I was flying on an 8 hour flight from Boston to Frankfurt to start a semester abroad in Germany. I had the window, and next to me two little old ladies sat next to me. I was feeling pretty lucky cause they didn’t smell bad, or take up my seat, and kept to themselves. It […]
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The one night trip from Philadelphia to Miami included a same day meeting on arrival. My upgrade had come through so I printed my boarding pass at home. My first meeting of the day was at the airport lounge in Miami. All good. I stepped into the cabin and discovered that 3-C was now the […]
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Four years ago, I was returning back from Beijing to San Francisco with my mother. She had joined me on a business trip as she had never been to China and my father was not a big traveler. So this trip had been a big treat for her and it had gone very well. To […]
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Just came back from flight from Boston to Tampa. I have 3 kids. I was sitting next to a father and his 3 year old, and behind us was the mother and an infant. We get airborne and I start smelling poo. I turn to the father and say, “Gosh something smells like poop on […]
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So I was in Denver visiting my boyfriend. My United flight was supposed to leave Denver for OKC at 7:30 p.m. The flight was delayed until 10:00 p.m. Okay, I could deal with that. When we finally boarded the plane we sat there for an hour; I guess they had to refuel. After we finally […]
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I was flying back to Tampa from Miami and ended up across the aisle from a family (Dad, Mom, 2 kids). I knew we were in trouble when the Mom began moaning in terror before we even took off. Apparently she was deathly afraid of flying but would not take a tranquilizer and had to […]
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I think this fits under the “Weird People” Category although Creepy and Scary are probably a better fit than Weird. So when I was 17 I flew down to Venezuela by myself to visit my cousins. About 30 minutes before my plane left Atlanta a man in his forties walks by me and says something […]
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I was on a Canadian Regional jet from Toronto to Charlotte. I was sitting in the exit row. This very large lady came on board and promptly announced that the seat next to mine was hers. I knew I was in trouble when she asked “does that arm rest come up?” Thankfully the armrest didn’t […]
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This story is more about my asinine brother-in-law than it is about flights from hell. In all fairness the airline DID manage to lose his luggage on a nonstop flight from Las Vegas to Phoenix. So here we are, a few days before Christmas and my BIL, who ALWAYS drives when he visits us in […]
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We were on a “champagne flight” from Newark to Jamaica, where they offer everyone a glass of champagne, along with a nice meal. My husband was seated near the window, I was in the middle, and our son was on the aisle seat. The first thing we observed was, as one of the attendants opened […]
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The seats are designed to recline, and each passenger has the right to recline their seats when it’s been announced that it’s OK. On more than one occasion, when sitting in a window seat, the man (it’s always a man) has kicked my seat repeatedly until it moves forward from the force of the kicking. […]
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My husband and I were taking a flight from Bucharest to Amsterdam and it was very early for us. Neither of us had gotten much sleep and we were both worn out from a long trip and a long day of connecting flights ahead of us. Because it was our honeymoon, my husband let me […]
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Men, Deal With Reclining Seats
December 18, 2009
in Flying Hell Commentary
The seats are designed to recline, and each passenger has the right to recline their seats when it’s been announced that it’s OK. On more than one occasion, when sitting in a window seat, the man (it’s always a man) has kicked my seat repeatedly until it moves forward from the force of the kicking. […]
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