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^ Lol.</p>
<p>^^^In the few times I've been in business class... I've done it in the same clothes that I would in coach...</p>
<p>When I was on a trip back from Panama I was seated in the isle with my father across from me and my other two family members a few seats away. (Keep in mind that, as much as the seating sucked, the whole trip sucked even more.) I was only about 10 or 11 at the time and spoke no Spanish. I was seated next to a big couple, both of whom spoke Spanish and no English. This wasn't annoying, but then the husband kept getting up, causing me to have to get out of my seat about every fifteen minutes throughout the two hour flight. THAT is the most annoying thing a person can do, and why I never sit in the isle.</p>
<p>^Lol, try sitting the isle on a 14 hour flight... then having a 6 hour layover in a blizzard, but you're wearing shorts and a t-shirt because you're from GA, and for some reason the airport didn't turn on the heater... ughghahwlghawlk</p>
<p>I always thought Salt Lakes airport is hillarious in comparison to Vegas.</p>
<p>My mom smokes. On our last flight we went to Houston. On the way their our layover was in Vegas. We got put in a building not connected to the rest of the building. To go smoke a cigerate my mom would have to take a tram out to the main building and find a smoking area, which would make her miss the flight. On our way home we had a lay over in Salt Lake, Mormon capital USA, non-smokers paradise, the same thing happened here as it did in Vegas, except there, in the building, was a smoking room! It made me laugh, the contrast between Vegas and Salt Lake. :) Ok I thought it was funny.</p>
<p>Never fly through the unacompanied minor program. I almost missed a flight because the attendents that they have to help the "children" make it to their flights didn't know where my terminal was.</p>
<p>^That is hard. I wouldn't like to do that at all. </p>
<p>Some other annoying things:
-Recently my family took a trip to Vancouver and the plane was supposed to leave at 9pm. However, a British Airways flight was delayed in boarding (the plane was at the gate) and they wouldn't let ours board because, as they put it, the gates were adjacent and too many people would be boarding. It took two hours for them to board and we left the gate at 11pm, waiting another half-hour on the run-way to take off. All because a plane from another gate was delayed! Stupid, stupid...</p>
<p>-Nearly every time I go to JFK or LaGuardia the wait to take off is 45 minutes because there are 35 planes on line to take off.</p>
<p>-One year there was a snowstorm in Charlotte, NC and our plane back was canceled. We booked another one for noon. When we got to the airport it was delayed, then canceled. We booked the next flight at 3pm. It was delayed two hours and then the plane was left without a gate upon arrival. Luckily we boarded anyway (it was a little plane that didn't really need the gate).</p>
<p>-On a trip back from Mexico we were delayed in the baggage claim because a flight had been canceled and everyone needed to reschedule (we didn't). We figured this wasn't bad because it was 9am and our flight was at 12 noon to Atlanta, where we had until 8pm for our next flight. Once we got through we found out our flight was delayed an hour, so we had lunch. During lunch it was delayed another two hours. We took off quickly but upon arriving the plane had no gate. We waited for half an hour. It was 7pm when it got to the gate. Anyone who had those flights (most were going on a JFK flight prior to ours or a Rome flight) had missed them. We had to go through customs, immigration, and security, and then from Terminal E to A (Atlanta is a BIG airport). We got there as the flight was boarding. Five hours wasted. Then, once we got on the runway they told us that we had to wait because there was traffic at LaGuardia. We took off a half-hour later. Luckily LaGuardia had lost it's traffic when we arrived. They were, apparently, using only one runway. </p>
<p>If I remember any more odd things I've experienced while flying I'll write them, but that is all I can think of for now.</p>
<p>Haha, for all your horror stories, try spending an entire 30+ hours in transit!</p>
<p>I had to wait in heathrow for 19 hours, a 14 hour flight, a 3 hour flight, and another 5 hour wait (not in that order)!</p>
<p>^That's horrible! What caused the 19 hour wait? </p>
<p>I just had this thought, not so much a story as a statement: Panama City's international airport is a horror story in itself. At least, it was when I went. They may have improved it now.</p>
<p>My longest time of transit is 4 hours waiting, 14 hours flying, 6 hour layover, 5 hour flight = 29 hours :] It was great though.</p>
<p>Really, really cheap tickets is what caused the wait (maybe not really cheap, but it did let us save a solid $400).</p>
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I just had this thought, not so much a story as a statement: Panama City's international airport is a horror story in itself. At least, it was when I went. They may have improved it now.
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We must hear the story behind this statement!!! :]</p>
<p>To quote the great Douglas Adams: </p>
<p>It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on Earth has ever produced the phrase, 'as pretty as an airport.' Airports are ugly. Some are very ugly. Some attain a degree of ugliness that can only be the result of a special effort.</p>
<p>^ lol!</p>
<p>Before I go into my flying rant, I must say that I absolutely love flying, airports, and airplanes more than any other form of travel. There are just a few annoyances:</p>
<p>Non-Airplane:
- I hate all of the TSA requirements. There is this creepy TSA lady that gives me an evil look every time I travel. A lot of the young TSA guys at various airports were a lot friendlier when I had my Guitar Hero controller, but the older ones were extremely suspicious of it.
- I always carry a power strip in my carry on so that I can use my laptop when waiting to board, but there is always an outlet hog there before me that will refuse to share, even though I'd offer space on my strip for him.
- Baggage claim etiquette: please move out the way so that I can get my bag off of the conveyor. You won't miss your bag if you step aside for less than 5 seconds. Everyone on the entire flight can't have their knees pressed against the loop at one time too.</p>
<p>Airplane-Related:
- Traveling as an UM was horrible. I knew my way around both airports and didn't need their help at all. Then I was patronized when I got on the plane "want some cookies, little girl"...this was at 13
- People that think that the plane is a gourmet restaurant/5 star hotel. They think the flight attendant is their personal attendant...this is on cheapie airlines like AirTran and Spirit too.
- Crying/smelly babies
- Loud people
- Sick people
- People that watch over my shoulders (once the entire flight attendant crew was watching my movie right behind me)
- Smelly food -- don't bring tuna or fried chicken on a plane, everyone will know what you're eating for the entire flight
- Smelly bathrooms. This only happened on Spirit though. The smell from the bathrooms spread across the entire plane mid-flight.
- People that want to become insta-friends by being seat mates. Casual conversation is okay, but I probably won't be adding you on MySpace or Facebook (yes, someone asked)
- Temperature changes. I know it's inevitable, but I hate being freezing one moment and then sweating the next</p>
<p>One thing I do absolutely love is the caribbean baggage claim music at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood. It surely beats the typical school bell ring or fire alarm buzz.</p>
<p>One time I waited in an airport line, with only...maybe 20 people in front of me, for at least 5 hours. By the time I left there were, I kid you not, at least 100 people behind me.</p>
<p>I have no idea what they did.</p>
<p>The Dallas UM room frightened me when I was 12. It was McDonalds theme. Everything was McDonalds. It was all plastic and just gross, like the play area at McDonalds. (I'm so glad I'm too tall for that so my cousins can't make me go through it with them.)</p>
<p>Ew McDonalds... makes me want to throw up..</p>
<p>Snoring
Endless talking
Kicking seats or the seat in front of you is pushed all the way back
Having to sit in the middle, especially between two people you do not know<---biggest pet peeve to be honest with you.</p>
<p>^ I've experienced all of those. Horrible trip.</p>
<p>I went to California last year with my family and there was this women on the plane. She was like not obese, but overweight. You could tell she was uncomfortable and after a while we began to smell something that was rather unpleasant. As we were getting off the plane it was very apparent that she had **** her pants. I was stuck right behind her as we were getting off too. That wasn't the most enjoyable experience I've had on a plane.</p>