Worst airplane food ever
Doesn’t Continental know you aren’t supposed to microwave frozen pizza? (This was Jacob’s favorite meal though. I should have given him my pizza as well.)
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Doesn’t Continental know you aren’t supposed to microwave frozen pizza? (This was Jacob’s favorite meal though. I should have given him my pizza as well.)
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For unknown reasons, Continental gave away all of our assigned seating on our first flight out of Denver. The only two seats together that they could give us were in the last row of the airplane. So Jacob and I sat in the last row and played Uno and checkers. As anyone who has watched
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Remember what I said about getting behind children in line in security? Well, I was wrong. On our way to the British Virgin Islands last week our six year old, Jacob, caught the attention of the TSA security agents. In his Scooby Doo backpack he was carrying, in addition to the normal treasures, a metal box
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One of my coworkers stays in a different Hilton or Hilton partner hotel every night because stays – not nights – count towards status. So one night he stayed across the street from our Marriott. The next night he stayed across town. Nevermind that we had to go drop him off and pick him up.
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A few days ago I blogged about how to get through airport security. Earlier this week I learned another good trick: ask to go through the explosive detector lane. There’s no line there. Monday morning I arrived at the Denver airport twenty minutes before my flight was supposed to board and discovered that the security
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The New York Times had an article yesterday about frequent fliers who lost their premier status because they had a baby or stopped traveling to care for a family member. Before you say "whatever," realize that not having frequent flier mile status can mean allocating another hour in the morning to get through security. It
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I’m on a completely booked flight and as it started boarding they announced that if you had a middle seat you could buy an aisle seat for $29. Since it’s a completely booked flight that means that they are giving away the seats of late comers. People that reserved aisle seats and who haven’t shown
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You can now carry water onto the airplane – any water you bought after you went through security that is.
Lufthansa is a stickler for the rules, whether they make sense or not. Rules are to be followed and there are no exceptions. Especially not for frequent fliers or people flying in business class or people who paid more for their ticket. One traveller was recently barred from the from using the business class line
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After I wrote How to go Through Airport Security Like a Pro a friend asked if you can take a sewing kit with needles through security. The answer is yes. You can bring: needles knitting needles crochet hooks blunt sissors finger nail clippers If you are ever in doubt you can bring a self addressed
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