Sitting in my window seat on a Southwest 737 MAX8, preparing for the short flight from Atlanta to Orlando, I snapped a quick picture of the plane at the gate …
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Airlines
The One Question Flight Attendants Lie About — And Why It’s Honestly Hilarious
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegWhen they’re put in charge of a few hundred passengers, flight attendants wind up getting a lot of questions. And because their “audience” is different from flight to flight, they …
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Airlines
The Plane’s Toilets Didn’t Work Until 16,000 Feet — Here’s Why
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegToilets (a.k.a. “lavatories,” or “lavs” for short) on planes are nothing like toilets on land. Well, except for why they’re there (cuz when you gotta go, you gotta go) and …
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Airlines
How Aviation Geeks Identify Airplanes at a Glance (and How You Can, Too)
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegThose of you who are aviation geeks amaze me. I mean, you can glance at a plane and know what it is. How do you even DO that??? Me? I’m …
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Hotels
Why Don’t All Airport Hotels Offer This Cheap, Smart & Free Amenity?
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegAirport hotels have their place. They’re certainly convenient for those who want somewhere to sleep in between flights that are a day apart. Some airport hotels, such as the TWA …
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If you fly into a large airport and have checked luggage, you already know how humongous those baggage carousels can be. They take up a lot of floor space and …
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Airlines
Why American Airlines and United Avoid Flying Over Mexico (Most of the Time)
by joehegby joehegFor those traveling from Texas to Hawaii, you might notice an interesting flight path: flights from Houston to Honolulu or from Dallas to Hawaii often avoid crossing directly over Mexican …
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The Department of Transportation rolled out a video as part of its “Golden Age of Travel Starts with You” campaign. It leaned hard into that 1950s/60s nostalgia — when flying …
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And just like that… 25 out of 25. 🎉 Just before Thanksgiving, my wife Sharon wrapped up JetBlue’s ambitious 25-for-25 promotion with a simple out-and-back from Orlando to Providence, RI …
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Disney, Universal & Other Theme Parks
Disney World Once Had Its Own Airport — And Almost No One Remembers It
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegMost visitors to Walt Disney World (WDW) fly to Central Florida and land at Orlando International Airport (although some fly into Sanford or even Melbourne). From there, they take ground …