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Odds & Ends Stories

Passenger’s Strangest Misadventure

January 24, 2010 Odds & Ends Stories

About 10 years ago I was flying from Boston to Atlanta to return to school from my parent’s home. Due to logistical issues, my father had to drop me off at the airport about 5 hours before my flight. So, I checked my bag and went out for a long walk – Boston is an [...]

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Distraught About Disabled Passenger

January 12, 2010 Odds & Ends Stories

I flew via USA 3000 from Fort Myers, FL to Detroit, MI. This by far was my worst experience flying. It was a full flight, and my wife and I were in an the outer two seats with the aisle seat vacant. Of course I had to be the one next to the empty seat. [...]

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A Splendid Trip

December 24, 2009 Odds & Ends Stories

Many years ago, I don’t remember exactly when, but it was certainly before 9/11 as you will see, I was on an Air Canada flight from Calgary to San Francisco. At the time, AC was running a “lucky seat” promotion. They would announce a seat number during the flight and the lucky person in that [...]

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Slick, Sticky & Smelly

December 23, 2009 Odds & Ends Stories

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 first [...]

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Delayed, Detained & Stuck By A Chatty Cowboy

December 21, 2009 Odds & Ends Stories

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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In The Belly Of The Damned

December 2, 2009 Odds & Ends Stories

What was I to do, just one seat left in all of “Business Class” on Iberia’s flight 6824, non-stop Sao Paolo to Madrid? Of course, without any hesitation, I told my dear Marcia she must be the one sit up front and I will join my fellow passengers in second class, or “economy” as it [...]

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They Lost My Son!

November 24, 2009 Odds & Ends Stories

My son flew from New England to North Carolina on Continental. He was 13 at the time. I paid $15.00 to book the flight by phone (you can’t do it online) and $100.00 extra for Continental to take him on and off the plane.
 When the plane landed in NC, my son did as he had [...]

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Child’s Second Flight A Nightmare

November 24, 2009 Odds & Ends Stories

I had my second flying experience when I was 7 or 8. We were visiting my sister in Missouri, so we flew out of Pittsburgh because it was closest to our home in Pennsylvania. The flight out was nice, but the flight back was a nightmare. There was a foot of snow dropped on Pennsylvania [...]

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A Panoply Of Problems

November 19, 2009 Odds & Ends Stories

My son and I were flying to his great-grandmother’s funeral. He was 11 at the time and I was 7 months pregnant. Due to the fact that we bought the tickets the day before, we were pulled aside at security for a special search. They separated my son and I and frisked both of us [...]

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Sleeping Pill Stupor

November 12, 2009 Odds & Ends Stories

It wasn’t really a hellish flight, but its a great in-air story!! I was heading home to Sarasota FL, from a direct flight from Israel. I was lucky enough to get some prescription sleeping pills for the 12 hour flight. I took them as I got on the plane and according to the instructions on [...]

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