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Tracks the seasonal, the operational, and the occasionally absurd in U.S. air travel.
Lena flies more than 100,000 miles most years, which is both a credential and a cry for help. She started writing about frequent-flyer strategy for a small community newsletter and gradually drifted into airport operations because status only gets you so far when CBP lines back up. Her beat is the intersection of seasonality, breaking travel news, and international arrivals - the stuff that changes week to week and quietly ruins itineraries if you're not paying attention. She has strong opinions about arriving for international flights and she is usually right.
• Covers seasonal travel patterns and international arrival operations • Tracks CBP and immigration wait times across U.S. gateway airports • Specializes in frequent-flyer strategy and connection planning Posts by Lena international MIA
Miami is a major international gateway, and CBP wait times there swing hard by day and hour. Here's the pattern, from someone who's cleared customs at MIA too many times.
Lena Vasquez · July 27, 2026
seasonal LAX ORD
Summer is TSA's busiest season. Here's what the historical wait-time data says across major U.S. airports — and how to plan around the surge.
Lena Vasquez · July 27, 2026
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