How NOT To Handle Turbulence
When you’re on a plane and hit a patch of turbulence, you know the drill – the seat belt sign goes on, you stay in your seat, and if it’s really bad, you cross your fingers a little tighter. This is...
View ArticleEnter For A Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunity To Fly Home & Be Turned Into A...
Jetblue has an awesome contest that they’ve recently started – so good that I’m sharing it here, along with our weekly Contests & Sweepstakes post. Here’s how they describe their Go Get Gifted...
View ArticleFlight Review: Virgin Atlantic Premium Economy LGW-MCO On A 747
For the return flight on our impromptu trip to London, I booked us in Premium class on Virgin Atlantic from London Gatwick direct to Orlando. It’s wonderful being able to fly non-stop from London to...
View ArticleExtent Of Personal Info Leak, End Of Robocalls, Possible Future Comfort With...
Happy Wednesday to all of our travel friends, both near and far! Here are some articles we’ve read from other bloggers (and other sources) that we think you may like, as well, so we’re passing them...
View ArticleOscar Munoz Is That Bad, More On WDW’s New Late Night Event, Avoiding Jet...
Happy Thursday to all of our travel friends, both near and far! Here are some articles we’ve read from other bloggers (and other sources) that we think you may like, as well, so we’re passing them...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Tourist Destination, Spaceflight, Is One More Step Closer To...
People get excited about traveling to certain places. Disney World. New York. Paris. London. Australia. Israel. Mt. Fuji. The mountains. Going camping. But the one place that might churn some peoples’...
View ArticleCould A Passenger With No Previous Flight Experience Actually Fly A Plane?
In the past few days, some bloggers posted about an easyJet flight where the pilot didn’t show up, so a passenger volunteered and was allowed to fly the plane instead. Here are the different reports...
View ArticleFrequent Flyers Should Pay More Taxes To Decrease Planes’ Carbon Footprint???
Airlines are doing everything they can to decrease greenhouse gas emissions. They have commercial planes fly at the “sweet spot” of energy efficiency. They’ve come up with all sorts of crazy ways to...
View ArticleMystery Woman Sneaks Onto Delta Flight With No I.D. & No Plane Ticket
A passenger traveling on a Delta flight from Orlando to Atlanta arrived at her seat to discover another woman was already sitting in it. She told the woman the seat was hers, but the woman refused to...
View ArticleI’ve Heard Of Gifts For Fellow Passengers When A Crying Baby’s On A Plane But...
I think we’ve all heard about people who bring babies onto planes and, anticipating the (s)he’s going to cry, offering gifts of ear plugs and other stuff like candy for fellow passengers, along with a...
View ArticleAftermath Of Mystery Woman Who Got Onto Delta Plane With No Ticket Or I.D....
Not long ago, several media outlets wrote about a woman who had appeared to somehow sneak onto a Delta flight with no I.D. and no plane ticket. We found out what happened next. Briefly, a woman named...
View ArticleWhat To Do If You Miss Your Flight
Even when they have the best intentions, people sometimes miss their flights. There was an incredible amount of traffic (people have been known to leave their cars to get to their plane on time). They...
View ArticleAirline Asked Passengers To Leave Plane Because “Too Heavy”
A Loganair flight in the United Kingdom was scheduled to travel from London Southend to Derry, Northern Ireland. Prior to taking off a few days before Christmas, five passengers were… The post Airline...
View ArticleWhy Early Morning Flights Are Better
You’re shopping around for flights and have a choice of flights at 6:15am or 7:01pm. The 6:15am one is cheaper but you’d have to wake up at way-too-early o’clock and… The post Why Early Morning Flights...
View ArticleNew WDW FastPass Upcharge?, Finally A Use For Alaskan Mileage Plan Miles, 1st...
The post New WDW FastPass Upcharge?, Finally A Use For Alaskan Mileage Plan Miles, 1st Experience With Creepy Global Entry Machines, & More! appeared first on Your Mileage May Vary.
View ArticleWhy Airlines Change Flight Times By Just A Couple of Minutes, Here And There
Getting an email about a time change for your upcoming flight is sorta like buying a lottery ticket – you might get a winner or it might be a total… The post Why Airlines Change Flight Times By Just A...
View ArticleHow To Ensure You Won’t Be An Annoying Passenger
We’re in an unfortunate time where common decency sometimes goes out the window and a whole lot of people only think about themselves. Or sometimes it’s just a matter of… The post How To Ensure You...
View ArticleWorld Naked Bike Ride Not Cancelled, Think Twice If Front Desk Describes Room...
Hello travel friends and happy Saturday! Here’s a recap of what’s gone on at YMMV this week. From what we’ve written to what others wrote that we really liked and… The post World Naked Bike Ride Not...
View ArticleHow They Find “The Best Doctors In America” For In-Flight Magazine Ads
In this “new normal” of flight, who knows if or when in-flight magazines will ever see the light of day again. But here’s an interesting tidbit about them! If you’ve… The post How They Find “The Best...
View ArticleGreece Ends Flights To/From Qatar After 12 Passengers Tested COVID Positive
Well, this is a great way for the airline industry to start up again. Not. On Monday, June 1, 12 out of 91 passengers on a Qatar Airways flight that… The post Greece Ends Flights To/From Qatar After 12...
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