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Love that you linked to Hyperfixed. For us Reply All fans, having Alex and PJ back doing what you both are so great at is like coming home again…. They both really fill that podcast space reply all left behind.

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I laughed at the title of this episode before I even listened. I, dear sir, am that person! Hahaa I have bought two pieces of luggage while at the airport and not for any of the reasons that you discussed.

Here's my situation: I am an artist/art instructor who teaches nationally. While traveling I tend to make art during delays or waiting to board. I never know what I'm going to want to work on (I work in many mediums) so I always bring too many projects and all of the supplies for said projects. For years I have carried my art supplies in an oversized bag that I made. The first time I bought a piece of luggage was in the Dallas/Ft.Worth airport. I was tired of carrying that heavy bag so I bought a rolling suitcase. I was happy for about one day. It didn't have 360 wheels. I continued to use it because after all, I had paid quite a lot for it! But eventually I got frustrated again and bought another one that had a better rolling experience. Knowing myself, I will likely buy another at some time (always in frustration! LOL).

Thanks for yet another fantastic episode! I've been waiting for the next Hyperfixed episode, as well!

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I think i feel better now thinking about the Seattle Mariners’ official Friday Night City Connect ball cap I paid stadium pricing for during a game this past summer and then immediately left on a plane. I’d assumed it went straight to a landfill. Now I am imagining somewhere in the world, someone’s neutral “well, I don’t know what this weird M is for, but i guess a cap’s a cap” response as they open a mystery box from Unclaimed Luggage.

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If you're interested in the hijacking era of American air travel, I recommend "The Skies Belong to Us" by Brendan Koerner.

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Literally anything that expands my knowledge and opinions on airports/travelling, I'm locked in! because that airline coffee episode had me questioning everything!

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I loved this episode, even though (or maybe because) the scope went far beyond just the mysterious existence of the airport luggage store. It was very appropriate that I listened to it while driving my mother to the airport. She loves shopping in the airport. My kids have all kinds of little figurines from the Swarovski Crystal store at the Atlanta airport.

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I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED THIS!!

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Loved this one, Search Engine team!

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I've never shopped at an airport luggage store, but I probably should have when I was a university student a thousand years ago. I moved most of the way across the continent for school - from north of North Dakota to north-east of whatever the most eastern-most US state is.. Maine? - by driving there with most of my possessions in tote bins. When Christmas rolled around, I flew back home with a couple week's worth of clothes in a laundry bag because I had no suitcase. I had no money though, so I definitely wasn't airport shopping. (My parents bought me a three piece luggage set for Christmas that year, almost certainly not from an airport.)

Anyway, I had assumed the answer would be People's Whose Luggage Broke, as opposed to Who Knows, Could Be Anyone, Why Even Would You Ask?

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The Minneapolis-St. Paul airport in Minnesota has therapy dogs :) Wonderful for disability accessibility, since some of us feel the sensory nightmare of airports a little more deeply than others (and need a reprieve else we break down and sob in a way-too-narrow-for-most-bodies bathroom stall)

Another fun-fact-filled episode PJ, and I’m SO excited you got to plug Alex’s new podcast. I was a huge fan of Reply All, the only podcast where I’ve ever listened to every single episode. Until Search Engine came along. Can’t wait to add a third to the leaderboard!

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Hi PJ and friends, I bought a suitcase at a TUMI store in the Pittsburgh airport earlier this year when I was leaving for a work trip. They shipped my old one home to my house in Pittsburgh for free, after the saleswoman helped me transfer all my things. The reason I bought a suitcase at the airport was because I knew I needed to buy a suitcase so my kids would have one for a family trip we were taking a few months later. I don't get out to go shopping much, and though I could have searched online for something, it was easier to simply buy a nice new suitcase for myself while at the airport and have the one I brought to the airport shipped home. Though TUMI is higher end than my previous Samsonite, I must say, I love my new airport-purchased suitcase, and it makes me happy every time I travel with it.

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I wish I could remember what city it was, maybe Denver, but it had one of the most unique clothing and accessory stores I've ever been in. I bought a great purse there from a now defunct company out of NYC while waiting for an international flight. Aside from that, most of the stores I see look very boring and I never see anyone shopping in them. I always feel badly for the employees that sit there all day long, it seems like a very dreary job!

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