective bargaining agreement in force and preserves workers’ grievance and arbitration rights while the case continues.
Chicago is exploring selling sponsorships and naming rights across O’Hare and Midway—everything from terminals and people-mover stations down to restrooms, trash cans, and pet relief areas. A new RFI asks brands what they’d pay for and how they’d activate it, as the city looks for ways to offset major expansion costs—while keeping the O’Hare and Midway names themselves off the table.
A Minneapolis airport employee says ICE agents will be “checking and verifying documents” for the next three weeks, including patrolling jet bridges at the gates. It’s a post-security choke point that makes it easy to intercept travelers right before boarding or immediately after landing—and it raises serious questions about how this overlaps with the right to travel, especially for citizens and lawful residents who can still get caught up in enforcement mistakes.
fter her Global Entry was suddenly revoked, a woman says the government “erased” her — because when she tried to renew her U.S. passport online, the system allegedly returned a message saying no record of her identity could be found. Her congressional office is now trying to get answers.
United and American are bringing Embraer E175 service to Carlsbad, and the local response is the most California thing imaginable: lawsuits demanding a land-use veto and CEQA review. Federal law makes it nearly impossible to block airline service at a public use airport, but that won’t stop activists and city hall from making it expensive and annoying anyway.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
