September 2009

Several years ago, I was on a business trip to Asia, which concluded with a 13-hour flight from Narita Airport outside Tokyo, to San Francisco. The plane was scheduled to leave at noon, and the United flight was only about one-third full, mostly with fellow Americans. After we had all gotten settled in our seats, […]

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After departing on a red eye flight from Cancun to LAX in January 2008, my husband, myself and sister surely thought it would be a quiet flight where we would get the opportunity to sleep through the entire thing. However, quickly we discovered that we got stuck sitting in front of a father and son […]

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Salutation: Mr. X State: NY Zip code: 13126 Country: United States Category: Complaint/Concern Travel time frame: Past Travel Nature of feedback: Airport Experience Origin city: PHL Destination city: PHX Flight number: 252 Travel date: 01/24/09 Ticket Number: E-Ticket Confirmation code: ER2CCC/US Airport information: PHOENIX AIRPORT FLIGHT 252 ARRIVAL ~1:00 pm GATE Comments: Dear Sir or […]

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Grilled By Security

September 5, 2009

in Airport Stories

Last year, I booked a round trip flight from Philadelphia to San Diego. I arrived at the Philadelphia airport counter with an hour to spare before take off. The woman at the counter said, “I really doubt you can make this flight since you decided to cut it so close. You better run.” I ran […]

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In 1997 I went on a skiing vacation to Vail. My trip to Vail turned out miserably and I spent it with some really awful and dysfunctional cousins and their equally awful teenage kids… AWFUL!!!!!!! I was in Vail for 8 days and I was desperate to get back to Houston where I lived at the time… […]

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I’ve got to tattle on myself. I used to travel by plane every week for a living in the days way before 9/11 (circa Reagan Presidency). Back then my darling husband used to drive me to the curbside check-in before going on to his job and we avoided all the expensive airport parking. One Monday […]

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I was on a Spirit Airlines flight from Detroit Metro to Reagan International to go to a wedding. The flight time was less than an hour and we were told that after 9/11 any flight coming out of or going into Washington, DC can not have anyone be out of their seats within a 30 […]

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I’ve been a frequent flier for longer than I can remember.  I’ve seen just about everything, and experienced just about everything.  With that in mind, some things that I either take for granted, or just let pass, are a true hell for others.  So here’s a story about a flight from hell – one for […]

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I could submit some stories but I am writing ahead of time hoping they will not allow cell phone usage on planes. It is entirely annoying enough having to listen to other people’s conversations in airports. I understand business people having to have conversations or if there is a delay and they need to inform people, […]

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I’ve been examined, metal detected, my luggage has been opened AFTER being approved by the screeners, tested for explosives, pulled out of line for nothing, delayed and made to feel like a criminal without one reasonable reason. No wonder I don’t like to fly any longer. I understand security but…. We went through an hour […]

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This story has less to do with an actual flight and more to do with the peculiar mayhem I had to endure during a stopover in Detroit. I was flying from Hamburg, Germany to Halifax, Canada and had to change planes in Amsterdam and Detroit. I don’t fly very often, and this was only my […]

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