Living in the Rocky Mountains, travelers are faced with either commuting by air to the city airport or driving four hours to catch a connecting flight. To shorten the trip, many locals opt for the often scary, roller coaster rides, casually reading their newspapers while inwardly smiling at gasping tourists clutching their seats. Several years […]
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I had two weird things happen to me traveling from Hong Kong to Los Angeles via Manila on Philippine Airlines. Upon landing at Manila Airport, I was enjoying the landscape of Manila as we approached the runway. I would guess that we were close enough to the ground that I would maybe be able to […]
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In 2006 my now-husband and I were flying from Dallas to Vegas. Since my “spare plane out back” adventure in 2002 I have become increasingly afraid of flying, to the point where now I’m nearly crippled with fear. But I’m on this full plane to Vegas going over the mountains on approach. The turbulence is […]
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In 2002 I was traveling post-winter holidays from Maryland to Austin, with a layover in Chicago. I arrived at O’Hare around 11:20AM, to leave at 3PM. Delay with the crew arriving, then mechanical issues, then finally the flight was overbooked. I should have volunteered my seat and taken the red eye the next day. Ultimately […]
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Many years ago, I had to go from San Jose to Monterey for a retreat. I didn’t have a car, but there was a really cheap flight from SJC to MRY. The distance between the two airports is 51 miles and it was about a 20 minutes flight. So I booked it and soon was […]
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I was recently flying the Boston to Orlando route when I felt the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I asked my copilot to take the yoke for a few moments and told him I needed to stretch my legs. As I walked through the passenger cabin, I noticed a ruddy faced […]
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A few years ago, I took off from Albany on an AA super80. It was cloudy and raining when we took off, but everything went as normal. We were bouncing around quite a bit due to the turbulence of the storm, but basically everything was OK. About 10 minutes into the flight, as we were […]
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Flight 83 is a “direct” 12-hour flight from my airport to Hawaii. That’s quote-direct-quote. It carries the same flight number for the full trip but it has a “plane change” in LA. I’m up at 5 am Eastern and at the airport a little before 8 am for the 9 am flight. The departures board […]
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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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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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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 was returning from a nonprofit training seminar. I can’t recall the airline I was flying with, but I remember very well the trip. A man in his mid to late 30s got on the plane. He was a big guy, about 6’3″, wearing a baseball cap that said “FBI” in large fuzzy letters. He […]
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