Hudson News travel tips

Most frequent fliers—especially flight attendants—are all too familiar with feeling bloated, sniffly, and fatigued after a long-haul flight. It comes at no surprise that traveling at 37,000 feet at 575 miles per hour inside a pressurized bullet filled with dozens of other people can take a toll on our bodies and immune system. To help you feel at-least semi-refreshed upon landing, here are tips and tricks on how to stay healthy while traveling, according to flight attendants (including yours truly).

As dignity has officially disembarked planes around the world, distraction has become an essential part of air travel. And it's easy to keep busy: Seatback entertainment systems on airlines like Delta offer an embarrassment of new releases and classics—Bob Fosse’s elusive All That Jazz was streamable on a recent flight, for example, which I had to buy a DVD of to watch on solid ground; airport stalwarts like Hudson News have racks of bestsellers and magazines for anyone who might have forgotten their reading at home. It's as ingrained in us to download playlists before boarding as it is to remove our shoes going through TSA. Plug in, zone out, leave that body of yours that’s folded uncomfortably into an economy seat. That's the ritual. But not everyone, it seems, is so keen for diversion.

This article is part of our airport food survival guide, which includes tips and tricks—even a hot take or two—that challenge the notion that airport meals are always dull, overpriced, and tasteless.

This article is part of our airport food survival guide, which includes tips and tricks—even a hot take or two—that challenge the notion that airport meals are always dull, overpriced, and tasteless.

Amid the departure gates, terminals, Hudson News stores, and airline lounges at airports lies a hidden language, recognizable to frequent travelers and aviation enthusiasts alike: the three-letter airport code.

Getting to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) from Manhattan is almost always a trek, but at least there's one part of the process that's getting a big upgrade.