Sioux City – SUX Embracing a funny designator as a brandable name

joeduck May 5, 2013
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Sioux City used to complain about their three letter FAA designation as “SUX”  Airport.    But now, in what appears to be a clever marketing move, they’ve embraced it.   More from CNN here.

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Rick Steves on Rethinking the Massive Cost of Airport Security

joeduck February 4, 2013
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the moral of the TSA story is that our safety is coming at a cost that may not be sustainable

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American Airlines AAdvantage Miles Expiration – extend mileage expiration with a donation

joeduck October 9, 2012
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American Airlines Mileage donation program here: http://joinus.aa.com/miles-for-kids-in-need-aadvantage-miles-donate  is both a great cause and a good way to make sure your miles don’t expire unused.   Donations will extend your expiration date – usually to 18 months from the date of donation. …

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Airport City Codes

joeduck October 8, 2012
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Be sure to check our companion site  AirportCityCodes.com for Airport Codes, Airlines Codes, and our amazing flight distance calculator which will figure the flight miles from almost any two airports in the world. As a reminder come to QuickAid.com for Airport …

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IMPORTANT: Defer the Expiration of your Frequent Flyer Miles

joeduck July 24, 2012
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All the Airlines seem to be both giving away more and more frequent flyers miles but also making it harder to use the programs.    Through credit card offers, not to mention actually travelling on planes, you can rack up …

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China Airports | List of Chinese Airports | Airports of China

joeduck June 21, 2012
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Here, from Wikipedia, is the most comprehensive list of Chinese Airports we could find wiht links to the Wikipedia Airport pages for more information.   We’ll eventually have these airports covered here at QuickAid.com Airport Directory but in the meantime …

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New Retirement Site Online – Retire USA

joeduck June 8, 2012
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We interrupt our normal Airports Coverage to bring you a new retirement website by the maker of QuickAid.   It’s called “Retire USA” and offers retirement-focused information about individual cities all over the country. Retire USA State by State Profiles …

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QuickAid Airport Blog MAINTENANCE ALERT!

joeduck June 3, 2012
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Due to problems from the “Pharma hack” on the QuickAid site we are working to restore the blog portion of our site ASAP.  Thanks for your patience unless you had something to do with the hack. In that case ….

 

Abandoned Airports List (USA Airports)

joeduck May 6, 2012
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Thanks to Paul Freeman for a great resource featuring abandoned and little known airports.  This list was recently updated on May 1, 2012 and it features over 1500 listings grouped by US State. www.airfields-freeman.com/

 

TSA Transportation Security Administration Air Travel Review

joeduck April 30, 2012
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Although there are more flight travel rules than you could ever fully understand, the basics are fairly simple and boil down to the following notes from the TSA: TSA’s  Prohibited Items  NOT all-inclusive but helpful. 3-1-1 Rule – CONSOLIDATE your liquids and …

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