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21 unwritten rules of Air Travel (per Thrillist) (1 Viewer)

parasaurolophus said:
I can only imagine how well that would have gone. No need to risk the whole flight not getting somewhere on time. She probably would have made up some random condition her daughter has that made it impossible to fly without soothing sounds. Call it a "service tablet" or some crap. 
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I guess hindsight is always 20/20.....

 
parasaurolophus said:
In doing a little reading he must fly American Airlines or fly internationally almost exclusively. That seems to be the only airline I can find that has those seats somewhat standard for domestic flights. 
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Lufthansa or Virgin.  British once in a while.  Just settling in after twelve hours on board.  Same as it ever was.

 
Nine plus hour flights it is common courtesy to keep the shades closed.  Mandatory on virgin.  Dumb ##### kept peaking out today and the sun kept catching me.  Jet lag is going to suck this week.

 
And you can see your luggage come out just as easily ten feet away from the carousel as you can standing over it.  Don't be surprised when you get a forearm to the kidney or a suitcase across the knees.  You are putting yourself in harm's way.

 
parasaurolophus said:
Saw two people on my flight today get up and go to the bathroom barefoot. 

Young girl about 9-10 on the flight played on her tablet the whole trip. No headphones, volume cranked. Flight attendants make two announcements to turn volume off. One FA even says right to her to turn the volume off. She simply groans and turns her right and ignores her. She then eats a bag of chips and literally just throws the bag on the floor when she is done. 

Her mom was sitting right next to her in the seat across the aisle which was directly in front of me. 

Only justice was when the mom got up one of her extensions/braids got stuck. Yanked her right back down. Well i guess technically justice was served preflight since they were only on our flight because they missed theirs. 
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I was getting progressively angrier as I read this but once I heard that the mother had braids it all made sense.

 
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I remember the day I landed in Dallas. I was heading towards the luggage area straight towards an enormous family of 3 waddling line abreast, blocking a pathway that 10 people could has easily walked down, just oblivious to what an obstruction they were. Just looking at them made me want to vomit.

 
parasaurolophus said:
I can only imagine how well that would have gone. No need to risk the whole flight not getting somewhere on time. She probably would have made up some random condition her daughter has that made it impossible to fly without soothing sounds. Call it a "service tablet" or some crap. 
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The mother wouldn't have been clever enough. It would have just become an international racism issue and all over the media.

 
sbonomo said:
If the flight is 2 hours or less and a legitimate family that would like to sit next to each other I really don't care (5' 11" 185 lbs and just on the cusp of seats being unbearable).  I did have a mom with a teenage son (looked to be 16 or 17 if i had to guess) ask me to switch my aisle seat for her middle a few flights ago.  After seeing him i asked her is she was kidding me???? That was a quick no.     
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17 is the new 9

 
cockroach said:
You can't move to the middle so someone can sit next to someone else, you'd be separating them. So you're entirely clueless about life. 

(don't even try to say across isle is next to someone, it's across isle)
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Wow, maybe you should do the math when its two middle seaters that want you to make a move.

And this situation has happened to me so it's real.

 
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I had this one happen once.

Traveling alone - I rarely end up with a middle seat but this time I did.

Older guy in the aisle.

Older woman in the window.

Me in the middle.

Turns out they were married and kept talking to each other.  I asked if one of them wanted to switch and they were both like no thanks.

Then kept talking.

If I didn't have my headphones I may have murdered both of them....

 
belljr said:
I had this one happen once.

Traveling alone - I rarely end up with a middle seat but this time I did.

Older guy in the aisle.

Older woman in the window.

Me in the middle.

Turns out they were married and kept talking to each other.  I asked if one of them wanted to switch and they were both like no thanks.

Then kept talking.

If I didn't have my headphones I may have murdered both of them....
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Meh, they were old, probably near dying anyway.  Seriously though this is a great opportunity to interject yourself into their conversation.  I'd have had a lot of fun with it.  

 
shuke said:
I hate that I've become a gate crowder during the boarding process.  But I feel like everyone else is doing it and I don't want to lose overhead space.
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I used to hate the gate crowders until I realized it's the airlines fault for the soft carry on policies.  I don't understand why they don't enforce the # and size rules.  If they did that so many of the travel issues would be alleviated.

 
belljr said:
I had this one happen once.

Traveling alone - I rarely end up with a middle seat but this time I did.

Older guy in the aisle.

Older woman in the window.

Me in the middle.

Turns out they were married and kept talking to each other.  I asked if one of them wanted to switch and they were both like no thanks.

Then kept talking.

If I didn't have my headphones I may have murdered both of them....
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You should have just taken one for the team.  You would've been a hero to all future travelers who may have encountered them.

 
belljr said:
I had this one happen once.

Traveling alone - I rarely end up with a middle seat but this time I did.

Older guy in the aisle.

Older woman in the window.

Me in the middle.

Turns out they were married and kept talking to each other.  I asked if one of them wanted to switch and they were both like no thanks.

Then kept talking.

If I didn't have my headphones I may have murdered both of them....
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Read the newspaper to block them from seeing each other.  Doesn't work all the time, but when they constantly want to talk it may make them agree to switch.

 
2. Don’t get upset if the TSA agents are rude to you. Think about what they deal with!
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:thumbdown:

I don't give a rat's ### what they have to "deal with"; they need to be polite.  Hell, police are typically nicer and they deal with a hell of a lot more than TSA agents.  I think they can deal with having to tell people to take their shoes off. 

If they can't do their jobs and be polite to the people paying their salaries, then G.T.F.O.

 
Pipes said:
I used to hate the gate crowders until I realized it's the airlines fault for the soft carry on policies.  I don't understand why they don't enforce the # and size rules.  If they did that so many of the travel issues would be alleviated.
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You're missing a key point: airlines charging for checking bags.  Plus losing luggage...

 
Pipes said:
I used to hate the gate crowders until I realized it's the airlines fault for the soft carry on policies.  I don't understand why they don't enforce the # and size rules.  If they did that so many of the travel issues would be alleviated.
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If you see the person dealing out raining their voice at the airport it's always their fault EXCEPT this one time.

Fat business guy was getting all pissy because the airline announced they would gate check bags and allow people to board first if they did this. The guy had some equipment in his bag he couldn't/wouldn't allow them to handle. His point was that the people didn't have to pay to check a bag, which he did back when he checked in for his other bag, and then they were allowed to get on before him as now and take up the overhead bin with their other stuff they were carrying.

I was watching the whole thing and he had a pretty solid point. The agent was kind of trolling him to boot. 

I wanted to grab him by the shoulder and say "friend, you need to let this go even though you are right".

He was probably one cuss word away from getting 86'ed and put on no fly list. But finally shuffled away. 

 
Sabertooth said:
Meh, they were old, probably near dying anyway.  Seriously though this is a great opportunity to interject yourself into their conversation.  I'd have had a lot of fun with it.  
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:lol:   at this and the others. Oh at first i just sat there turning my head back and forth so I could listen to each other talk.

I did do a lot of leaning forward then back "taking" stuff out of my bag, reshuffling etc.

But in the end I just watched my movie.   :)

 
belljr said:
I had this one happen once.

Traveling alone - I rarely end up with a middle seat but this time I did.

Older guy in the aisle.

Older woman in the window.

Me in the middle.

Turns out they were married and kept talking to each other.  I asked if one of them wanted to switch and they were both like no thanks.

Then kept talking.

If I didn't have my headphones I may have murdered both of them....
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Many couples do this on purpose. In the hopes that the middle seat is left open come day of flight. The way to avoid this is book an aisle seat if you can.

My wife works in reservations.

 
Jobber said:
Many couples do this on purpose. In the hopes that the middle seat is left open come day of flight. The way to avoid this is book an aisle seat if you can.

My wife works in reservations.
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when our oldest was still travelling via lap, we'd do this too. and then offer either one (usually the window, so that we could make a diaper run to the bathroom without bothering them) to whomever ended up booking the middle seat.

as a tangent... I've noticed lately that airlines are now charging more for aisle and window seats, which seems pretty ####ed.

 
brohans if i am being honest there is a lot of anger in this thread about a lot of things that are so first world rich people problems and not worth the effort to get mad it is pretty sad really just try being happy try realizing that a flight is a few hours and not the rest of your life and that you are always exactly as happy as you let yourself be so bam hop on the path of the brohan and spruce the earth up instead of dragging it down take that to the bank bromigos 

 
SWC said:
brohans if i am being honest there is a lot of anger in this thread about a lot of things that are so first world rich people problems and not worth the effort to get mad it is pretty sad really just try being happy try realizing that a flight is a few hours and not the rest of your life and that you are always exactly as happy as you let yourself be so bam hop on the path of the brohan and spruce the earth up instead of dragging it down take that to the bank bromigos 
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Sit in a middle seat on a cross country flight wedged between two fat guys with their shoes off that was delayed on the runway for an hour. You'll feel like taking a big bag of crap to the bank bromingo!

 
kupcho1 said:
You're missing a key point: airlines charging for checking bags.  Plus losing luggage...
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Still doesn't mean you should be able to take a week's worth of clothing as a carry on.  I agree it's crappy to charge for checked bags in the first place but that shouldn't stop them from enforcing the carry on restrictions.  Or they should just automatically gate check those monster bags.  No charge to the customer, room in the overhead bins...everybody wins.

 
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SWC said:
brohans if i am being honest there is a lot of anger in this thread about a lot of things that are so first world rich people problems and not worth the effort to get mad it is pretty sad really just try being happy try realizing that a flight is a few hours and not the rest of your life and that you are always exactly as happy as you let yourself be so bam hop on the path of the brohan and spruce the earth up instead of dragging it down take that to the bank bromigos 
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Sit in a middle seat on a cross country flight wedged between two fat guys with their shoes off that was delayed on the runway for an hour. You'll feel like taking a big bag of crap to the bank bromingo!
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nope i wouldnt brohan i would just tell myself it will end and find something positive to focus on honest it aint that hard if you try maybe they have stinky feat but maybe they know a lot about model railroading or about canning food they grew in a garden and we could strike up an engaging conversation about trains mason jars and dirt who knows theres always somethin shakin that can make the clock spin thats all im sayin take that to the bank brochacho

 
SWC said:
nope i wouldnt brohan i would just tell myself it will end and find something positive to focus on honest it aint that hard if you try maybe they have stinky feat but maybe they know a lot about model railroading or about canning food they grew in a garden and we could strike up an engaging conversation about trains mason jars and dirt who knows theres always somethin shakin that can make the clock spin thats all im sayin take that to the bank brochacho
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:lol:  this is one of those things that sounds great in theory and then it happens and you say "oh ####ake brohan, I still have 3 hours of taking this to the bank and the bromingo poured into the seat spilling onto me just ate a big ol bag of burgers and I'll soon be smelling his ### oh look he just started trimming his nails".

No bueno.

 
ps why would anyone ever take a big bag o crap to the bank come on man thats just wierd aint no one depositin crap come on take that to the bank brochacho 

 
well you negative nancyhans keep looking at the part of the beer your already drank and me and mine we will keep lookin at the half i have yet to go take that to the bank bromigo 

 
belljr said:
I had this one happen once.

Traveling alone - I rarely end up with a middle seat but this time I did.

Older guy in the aisle.

Older woman in the window.

Me in the middle.

Turns out they were married and kept talking to each other.  I asked if one of them wanted to switch and they were both like no thanks.

Then kept talking.

If I didn't have my headphones I may have murdered both of them....
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That's weird.

It did remind me of an odd experience. Flying with my wife, we had the isle and middle seats. While the plane was boarding, the woman in the window seat asked me if my daughter would like to sit in the window seat. Wife and I had a laugh about it. Then, while the plane was still boarding, the woman pulled an arm into her top and removed her bra. Before the plane left the gate she was upgraded to first class.

 
Jobber said:
Many couples do this on purpose. In the hopes that the middle seat is left open come day of flight. The way to avoid this is book an aisle seat if you can.

My wife works in reservations.
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We do this all the time.  Three of us across the middle four and we take both aisle seats.

 
Short Corner said:
And you can see your luggage come out just as easily ten feet away from the carousel as you can standing over it.  Don't be surprised when you get a forearm to the kidney or a suitcase across the knees.  You are putting yourself in harm's way.
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To expand on this....Please don't have your three adolescent children on the rail with you.  I know everything is a game for you but for the rest of us, we just want to get our bags and get the heck out of the airport.  

 
SWC said:
ps why would anyone ever take a big bag o crap to the bank come on man thats just wierd aint no one depositin crap come on take that to the bank brochacho 
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People are animals. Put 300 of them in a small uncomfortable aluminum tube and you get to witness it.

 
belljr said:
I had this one happen once.

Traveling alone - I rarely end up with a middle seat but this time I did.

Older guy in the aisle.

Older woman in the window.

Me in the middle.

Turns out they were married and kept talking to each other.  I asked if one of them wanted to switch and they were both like no thanks.

Then kept talking.

If I didn't have my headphones I may have murdered both of them....
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The rudeness of people will never cease to amaze me.

 
Jobber said:
Thanks, captain dumb ###.

The fact is, there are posters in this very thread that this has happened to. 
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I am not trying to be a Richard but, do you think anyone purposely books a middle seat if there is a window or aisle available?  

 
avoiding injuries said:
Hard to argue with any of these, and most seem like common sense to a somewhat frequent flyer. 

McDonalds or fried chicken on a plane is terrible. 
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I feel bad about this one.  I've commonly brought Chik-Fil-A tater tots on to planes in the past (usually left over from the breakfast sandwhich I ate while waiting at the gate).  I'm the ##### :(.

 
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Regarding airlines charging for checked or even carry-on bags, I never understood why people get so upset over this. You have to look at the total amount you are spending. Maybe the actual ticket price is quite a bit lower.  I do this with Spirit all the time (I know, I know....everyone hates Spirit). I don't mind dropping $50 on bag fees if the ticket is dirt cheap. You have to look at the whole picture.

And yeah, people who abuse the carry-on bag policy with HUGE carry-ons are dooshes.

 
Short Corner said:
Pretty sure we're not missing the point.  They need to enforce carry on regulations.
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I mostly fly American and they are vigilant about the carry on rules.  Have not seen issues with Delta or United either.  What airlines are you flying?

 
Foosball God said:
Is there any form of travel that gets people more pissed off than air travel?
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My brother tried the train once, from Cleveland to somewhere in Louisiana to pick up a car he bought online. He thought it would be a great experience and fun. He did not get a personal room just sat out in "coach". He said it was the most miserable 30 hours of his life. 

 
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