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Home » Trip Reports » SAS Million Mile Challenge » LEGO Shopping Over Airport Lounges…
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LEGO Shopping Over Airport Lounges…

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 20, 2024December 7, 2024 19 Comments

I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Million Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information.


While my eight-year-old son Augustine was a good sport about all the JFK lounge visits the first day, the highlight of his day was the LEGO store, not that we took any souvenirs with us…

The LEGO Store AT JFK T4 Is Far More Interesting Than Any Lounge To My Son…

Augustine loves LEGOs and I am happy about that, because I loved LEGOs too when I was 8 years old. In fact, I kept them all and Augustine plays with them today…it makes me smile to see him having so much fun enacting pretend battles between my Pirates and Imperial Guards.

After clearing security at JFK T4, we walked by a LEGO store, which really excited Augustine…it was closed, but I promised him we could come back later.

a person standing next to a wall with a colorful poster

Augustine spent the morning asking when we were going to the LEGO shop. Finally, our first stop after the Virgin Lounge closed at 1:30 pm was downstairs and down the hall to check out the LEGOs.

Augustine was on cloud nine and spent the next 30 minutes (and it was not a very big store!) browsing and playing. I was quite happy to oblige…he was a good sport all morning in the lounge.

a child holding a toy airplane

a girl posing in front of a building

And yes, Augustine made clear his Christmas wish…

a child holding a puzzle in a store

Ugh.

We are trying to teach our children not to value material objects, but I was a kid too once and I remember how much I looked forward to my Christmas gifts…it’s part of growing up. While I certainly was not going to haul that massive box on our trip around the world (Augustine certainly understood this too), we’ll see if Amazon Prime has any Cyber Monday sales…

I look at the retail industry, especially in airports, and wonder how it survives. But sometimes it is far less about on-the-spot purchases and far more about brand awareness and in this case, making dad aware of what tops the wishlist.

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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19 Comments

  1. Mick Reply
    November 20, 2024 at 6:45 am

    On a few long haul trips with my kids we’ve bought Lego and built it in the lounge. Or we take a ziplock bag of Lego for the trip and the kids open it up at the hotel or the lounge. Another great way to stay engaged non screens and to fight jet lag!

    Glad you’re getting some one on one time. My 11yo and I are flying to Japan for a week tomorrow. 40k American miles for Qantas biz syd to Tokyo. Not bad at all.

    • Alert Reply
      November 20, 2024 at 10:02 am

      Don’t forget the giant pandas in Wakayama , Japan . Always Worth a special trip .

      • Alert Reply
        November 20, 2024 at 10:03 am

        “Adventureland” in Wakayama … best pandas I’ve ever met and conversed with .

  2. Peter Reply
    November 20, 2024 at 6:49 am

    You’ve got a lot of travel this week, I’ve also found bringing along a small lego set gives kids something to do, especially in interstitial moments. It’s a small present for you, not your awesome traveling kid! Plus, you haven’t lived until you try to dig out a small lego piece from an airplane seat. As for the big one at Christmas – good luck!

  3. Mick Reply
    November 20, 2024 at 6:54 am

    I was helping to build a stormtrooper on a Cathay flight once and lost pieces opening a bag. Had to scramble into all the crevices of the seat to retrieve pieces. Disgusting! Haha

    • Moe Reply
      November 20, 2024 at 12:49 pm

      Next time just use the force!

  4. Peter Ould Reply
    November 20, 2024 at 7:12 am

    The plural of Lego is Lego.

    Apart from that, awesome piece!

    • Alert Reply
      November 20, 2024 at 8:36 am

      The pleural of LEGO pieces is LEGOs .

      The pleural of CHESS pieces is CHESSes .

      • Alert Reply
        November 20, 2024 at 8:40 am

        The pleural of Alert is Many-Faceted .

    • Lukas Reply
      November 20, 2024 at 8:58 am

      LEGO itself prefers plural of LEGO pieces to be LEGO bricks 🙂

      • Alert Reply
        November 20, 2024 at 9:23 am

        The singular of LUKAS is LUKA .

        • Mick Reply
          November 20, 2024 at 2:00 pm

          Ha!

  5. Maryland Reply
    November 20, 2024 at 7:52 am

    The National Geographic 3D puzzles are architectural fun for kids and adults. Can recommend.

  6. Santastico Reply
    November 20, 2024 at 9:37 am

    “I look at the retail industry, especially in airports, and wonder how it survives.” Most of those stores are there for impulsive buyers (people that need a last minute gift), people that still have the feeling that because they are traveling they can spend that money on something they don’t need or mostly for showing products so people like you mentioned can buy later at some other replace. If I have time I always browse retail stores at airports because sometimes I find something I didn’t;t even know it existed since I lever go to shopping malls and buy all my needs online. Thus, brands can have samples of their products at those stores and buyers can buy them somewhere else later.

    • Alert Reply
      November 20, 2024 at 9:59 am

      @Santastico …

      Don’t forget the overweight people who buy large boxes of chocolates to gorge on the aircraft .

      In London I load up on literate newspapers and magazines , and a bottle of booze to drink on the aircraft .

  7. Heather Reply
    November 20, 2024 at 11:14 am

    We passed the Lego store in ATL last week and I wondered about the parents/adults that lug a huge set home 🙂

  8. Vinod Reply
    November 20, 2024 at 1:14 pm

    I love the Lego Knight’s castle – reminiscent of my childhood

  9. John Clark Reply
    November 20, 2024 at 2:23 pm

    My grandson already put Notre Dame at the top of his list! Matthew I think you live in LA. Did you see the incredible Lego exhibit at the Natural History Museum about 4 years ago. All done by an adult!

  10. Robb Reply
    November 20, 2024 at 5:11 pm

    I hope, for Augustine’s amazement, is that “Santa” doesn’t disappoint this year. We Swedes celebrate on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day is actually low key. We might go visit friends or Aunts and Uncles who couldn’t make it to the Christmas Eve festivities or might just be relaxing at home from the night before.

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