‘Everything will be all right in the end. If it’s not all right, then it’s not yet the end … Don’t stress about travel. Its not worth it. Life is stressful enough. Things will go wrong with travel. – its inevitable. There are some things that can help: Time Leave enough time for your check ins etc. I add an hour to my check in time at Los Angeles compared to Melbourne Australia. Avoid flying on the day of an important meeting or wedding. Also choose flights with longer layovers. If you have the choice between 60 and 90 minutes, take…
Travel Tips (Monday)
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Travel Tips
I get a lot of requests for travel tips, especially Money saving ones. From next Monday, I am going to share a travel tip each week. Feel free to send questions and/or suggestions! Thank you!
AA JFK to EZE 777 [updated x 2]
I have unintentionally caused some offence with one of my statement in this post. You will see this reflected in the comments. I have updated it in an attempt to better explain what I clearly messed up saying. I want to say on the outset that I am opposed to discrimination on any basis. I also unreservedly apologise to those people who were concerned I might be advocating age discrimination. My major feeling, which I have hopefully explained n a better way, is as a customer the attitude I have experienced from key personnel. Now read on and I hope you find the rest of the post interesting!…
Wild about travel has moved!
As foreshadowed, Boardingarea.com is our new home. Thanks for inviting us aboard! I am Wild about Travel. I love it. Both the journey and the destination. I want to share about my experiences with both. Thoughts and observations from where I have been and how I have got there. Expect cities, nature, planes, trains, advice, hassles and good times. I have flown 786 times (as of now) for a total of 1,785,449km (1,109,427 miles) to six continents with 78 airlines. I have experienced boat travel and train travel on or between five continents and buses plus cars…
Irene cancels 6000 flights–what to do?
Irene is coming to the world’s busiest air region. Its already chaos. New York port authority will close all 5 airports to arriving domestic and intn’l passenger flights beginning at noon Saturday. Across the east coast, carriers are scrambling to cancel flights American Airlines has canceled 235 flights for Saturday so far. It will shut down its Washington operations for 24 hours starting at noon EDT on Saturday Amtrak has cancelled flights. Delta Air Lines said it was canceling 1,300 of its 16,500 flights systemwide from Saturday through Monday. This includes all flights on Sunday to and…
Road Warrior Help and Advice sought!
I travel with a whole stack of electrical cords, plugs and outlets. I have stored them all together in a little box. They got all tangled up and the box is thicker than I want for my hand luggage. I then stored them in 3 little bags which fit into my small pockets of my laptop bag- I then forget what is in which bag! How do you store your cords, plugs and adaptors? I need something which protects, is light, 2.5cm thick (can be 60cm wide), not too expensive, is easy to access stuff from my…
No Baggage vindicated again
I flew two international sectors today from Brazil to Miami to Toronto My first flight left almost three hours late getting in 91 minutes before my second flight was due to leave. My long layover has vanished. Even though I was transiting from Brazil to Toronto, the US requires transit passengers to clear immigration and customs and then come through security again. I have blogged about not checking luggage in. Today’s experience vindicated my decision!Arrivals 1859h: Plane touches down at Miami International airport (right) 1907h: Plane reaches gate- I am off quickly with no shoving 1911h: Four minutes run/walk from gate to people mover to…
Airports with Wireless- where to find them
In today’s modern world, it is infuriating the inconsistency in wireless internet access in airports. There are four types of airports in my experience: Airports with no wireless internet (mostly regional) Airports with free wireless internet (these are airports I like) Airports with one internet wireless carrier that you have to purchase airtime from (these are airports I dislike a lot) Airports with multiple internet carriers that allow you to choose a carrier you may have a monthly plan with The third option is frustrating because you have to sign up a new carrier for…
How far is it from? Great Tools
Ever need to find out the travel distance between two cities? Sometimes you just need to know or you want to work out points earnt for frequent flying. The tool pictured right Travel Math will tell you travel distance, flight times as well as driving distance and driving time. It will also tell you the closest airport. Calculations are in miles, kilometres and nautical miles. NB there is also an online booking form on the same page. Be careful you may actually start booking a flight instead of finding the distance! My other favorite distance finding…
You are Gold!
Always believe in your soulYou’ve got the power to knowYou’re indestructible, always believe in, ‘cos you are Gold(Spandau Ballet) The Virgin Group have just made me Gold Status with them. Thank you! What does this mean?Because I am also Gold with United and Platinum with Qantas it means: I fly too much Lounge access whenever i fly internationally almost anywhere in the world Lounge access at almost all domestic lounges in Australia Priority security lanes and boarding (when available) Priority for upgrades Bonus Points This does make me happy! Let me toast this with a…
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