Category Archives for Airports.
As of this writing, CLEAR (Clear Secure Inc., NYSE: YOU) shares are down 20% this morning after the company revealed that new signups were down to a trickle. Ultimately the paradox of CLEAR is that the more they grow, they less successful they become.
Here’s an inspiring story that comes from a Rabbi stranded at the Tel Aviv airport when a Hezbollah rocket struck the airport grounds on Wednesday.
In a significant escalation, Hezbollah launched a series of rockets at central Israel on Wednesday, targeting areas near Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. The Israel Defense Forces reported that most of the projectiles, around ten in total, were intercepted, though one rocket impacted close to the airport, resulting in flight disruptions.
A Publix supermarket shopping cart was spotted on a moving walkway at the Miami International Airport, and I have questions.
These certainly make good luggage carts, although this one was empty. But how did it get there in the first place? What was someone doing with it?
“I found some white tablets in a clear plastic glove, all in the bottom of one finger of the glove,” buried deep within her dirty clothes. The tablets were unmarked, five in total, and she has “no idea” what they were. “It felt really scary that somehow someone had either accidentally or intentionally put it in my suitcase.”
Airlines in some parts of the world are banning passengers from flying with pagers and walkie talkies after Israel took out much of Hezbollah’s command structure by supplying booby trapped devices. Soon in the U.S., though, we may no longer be able to travel with personal massagers – or other personal electronic devices.
Apparently it’s a “travel trend” to enjoy a cocktail at the airport that you haven’t purchased – mix your own drinks before getting on the flight. Here’s one creator’s take on the do-it-yourself airport espresso martini, which involves mixing your own booze with Starbucks.
Hong Kong’s airport is going to more than sextuple the size of its gold vault.
On Monday, JetBlue flight 811 from Boston to Chicago O’Hare ingested something into its engine at O’Hare airport’s exact same intersection where the American Airlines incident happened last week.
The Department of Transportation has made its determination about the five new “beyond perimeter” routes that would be permitted to operated at Washington’s National airport. These are flights provided for in the FAA Reauthorization Act which are farther the airport’s current cap for most flights of 1,250 miles. The decision was made months after the agency was statutorily required to announce it.
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 »
