jet lag got you down?
We have all experienced jet lag at least once. On a recent trip to Southeast Asia, with a twelve hour time difference, it was difficult to get on top of…
je voudrais le poulet [id like the chicken]
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How economy class travelers see airplane food is something of an enigma. Even if people have just eaten in the airport, they will be insensed on a flight in which…
airline passenger restrictions and special requests: how far is too far?
Saturday’s post about Malaysian Airlines’ decision to create a child-free zone in their luxury first class caused a bit of a firestorm among my readers in the blogosphere. As predicted and…
a child-free section on airlines?
As I’ve said on many an occasion, airline travel is often like a social experiment. We are packed into a flying tin can like sardines and are subject to the…
the time I was molested by the government of ecuador
I really had no preconceived notions about Ecuador. The only things I really knew about the country were that it was among the poorest in South America, that most of…
at the brussels airport: dual passports, a ticket kiosk checkpoint charlie and an almost marriage proposal
After a long weekend at the Flyingnorthblog Brussels Bureau, it was time to head back to the Flyingnorthblog International Headquarters in New York. Fortunately the Brussels Bureau is situated near…
hair weaves, prime numbers, cupcake trini, and carry-on outrage: my flight to trinidad
They, meaning the smarties in our world, have yet to create a teleportation device so that I can zip to Paris for lunch or to the beach in the Caribbean…
on the way back from peru, more important tips for air travelers
As a bookend to my blog post “On The Way To Peru, Some Tips For Air Travelers” I have decided to write another, as I am not quite yet done…
again i faced the wrath of the airport travel gods, and again i emerged victorious
Eight months ago, I wrote about my first encounter with the vengeful airport travel gods in “A Mere Mortal vs. the Airport Travel Gods.” In it, I recounted a tight…
what exactly was i served with my in-flight meal?
On my American Airlines flight from Tokyo Narita to Chicago O’Hare, about an hour or so into the flight the usual meal service began. I chose the beef with rice…
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