airlines
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Always Look At One-Way Flight Options When You Book A Trip
In a few weeks, I’m travelling to Denver. But instead of buying a round-trip flight, I opted to buy two one-way flights on two different airlines. The reason? It was cheaper. A lot cheaper. And I managed to get great seats on both flights.
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What’s The Safest Seat On An Aeroplane?
1Yesterday, @KLMIndia shared and then deleted the following tweet: “According to data studies by Time, the fatality rate for the seats in the middle of the plane is the highest. However, the fatality rate for the seats in the front is marginally lesser and is least for seats at the rear third of the plane.”
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How To Avoid Gate-Checking Your Luggage
Why are there a million categories that decide when you board a plane? The Intelligencer explains: Airlines figured out that random boarding is faster than back-to-front boarding, because it spreads people throughout the plane as they stow their luggage and get seated, instead of the back section getting mobbed, then the front getting mobbed. Then…
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Look Up Your Airline’s Cutoff Time For Checked Baggage Before You Fly
It’s been at least a decade since I checked a bag on a flight. I’m never travelling for that long or with that much, and what, I’m going to pay money for the privilege of travelling with things that I’ve… already paid money to own in the first place? No thanks.