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A long time ago (before 9/11), I had taken a flight from Boston To Hawaii, with the change at LAX. Now, the first leg was fine, but from LAX to Hawaii, the plane had to be more than 25% young babies, and minutes after the ‘fasten seat belt’ sign went off the parents decided to […]
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My son was 23 months old when we took him on his first flight, from Pittsburgh to Las Vegas. I know, brave of us. We booked a red eye in the hopes that he would sleep the entire 5+ hour flight. We boarded, found our seats and got situated with snacks, movies, drinks and everything […]
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Last summer my 2 year old daughter and I were flying home from a visit to some family members on Midwest Airlines. I was 5 months pregnant at the time and for those who have traveled with toddlers, you know how much extra stuff you have to cart around. We had a plane change in […]
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Last week I was returning from FLL to PHL, in coach. My boyfriend had the window and I was in the middle. Behind us was a mom and two kids, one about three (in the middle). It wasn’t long before one could tell there was definitely something wrong with this boy. He would scream, then […]
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My Chicago-based company decided on Monday to send me to do a field visit in Anchorage on Wednesday. Everyone loves a last minute trip to Alaska in January, right? At the gate, the sign says we’re headed to Minneapolis. After some inquiries I learn that due to the prevailing winds, a refueling stop in Minneapolis […]
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I was coming home from college for break, and was flying out of Charlotte. The plane I was in was rather small (2 seats on each side), and I had the window seat on the left side. I sat beside a woman and her baby (well supposed baby), and the father and infant were on […]
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This is the tale of our return trip from Germany to Pittsburgh in June of 2008. 6:30am – wake up in Heidelberg 8:30am – arrive at Frankfurt airport, 2.5 hrs before departure. Plenty of time, lines at the check-in counter aren’t long, so far so good. As we check in, we’re told that one of […]
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How should passengers behave and appear in order to be considered perfect? Based on annoyances described in stories received, we’ve come up with a list of airline passenger don’ts in order to avoid offending everybody in the world: The Perfect Passenger… Doesn’t talk too much Doesn’t expel unpleasant gasses Doesn’t pick or scratch his nose, […]
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I recently flew from San Diego to Milwaukee, with a connecting flight in Denver. On the first leg of my flight (San Diego to Denver), there was a family seated about 4 rows behind me. They had a 2- or 3-year-old boy who proceeded to whine (and I mean “whine”) very loudly for the entire […]
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When I was a junior in high school (age 16) I flew TWA to Washington D.C. for Presidential Classroom, an educational week-long program that teaches kids about government. On the way out from Kansas City, I was stuck in a 3-seat isle with a mom, her two kids ages 5 and 7, and a baby […]
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Heard about the most recent case involving a family that was ejected from their flight for having unruly kids? You can read about it in Harriet Baskas’ Well Mannered Traveler column, and watch a news clip below. There was also a recent incident involving an autistic child and his mother who were kicked off of […]
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