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Sensible Senior: Be Comfy on Long Flights |
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When you spend long hours in the air, there's no way to make the distance shorter. However, with common sense and smart planning, there are tricks to make it seem shorter. Consider:
1. Get the right flight. For trips lasting four hours or more, book a red eye. They usually take off from the airport between 11 pm and 3 am. They're scheduled at times when roads and airports are less crowded. You'll get through security more quickly, and be settled in your seat without all the pushing and shoving. If you’re lucky, you may be able to stretch out alone in a three-across seat row.
2. Because it’s your regular bedtime on the red eye, make yourself as comfy as possible. If booked in first or business class, just lean back flat and snooze away the hours, interrupted only by an occasional snack, cocktail or two. If you're in a squeezed tourist seat, make the best of what you have.
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American Airlines: Cheaper If You Travel Lighter |
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AA calls it basic-economy fare, and restricts those passengers to just one bag that fits under the seat. Not allowed to stash anything in the overhead. AA joins United Airlines in offering this cheaper choice. It’s estimated the new policy will save from 10 to 25 percent on flights.
Of course, among the restrictions is that the cheap seat passengers get to go last in their walk of shame to board the flight. Then, will an attendant utter the classic line: Please step to the back of the bus. One can only wonder what’s next in money-saving offers. Announcement: All cheap seat passengers must remove their clothing before boarding.
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Travel Homework: Learn All About That Destination |
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When making your plans, you need to research places within the city you can enjoy, fit into your travel budget and allow you to blend in. Do some homework before leaving home. Surf the web for the official city site, as well as others that describe lodging, restaurants, entertainment, night life and other useful info.
Look for ads, coupons and items you can print and bring with you that could get free services, bargains and discounts. Check out social sites that list meetings, exhibits, classes and other sessions to attend where you can meet and mix with locals.
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Travel Future May Include Human-Powered Monorail |
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Ever since 1930s comic strips and movie serials, it has been predicted. There soon may be city transportation where travelers won’t need to drive on crowded streets nor use polluting gasoline.
They’ll go sailing through the air on controlled rails in little capsules. A new monorail idea is that they’ll be powered by passenger legs. No smelly, burning fossil fuels, just throbbing muscles pumping away like hamsters in cages.
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To Recline Or Not Recline In The Cheap Seats |
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Q: I’m over six feet four, and every time I fly I have trouble when I try to be comfy in my economy seat. I never just jam the seat backward. Before making the adjustment, I inform the passenger behind me. However, I still get everything from angry mumbles to outright complaints. What can I do to avoid trouble when I recline? John P., Albany NY
A: First of all, you have every right to recline in the seat that is designed to adjust to your comfort. However, it is considerate to politely inform the passenger behind you before slamming back into tender knees. When you get complaints, you may adjust the seat back upward a bit to respond.
However, unless you pay for an upgrade to business or first class, the problem won’t go away. In fact, airlines are always looking for ways to make more money by cramming more passengers in. You can expect seating spaces to keep getting smaller and complaints about Lincolnesque you.
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