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Call the airline immediately if you think you’ll miss your connection

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A few months ago I wrote about what to do when your flight is delayed. Number one on the list: call the airline as soon as possible. What happened to me last week is exactly the reason why. Last week I traveled to Manila, basically halfway around the world from Texas. Typically I fly DFW-Tokyo…

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Posts from the past

What was going on this time in years past? 2014 Planning a vacation on the tail end of a work trip? Here is a packing list with pieces that will do double-duty. Packing for business and fun on the same trip It’s not always easy, but it’s really important to be able to lift your…

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Great travel app: FlightAware

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It’s happened to all of us. You get to the airport and your flight gets delayed by ten minutes. No big deal, you think. You’ll just hang out at the gate. Ten minutes passes, and it’s delayed another ten minutes, and then yet another ten minutes. What the heck?? I don’t know the reasoning behind…

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Call Customer Care if Your Flight is Canceled

I got a 5am text from my best friend this morning. “They canceled my flight!! WTF?” Now, normally I might be a little bit annoyed at a text this early, but since I just went through something similar a few weeks ago, I wanted to help. She got the phone call saying her flight was…

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