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Tweeting Without Sucking: Our Tips For BWI

March 30, 2009 at 2:46 PM | by egw | 0 Comments

Who doesn't want to give Baltimore a leg up? Charm City has enough to contend with in the unflattering portrayals drawn by everyone from urban-renewal reporters to "The Wire," so residents like Michael Phelps and (guilty?) David Simon are determined to show its lighter side. But you know what would really impress us about Baltimore? An airport Twitter account that doesn't suck.

Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall Internatonal Airport is far from the only lame airport Twitter account -- Atlanta's is a brag box, Houston's Hobby is ALWAYS SHOUTING and Richmond's has the word flack in it (we're allergic). But BWI_Airport just isn't helping anyone in its current state, seeming to repeat the same few stock phrases without consideration for its 378 followers' fans.

Since someone or something has clearly committed to updating BWI's Twitter page regularly, here are a few free pointers from us: Be specific -- if there is a specific cause for delays, even if passed, it's good to know. See nyc_mta's satisfying assignation of blame; we're out to get you, sick passenger! Be newsy -- New restaurant in the airport? Bit of new paint in the parking lot? It's okay to do a bit of a brag box, like Eastern Iowa Airport's progress on terminal renovations. Be a little irreverent -- We knocked Flack4RIC up top, but the anonyno-flack takes the time to answer users' messages and complaints, as well as question reports of meteors. It's the human touch! But seriously, meteors?

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Related Stories:
· Airports That Twitter (and some that suck at it) [Flying with Fish]
· Vino Volo Opens at BWI [Jaunted]

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