Airports, Airlines, Aviation

Month: March 2015

  • Earth Hour at the Airport

    While I didn’t spend Earth Hour at an airport (technically), I did spend it on the road. In fact, I was in Las Vegas on the Strip (we stayed at the Mirage). For one hour on Saturday at 830PM PST, Las Vegas went totally dark (from the outside). Anyone hanging out on the inside, at the…

  • Funny Airport Codes

    With the unfortunate news of the GermanWings crash, I wanted to keep it light and fun this week. Airport codes can be a funny thing and sometimes leave you wondering how they are created. There are two types of Airport Codes: IATA and ICAO. IATA stand for the International Air Transport Association which is a trade…

  • Spring in to airport travel with the tripchi airport app!

    Yay, Spring – the Vernal equinox has officially arrived, which has hopefully spurred some wanderlust and restlessness for your inner travelphile via the tripchi airport app.The tripchi airport app is of course is there for you while you’re killing time at the airport with the tripchi airport app.We wanted to highlight two pretty nifty apps you can use in planning your travel –…

  • St. Patrick’s Day at the Airport

    You don’t have to be Irish to enjoy St. Patrick’s Day. Airports around the US and Ireland donned their finest scally cap, poured a pint of Guinness and illuminated their hallways green in celebration.  Let’s take a look at how some airports celebrated the day the Irish way.

  • Pi Day at the Airport

    Oh, Pi Day – how I love you! Let me count the ways! There are at least 3.14159 reasons, and you don’t have to be a nerd to enjoy it – and, best of all, you can experience Pi Day at the airport! For those of you who are not up on your math humor, pi…

  • Plane Ticket Buying Process

    How we buy plane tickets has certainly changed over the years. In the early days of flying just finding a carriers schedule required a significant amount of effort. Say you wanted to fly from Boston to Chicago, you would have to call up the airlines that fly out those airports, line up the days you…

  • Layover in Paris with LayoverinParis.com #Layovertip

    For today’s blog, tripchi caught up with LayoverinParis founders, Anna & Emmanuel, to learn about some #layovertips when our tripchi travelers have a layover in Paris. Anna and Emmanuel are the two co-founders of Layover In Paris. As frequent flyers who are always on the lookout for new trips, they doesn’t mind spending 6 hours or more in airport stopovers,…

  • Top 5 Warm Weather Destinations

    Winter weather got you down? I know in some parts of the United States (I’m looking at you Boston) winter came in full force with blizzards and daily bitter temperatures. The best way to escape the cold is to fly far, far away. For many in the Northeast and Midwest of the US the Caribbean, Florida…

  • Airport loyalty programs compared

    In one of our last blogs, we talked about some of the key features of airport loyalty programs. Today, we are going to take a closer look at a few successful and unsuccessful airport loyalty programs, and analyze the good, the bad and the ugly. In the end, only one airport loyalty program can win –…

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