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Comfort or Cash? Why not both!
Have you ever shied away from low-fare airlines; unable to do without your legacy upgrade, legroom, and hot meal? If you must cut the fare, you can keep the comfort if you know who and how to choose and trade off some if the things you really can do without.
Here are a couple of options to bring “Jetiquette” to your next non-network carrier flight-
Air Tran- Business Class
From extra legroom with two-by-two seating to complimentary cocktails, Air Tran offers... Read More
Director Kevin Smith was in the news, the latest in a string of passengers Southwest Airlines judged as too big for one of their seats. To help sort out the controversy and look at effective solutions we will be joined by Bill Fabrey from the Council on Size and Weight Discrimination, Inc. Bill helped found the Council in 1991, along with seven others, and has served as a director since that time. Bill has been an advocate for size acceptance since 1969 when he founded NAAFA (National Association... Read More
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On this episode of Jetiquette, we discuss the issue of large passengers and whether the situation could be handled better or at least with a little more compassion. Plus, have you used inflight WiFi on any of your airline flights? Have you wondered whether it could be come an airborne nuisance? Gailen and Margery discuss what limits are in place to keep the inflight surfing experience a pleasant one for everyone.
We’ll also revisit the Southwest Airlines “Crying Baby” incident... Read More
PODCAST: The airline industry provides more drama than Y&R and Bold and the Beautiful (TV soap operas) combined! Did you hear about the United Airlines passenger with a first class ticket that was denied boarding because of his track suit attire? The Sky Steward discusses this and much more on this edition of Jetiquette with his co-host and resident frequent flier, “Margery” (No last name you know, like Cher or Madonna)
There is no hiding from The Sky Steward! He’s always... Read More
Dear Sky Steward,
I am surprised that I am writing you from my hotel room and not a jail because I am so angry about my flight today. I boarded my flight and stowed my bag in the overhead compartment and then, to be considerate to other customers, placed my personal item under the seat in front of me. In the last few minutes of boarding, another customer shifted my bag around in the overhead compartment to fit his bag in and took his seat. When the flight attendant came around to close the overhead... Read More
“Ladies and Gentlemen, please direct your attention to the flight attendants as they demonstrate proper travel manners or as we like to call it, Jetiquette, on today’s flight.”
Dear Sky Steward,
Thank you so much for your work to improve the civility displayed by passengers and crew to one another on airline flights throughout the world. I must tell you that you have your work cut out for you. For the most part, people are very polite, patient, and courteous. It’s just that... Read More
The weekly Dear Sky Steward Digest covers airline news and more. This weeks edition:
Air France is introducing new perks for its economy passengers that it used to only offer to premium customers. This is part of the Air France strategy to compensate for declining air fares and a lower demand for premium seats. The seats are closer to the way seats used to be many years ago in business class before lie-flat seat became the rage.
JAL is still in play as Delta and American do their best to work... Read More
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With so many airlines like Virgin America, United, and JetBlue offering enhanced coach products that provide extra legroom, there is still the problem of BBS (Big Ball Syndrome) which causes many gentlemen to keep their legs spread wide apart. This causes major discomfort to the passengers on both sides of the BBS sufferer. It must be mentioned that symptoms of BBS are often simply imagined by men that wish they actually had BBS.
“Close your legs to married men” was one of NeNe’s... Read More
Lucy. My 13 year old Yorkie
There is some good news for anyone who’s worried about experiencing a problem when traveling with a pet. I’ll tell you about it in a minute.
If I had my way, everyone could keep smaller dogs on their laps during the flight. There are however a couple of issues that flair up:
Dogs sometimes snap at the flight attendant’s hand as they attempt to place something on their master’s tray (understandable under the circumstances) I’ll continue to... Read More
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Dear Sky Steward,
I was wondering why business class flights offer so much alcohol on board when it seems, to me and my husband at least, that the attendants get visibly tense whenever someone agrees to accept a drink.
We save up for one or two big overseas trips in business a year, and we’re foodies that really love and appreciate a good meal and interesting wines. Two drinks from the time I board till the time I land is really the absolute limit for me (I’m kind of a shrimp), but my... Read More
"Devil Wears Prada, Flies Business"
Choosy fliers choose widebodies! [Video below]
I was the Purser between Miami and San Francisco and I was amazed at the number of passengers that commented how much they love the 767-300 on this route.
All of the customers were great, although I was up to some of my old tricks as the plane climbed out of San Francisco on take-off. There was one particular gentleman staring my way everytime I glanced into the cabin. I was convinced he had me on a timer... Read More
The next time you fly Finnair, you’ll be enjoying the convenience of the brand new terminal extensions at their Helsinki hub. And coming in December 2009, when making connections at Helsinki you’ll have the opporunity to relax and recharge in a fabulous new 250 seat via.lounge and a restful spa area, via.spa.
The spa offers four separate saunas, treatment rooms for express treatments as well as those of a more leisurely nature, various foot treatments and a mineral water pool... Read More
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