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Now You Can Grab a Crab at Miami International Airport

January 26, 2012 at 1:35 PM | by | Comments (0)

First it was Crocs, now it's crabs. Yep, if we were playing Jeopardy, the answer is: What are last-minute purchases you can make at Miami International Airport?

Crabs is no euphemism either, folks. We're talking stone crabs. Those delicious big claws that you can only get in South Florida between October and May. Only now you don't have to hit up the famous joints like Joe's Stone Crab in South Beach to get your claw on. The opening of The Shoppes at Ocean Drive in Terminal D means you can now grab a crab on the way to your gate.

This sprawling, all-purpose store—essentially a glorified NewsLink outlet—sells claws from George Stone Crab, which also takes online orders and ships its crabs all over the U.S. and Canada.

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Travel Via Miami Airport and You May End Up on The Travel Channel

Where: Miami, FL
January 12, 2012 at 9:20 AM | by | Comments (0)

There's quite a lot happening at Miami International Airport. The new MIA Mover is the way, as are more and more shops and good places to eat—what's next? A reality TV show, of course.

We already hinted at it, but now there's a few additional details. Fly through MIA this month and you may just wind up on a new show being filmed at the terminal for the Travel Channel. It doesn't have a title yet, but the show will take viewers behind the scenes of the airport, one of the country's biggest. Producers claim that the show will: "...feature an unprecedented cross section of an exciting airport staff as they deal with the stresses of getting over 100,000 strangers through its airport safely, every day."

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Six US Airports for Stalking the Airbus A380

January 11, 2012 at 9:28 AM | by | Comments (0)


Korean Air and Lufthansa A380s snuggle up at JFK Terminal 1

Look, if you're an airport and you want to have the superjumbo Airbus A380 flying in and out, you can't just be like "hey, airlines, bring that big thang on over." Nope. Instead certain preparations must be made to accommodate an airliner of the A380's size and heft. To effectively manage each plane's 500+ passenger load, more jetways are needed, plus support vehicles to reach the upper deck. In some cases, airport runway indicator lights may need to be moved and the tarmac reinforced.

In other words, A380s can't just fly anywhere and, although the massive planes have been in the air since Singapore Airlines took delivery of the very first in 2007, not all that many airports around the world are treated to them. At least some of those are the United States...

US airports where you'll find A380s:

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Looks Like BWI Won't Be the Only Airport Getting Its Own TV Show in 2012

December 2, 2011 at 4:12 PM | by | Comments (0)

Do you recall the first ever time you watched The Travel Channel? We do. It was a special moment where we went from being stuck in a Sedona, AZ hotel on an uncharacteristically rainy day to being obsessed with watching the room TV for hours and hours. Nothing has changed; the Travel Channel still produces some of the most inspiring programming as far as armchair traveling goes (once they got over that summer where it was like, Las Vegas show after Las Vegas show).

For 2012, the outlook for addictive series looks very good. Of a slew of leaked shows to debut next year, we're mostly salivating over two:

“Baggage Battles” (six half-hour episodes)
This half hour series follows three teams of savvy “auction specialists,” who travel the world looking to snatch up unclaimed and lost personal property in an attempt to turn huge profits. Follow these specialists as they travel to some of the most important and unknown auctions, where pickers and resale experts bid on everything from lost luggage to abandoned personal property to seized goods of unusual merchandise.

“Miami International Airport” (working title) (six half-hour episodes)
Go behind the scenes at one of the busiest airports in the country. “Miami International Airport” features an unprecedented cross section of an exciting airport staff as they deal with the stresses of getting over 100,000 strangers through its airport safely, every day.

A ha! So it looks like BWI won't be the only airport to have their own show in 2012. And if you're into hotel shows as well, HotelChatter has the hot goss on another of Travel Channel's upcoming offerings: "Hotel Impossible."

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Know Your American Airlines Lounges at Miami International Airport

November 10, 2011 at 10:26 AM | by | Comments (0)

In our frequent travels through Miami International Airport, we've only been to the American Airlines Admirals Club on a handful of occasions. But what we have learned is that all Admirals Clubs are not created equal.

When you have a choice between three lounges—as you do at MIA if you're flying American—you may just opt for the one closest to your gate. But, not so fast! There are pros and cons to these lounges: size, crowd, amenities, etc.

To help you navigate the sprawling land of AA at MIA, here's a little breakdown of what you'll find at each AA clubhouse:

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Ten Miles of Conveyor Belts Will Bring Your Luggage to You at Miami Airport

October 26, 2011 at 8:36 AM | by | Comment (1)

If you are flying through or to Miami International Airport, your checked baggage will never be lost again—or at least that the plan. The airport has recently begun to put the final touches on its newest baggage handling system, and officials hope that the more than 10 miles of conveyor belts will work exactly as promised.

The new airport technology arrives at the North Terminal after here and there delays, and of course after spending more money than initially planned. We know that everyone pretty much cares about getting their bag, but this new $212-million system also has the capability to scan and search bags for explosives as well. The goal is to have the system live up to its capacity, and that means it should be sorting and screening around 6,400 suitcases each and every hour.

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TSA Launches Faster 'PreCheck' Security Lines, But There's a Catch

October 5, 2011 at 3:50 PM | by | Comments (0)

TSA has been a veritable mad scientist's laboratory of experiments lately, all aimed—depending on how cynical you are—either at improving security, getting the public to stop whining about intrusive security measures, or some combination of the two (hint: it's some combination of the two).

They're going out of their way not to pat down babies, they're launching Israeli-style security screenings, they're rolling out gingerbread man scanners, and now they're launching a new program to speed frequent fliers through security. Ambitious!

The new program, dubbed PreCheck, is in its pilot phase at ATL, MIA, DFW, and DTW. Selected frequent fliers who shared their information with TSA before they arrived at the airport are being offered—in exchange—a line that allows them get through screening much more quickly. It's kind of "basic trade-off," as the Associated Press writeup so eloquently puts it.

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Guzzling Some Avion Tequila During Delta SkyClub's Thursday Happy Hours

August 9, 2011 at 9:38 AM | by | Comments (0)

To celebrate the arrival of Avión Tequila at Delta SkyClub airport lounges, Delta and Avión have been hosting happy hour shindigs from 5pm to 7pm on Thursdays. We just happened to be in the neighborhood last week, and we’re already looking forward to another layover filled with agave spirits.

While killing some time in Atlanta we made our way to the SkyClub in the center of Concourse A near the Chili’s—after stopping at Chick-fil-A obviously. We got there a little early and warmed up with a glass of Sweetwater Pale Ale and waited for 5pm to arrive.

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Inside the Delta SkyClub at Miami International Airport

Where: Miami International Airport [map], Miami, FL, United States
August 5, 2011 at 10:00 AM | by | Comments (0)

We recently found ourselves at Delta’s SkyClub at Miami International Airport, and we have to admit we were pretty impressed—at least when comparing it to other domestic lounges. This place is clean and comfortable, but it’s got nothing on some of those swanky overseas lounges we’ve been lucky enough to visit.

Delta has been remodeling its clubs slowly but surely—like the one in LAX—but the club at MIA has it’s own unique style that sets it apart from its SkyClub siblings since it hit the scene in 2009. The architecture—think wavy ceilings—is featured in the club just like in other portions of the terminal, and the tying together of elements wasn't lost on us. Plenty of soft seating surfaces look a little more chic and cool than the usual office furniture placed inside an airline lounge, so we say thumbs up for that.

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Miami Airport Already Has a Skytrain. Next up, the MIA Mover!

July 8, 2011 at 8:47 AM | by | Comments (0)

Now we've told you all about the Miami Airport Flyer bus and saved you from death-by-MiamiDrivers (you're welcome), it's time to look at the other transportation options in the works at MIA.

Anyone who's walked 1,000 miles inside the terminals knows that this is a big, busy hub. So last year's introduction of the Skytrain, which shuttles folks up and down the length of Concourse D, helped. The Skytrain isn't the only MIA monorail in town, though. Work is plowing ahead on the brand new MIA Mover, an automated people mover that will run from MIA to the new—and awesomely named—Miami Intermodal Center.

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Five New Places to Eat and Drink (Respectably!) at Miami International Airport

July 7, 2011 at 12:25 PM | by | Comments (0)

Veteran Miami International Airport flyers already know that pit stops at La Caretta and Cafe Versailles are worth skipping an airline meal for. Or, if you prefer crappy more standard airport fare, you can head to the slew of beer-themed bars and outposts of Shula's Bar and Grill and Bongo's—the Cuban cafe whose slogan is "Where The Rhythm's Gonna Get You."

But, thanks to MIA's $2.94 billion North Terminal overhaul, there are some surprising new places to eat and drink while transiting through the gateway to South America. Here are five of the latest additions to Concourse D, home of American Airlines.

(Even if we'll still be buying our Cubanos at La Caretta, and our morning coffees at Versailles. Old habits and all that.)

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You've Never Heard of Them, but ArkeFly Jets from Amsterdam to Florida

July 6, 2011 at 1:45 PM | by | Comments (0)

Amstel Light just not cutting it anymore? If you need a dose of the stronger brew, or another of Amsterdam's unique offerings, there's now a new way to get to the Netherlands from Florida. On June 24, Dutch airline ArkeFly launched a non-stop service between Amsterdam and Orlando. SoFla gets a piece of the action, too, with the flight continuing on to Miami International before flying non-stop back to Amsterdam.

The new routes, which will operate Mondays and Fridays, make ArkeFly the only Dutch airline to offer non-stop service to Orlando and Miami.

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