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Travel etiquette tip: Wait in line for your suitcase. For small planes, at least.

a plane on the runway

Last week I flew on a number of regional jets. I don’t hate them, exactly. It’s just that they’re so darn, well, small. The aisles are small, the seats are small, omg the lavs are so so small, and the overhead bins are small. So small that anything resembling a normal sized carry on has…

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What would you do? Flight attendant yells at passenger over carry-on

a blue and black duffel bag

Today has been a super fun traveling day. Weather delays in Chicago meant we sat on the plane for two and a half hours before taking off. Yay. But before the glory of that flight, I witnessed an interesting scenario that I want to get your take on. The flight to Chicago was overbooked (shocker).…

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Let’s talk about flying small planes

a plane on the runway

For the past several years, I have been lucky in that I haven’t had to fly on the small planes very often. Last week, I flew three straight flights on small planes. Not the tiniest planes I’ve ever been on—these were the 2-2 configuration—but still quite a bit smaller than a Super 80 or 737.…

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