News and notes from around the interweb:
- How Philly Cheesesteaks Became Huge in Lahore, Pakistan
- The new Charlotte airport Overlook. Second best spot for planespotting in the U.S. behind the LAX In ‘n Out?
- Though Escape lounges have been rebranded as Centurion Studios, Platinum cardmembers still get two guests at Escape lounges.
- After two decades, Jackson Hole airport finally must accept TSA screeners.
[A]s of May 1..Jackson Hole (WY) Airport must withdraw [from the Screening Partnership Program], and TSA will take over.
Jackson Hole was one of the initial pilot project airports allowed by Congress to avoid TSA takeover of airport screening, in the legislation that created TSA and put it in charge of airport screening. Unlike other non-TSA-screened airports, Jackson Hole did not hire a TSA-approved screening company. Instead, it self-provided screening, complying with all TSA requirements and being paid by TSA, which paid for the services of all SPP providers. But with Jackson Hole’s costs rising, TSA decided the requested compensation for 2023 was too high.
- TSA officers help save pilot at Richmond airport: ‘I needed to do something’ I give TSA a lot of grief but here’s a win, even if not security-related.
- Notice that Frontier didn’t include a phone number with the offer.
Hey @donlemon and @TuckerCarlson, looks like you have some time on your hands. We’ve got a free Gowild! Summer pass for you to start your new careers as a travel influencer or get to job interviews. TUCKERed out and need a vacation? Hit the beach and DON your swimwear.…
— Frontier Airlines (@FlyFrontier) April 24, 2023
“Wow, an AA Airbus! Wow, another AA Airbus! Wow, yet another AA Airbus!”
(Despite this, I am, in fact, looking forward to the new overlook at CLT opening.)
On a social media group devoted to the Charlotte Overlook (which I always thought sounded like an assisted living facility), general feedback is that the most-missed feature from the old area is the ability to sit in your car and have an equally great view (kinda like how DFW still is at Founders Plaza). Lots of people drive up to take their lunch break there, or prefer to sit in comfort of A/C or heat depending on the season. Consensus seems to be: it’s nice, but it’s too much. Everyone local would like to see a separate area much more like the old one which honestly was little more than a parking lot up next to the top of the hill.
Best planespotting: The Kimpton Overland, overlooking ATL. Get a track view room (or go to the rooftop bar) and get views of both planes AND cars down at the Porsche track.