flying

Seat Squatters (MM #5020)

Do you have any travel plans for the holidays? If you plan on flying, you may encounter the latest scourage of the airways: seat squatters. People on TikTok are talking about them, and many airlines say they’re getting worse. If you have an assigned seat on an airplane, you might encounter someone already sitting in…

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Fear Of Flying (MM #4690)

Airplanes have been in the news a lot lately. Last week, there was a problem with the door plug on the Alaska Airlines flight. Yesterday, I read a story about a passenger noticing some wing bolts missing on a Virgin Airlines plane. I’ve never had a fear of flying. I remember flying across the country…

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Middle Seat (MM #4236)

If you’re like most people, all you have to hear are the words middle seat, and you shudder just a bit. It doesn’t matter where or when; the seat in the middle is always the one you try to avoid. Well, finally, someone is trying to do something about it. Virgin Australia Airlines has a…

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Lost Luggage (MM #4167)

Many air travelers are calling this the summer of lost luggage. In addition to all the delayed and canceled flights this year, airlines have been losing people’s bags at an alarming rate. There are a few reasons to explain what’s going on. But that’s not making it easy to travel for anyone…

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Heading To The Airport (MM #3736)

If you’re planning on heading to the airport to fly somewhere, you might want to think twice. Some still question the safety of air travel because of the pandemic. But that’s not the biggest concern of late. People causing trouble on airplanes is a much greater concern right now…  

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Future Of Flying (MM #3409)

Now most of us haven’t been spending much time in an airport recently, thanks to COVID-19. But sadly it looks like the Coronavirus will be having some effect on the future of flying. But it might not be how you think…

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Air Travel (MM #3253)

Air travel has been in the news over the last few days. I’m sure you’ve seen the viral video of the guy going crazy because the woman in front of him reclined her seat. While this shouldn’t be major news, anyone who has flown in recent years understands both sides of this story…

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Flying (MM #2602)

I used to love flying places. But I haven’t flown in a few years and honestly don’t plan on flying anytime soon. Over the last few years flying has become truly a hassle…

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Airline Upgrades (MM #1693)

I don’t fly very often any more. Most of my time is spent in the office on my computer. So when I flew to New Orleans last week I didn’t realize how much the airport had changed. No, not all of the security hassles, I’m talking about the airline upgrades…

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