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Why You Shouldn’t Intervene If There’s a Fight on a Plane (and What to Do Instead)
Flying commercial is usually a fraught experience, but a reported uptick in in-flight incidents concerning unruly passengers has only compounded the possible annoyance of stepping onboard a plane. If you’re ever to witness one of these ugly scenes — whether it’s two passengers pushing and shoving each other, or someone getting violent with a crew…
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Why You Can’t Sit In First Class (Even When It’s Empty)
If you book a basic economy ticket for a flight, you’re left with whatever crappy seats the airline wants to give you, whether it’s at the back of the plane or just a middle seat in a row that won’t recline. When you see row after row of empty first-class or business-class seats as you…
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How To Avoid Getting The Crappiest Seat On A Flight
In a column for the Washington Post, Christopher Elliott of Elliott Advocacy described every crappy seat you might encounter on a flight—there’s the bulkhead row seat that won’t recline, for instance. Or the seat with the entertainment console that doesn’t work, despite all your button-pushing efforts. Of course, middle seats are all terrible, but what…
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How To Reserve ‘Blocked’ Seats On Aeroplane Flights
Airlines love to torture us. Even when you’re prepared and organised, there’s nothing you can do to escape their blood thirst for profit. If you’ve ever reserved a seat on a flight, you’ll notice entire sections of airlines blocked off so that you can’t claim them, even if you wanted to or are willing to…