Passenger Stories

First Class Can Mean No Class!

June 4, 2010 Passenger Stories

I was on a Chicago to Orange County flight in first class next to a man with obviously no manners. Boarding had just begun and as usual first class passengers board first. My assigned seat was by the bulk head window. By the time I got to my seat, the passenger in the aisle seat had his sunglasses [...]

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Snooze Troubles Seatmate

May 27, 2010 Passenger Stories

I was on the way back from my brother’s wedding in Pittsburgh to Paris via New York. Sitting next to me was an over excited girl in her 20′s who started chatting the minute she sat down about how this was her first time flying to Europe, she was so excited, I had to hear [...]

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Mr. Know-It-All

May 21, 2010 Passenger Stories

I was flying on an 8 hr flight with my two small children. They both went to sleep shortly after take off and slept the entire time, as it was an overnight flight. The cabin lights were dimmed and everyone tried to get some sleep… except the guy who had moved seats to be directly [...]

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Passenger Pops Pills And Pukes

May 20, 2010 Passenger Stories

If you have a weak stomach, stop right here. If, on the other hand, you take private delight in the misfortunes of a man who has traveled to glamorous places like London, Paris, and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee for a living, read on. Picture it: an idealistic, young (OK, 38-year-old) travel writer sets out on a [...]

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“Friendly Guy” Pesters Passenger

May 11, 2010 Passenger Stories

I was flying from Atlanta to Honolulu in 2005. This was the 4th or 5th trip from the east coast to the Hawaiian Islands that year, so I was not particularly looking forward to the flight. We were delayed an hour at the gate for no particular reason. So when we were seated I was [...]

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Chatty Cathy

May 7, 2010 Passenger Stories

I had a 6:30am flight from San Diego to Philadelphia. I was soooo tired, and barely awake getting on the plane. I had the emergency exit row with two seats. There is a young woman in her mid-20′s sitting next to where I would be sitting. I found a place to put one bag, and [...]

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Boisterous Football Fans Affect Flights

May 5, 2010 Passenger Stories

I was traveling with two of my buddies from JFK to Buffalo for our annual Bills/Jets game on a Saturday night. Being the young males that we are we waited for our flight in one of the terminal sports bars, drinking and watching college football. As we sat there we befriended two guys drinking next [...]

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Passenger P.O.’d Over Seat Replacement

April 29, 2010 Passenger Stories

A very rude and obnoxious passenger was on my flight and he made it hell. My girlfriend and I were returning back to NYC from Singapore going through Heathrow a total of 20+hours, 13hours from Singapore to London. My girlfriend broke her foot while visiting my family over here, and was placed in the bulkhead [...]

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Shady Character And Baggage Bungle

April 26, 2010 Passenger Stories

I have always flown on Southwest Airlines for my travel needs. So when I found out I had to fly on Delta for a business conference, I was not exactly thrilled. Aside from having to pay for my luggage (yes, even carry-ons), I never really cared for their hospitality. I was flying from Tampa, FL [...]

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Passenger Refuses To Give Up Knife

April 15, 2010 Passenger Stories

I was flying from Anchorage to Seattle in 2003. The plane had maybe 30 people on it, so there was at least one row per person. I was in row 9, against the right window. Just before we pushed back from the gate, I overheard a bit of a commotion in row 6, the bulkhead [...]

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