A travel host who flies 100,000 miles a year says airport lounges are overrated

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Left: A woman at a night market with crowds in the background stands holding a bowl of noodles. Right: Inside a lounge with several seating areas and hanging plants from a mezzanine.
Travel host Samantha Brown prefers to hang out in terminals over lounges before a flight because they're less stressful and more fun to explore.

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How to actually enjoy your time at the airport, according to a travel host who flies 100,000 miles a year

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Left: A woman sits on the ground outside of a building with a child and a magazine that says positive thinking Right: Inside an airport terminal with a man on the left walking toward a restaurant stand behind a fountain
Travel host Samantha Brown thinks of airport terminals like malls or cities to make them more enjoyable.

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A Boeing 737 was only 10 feet off the ground as it cleared the runway when a software glitch meant it didn't have enough thrust

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A Tui Airways plane in the air.
A TUI Airways Boeing 737.

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TSA agents think the crew-member lane at airports is a huge security flaw that staff abuse for smuggling

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The cabin crew has a special security lane, but some TSA agents think it's a safety risk.

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A video shows an airport worker falling out of an Airbus A320 when someone moved the airstairs — highlighting a lapse in following safety rules

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A stock photo of a plane and airstairs.

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Passengers were stuck for hours in sweaty, stifling corridors at Britain's busiest airports as passport systems crashed

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The main passport control hall at the north terminal of London's Gatwick airport during a e-gate outage.

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Nearly half of all aircraft noise complaints in Australia last year were filed by a single person, who complained 20,716 times

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A view of Airbus against the sky from below.
A view from below of an Airbus against the sky.

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These are the world's 10 best airports for 2024, according to passengers. None are in the US.

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Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar — Doha, Qatar Trip 2021
Doha, Qatar's Hamad International Airport.

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1.5 billion more passengers flew last year than in 2022. These are the 10 busiest airports in the world.

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Travelers wait in line before they are allowed to search for their luggage in a baggage holding area for Southwest Airlines at Denver International Airport on December 28, 2022 in Denver, Colorado.
Travelers wait in line at Denver International Airport, the world's sixth busiest airport.

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2 New York airports now have the only 5-star terminals in North America — just 5 years after JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark were ranked the worst in the US

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A United Airlines plane lands at Newark Liberty International Airport in front of the New York skyline on September 17, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey.
United Airlines planes at Newark Liberty International Airport.

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