{"id":46320,"date":"2026-06-18T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=46320"},"modified":"2026-06-12T06:47:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T13:47:30","slug":"good-book-light-2-free-checked-bags-best-layover-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/good-book-light-2-free-checked-bags-best-layover-airports\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Book Light\/2 Free Checked Bags\/Best Layover Airports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Versatile Book Light for Bed or Travel<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After years of me bugging my wife to get a book light for places where the bedside lamp is too bright, she finally found one she liked enough to plunk down 14 bucks for: this Compact LED rechargeable light<\/a>. It folds up small for travel but has an impressive array of functions, like 4 brightness levels, different intensity levels to go more amber when trying to fall asleep, and a flexible head that can bathe 2 pages of a book with light. Battery life is 9 to 80 hours depending on brightness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every World Cup Player in One Place<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Like most people who grew up in the USA, I get bored with most futbol\/soccer matches since all that running around usually doesn\u2019t accomplish much. Apparently that\u2019s a surprise to FIFA since 175,000 too-expensive World Cup tickets remained unsold this week. If you want to dive in deep though, The Guardian<\/em> has you covered: this website<\/a> provides details on every single player from every country that\u2019s participating in the event this year. Study up before arriving at the sports bar wherever you\u2019ll be in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Airline Hook-ups and a better Delta Amex<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This has been a busy month already for airline news. Philippine Airlines is set to join the OneWorld Alliance<\/a>, which will add 31 new markets nobody else in that group is serving. Southwest added another \u201cinterline partner\u201d with Singapore Air, which means you can complete your last leg on Southwest when the first one is booked on Singapore, via one ticket. (They\u2019ve also done this with Icelandair, Turkish, ANA, and Philippine Airlines.) Last, if you have a Delta Amex, that just got a lot more valuable. Delta added a second free checked bag on domestic flights, in addition to the one for you and your companions. Get it here<\/a> and earn 70-90K SkyMiles points depending on your spend and there\u2019s no annual fee the first year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Layover Airports<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re going to have a long layover somewhere, which are the best airports to be stuck in? This report crunches a lot of data<\/a>\u2014including which are best for sleeping\u2014and my only quibble is that the quantity of lounges is rated too highly. (The only lounge stat that matters to a traveler is which one they can actually get into<\/em>.) Asia dominates the top-20, with Singapore\u2019s Changi Airport predictably taking the gold medal. Did you know they have 247 places to eat there?! Atlanta made a surprisingly good showing at #3, with others in the top-10 including Seoul, Dubai, Tokyo Haneda, and Shanghai. Bogota scored #2 in the Americas, while Heathrow and Schiphol were tops in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of\u00a0A Better Life for Half the Price<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The World\u2019s Cheapest Destinations<\/em>. See\u00a0past editions here,<\/a>\u00a0where your like-minded friends can subscribe and join you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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