Paying for priority boarding is stupid. A mentioned at the moment we get on aircraft first because we're travelling with young children. But you still have to sit there and wait for everybody else to sit down, so it's no great shakes. Best Airline I've flown with though were Virgin Atlantic on a flight to LA. Because we had a young child with us, they gave us a pass to their Transatlantic lounge, free drinks, snacks etc and then priority boarding. Then during the flight, loads of things for little un to do, like pens, stickers, colouring in books etc. Top quality service.
You won't be saying that when he appears as an apparition in your bathroom when you're trying to have a **** mate.
I've flown with most airlines at some point, tbph they are all much and much the same, some with good points to share, others with bad. I even had a pretty decent Monarch mid-class flight one time, so good they now gone bust although the general tale is they were ****, that's what you get for travelling cattle class
I got upgraded to Business class on a flight with KLM to Amsterdam once. There were only around 40 people on the plane so they bumped everybody to Business class. It was a race to see how much Rum I could drink during a 45 min flight
Does anyone wish they were dead , I’m not talking suicide etc , but couldn’t care less if you didnt wake up in the morning Just a question . No names etc .
We've no more right to this planet than the dinosaurs. We're just the latest tenants. I'm actually not totally convinced about us being 100% responsible for global warming. I do know we're just helping make things worse though.
Worst flight I ever went on (and the best in some respects) was an internal flight in Venezuela in a small twin prop plane. The plane was pretty rough around the edges and had definitely seen better days. I remember other passengers saying Hail Mary's as we took off and thought nothing off it (being in a largely Catholic country). But when we got airborne and flew through the mountains it was like being on a rollercoaster, the updraughts from mountain ridges cause really severe turbulence and you could literally hear the plane creaking and moaning. When the pilot eventually landed, everybody cheered and gave him a round of applause and he came though the little curtain from the cockpit and took a bow
I always did that, but back in the days before the ****s started trying to chuck my hand luggage in the hold. I quite often travel with just hand luggage. Had a stand up row with the cabin crew on one flight before they finally agreed to put my bag with the crew’s hand luggage. Now, I get on the plane earlier.
I always fly with just hand luggage. For 1, flying around the US is ridiculously expensive so when I fly I'm going with work (not going to pay to fly a family of 5 for holiday). The places I get sent for work (about twice a year on average) is either to conferences or training. Either way, I don't have to look nice or professional. I just pack t-shirts and underwear and a change of shorts. Easily fits inside my carry-on with half the space empty to take crap vendors hand out and crappy presents for the kids home in. It's nice to have a spot to put your carry on close to your seat.
The trouble is all Americans seem to think the same way. They could be going away for 4 weeks and they will still try and get it in a carry on. Don’t think I have ever got an American domestic flight where carry-on luggage space was not an issue. Then last people have to check carry on bags in even if they are right size. Hence the rush to get on first. Should actually make them put it in a size checker before they get on and automatically move to check in if too big. Problem solved and then brb can have a justifiable moan about people queueing to get on.
I always travel with hand luggage only. Can’t be arsed with waiting around at those carousels. You can pack enough for a month in one of those small wheelie trolleys. Started doing this when airlines started charging extra to check luggage into the hold. ****s. I remember checking a big back pack at Shannon airport with tent, sleeping bag pots and pans etc after I’d been on a camping trip in Ireland. The girl at the Aer Lingus desk told me it would be 20 euros and I had to go over to the other desk to pay. I saw my back pack going off down the little conveyer belt and thought ‘**** that im not paying, that bag is going on the plane anyway’ Anyway got through security and was in the departure lounge when the tannoy announced my name calling me back to the aer lingus desk. Had to go back through security who’d clocked me as a trouble maker. The ****s then held me up and I missed the flight, with my baggage on board. Had to pay for another flight and wait 6 hours at Shannon airport and make sure the ****s at aer lingus kept my baggage at Bristol until I got there. So trying to save myself 20 Euro ended up costing me 90 Euro Still never paid for my baggage to be checked in though
