The version of "God Only Knows" that plays at the end of the episode is performed by She & Him, the band for which Zooey Deschanel is lead vocalist.
One of the names on the Flight Standby list is Kasdan, J, a reference to Director and Producer Jake Kasdan.
When going on his rant about Long Island, Schmidt yells, "516!" which is the area code for Nassau County, where Schmidt is from.