Airplane Travel Motion Sickness

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It's a long time since I have been on a plane. I thought your seat was assigned to you and you had no choice where you sat. Are you actually able to choose?
 
One thing that ticks me off, is that at time of booking, a specific seat number is assigned .. only to find someone else in that seat, once boarded. Often, they aren't asked to vacate the seat, and you have to sit somewhere else ... grrrrr! :mad:
 

I flew a lot in the Air Force and some as a civilian for vacations, but now I'm finished because I really have no place I want or have to go.
 
Pinky said:
One thing that ticks me off, is that at time of booking, a specific seat number is assigned .. only to find someone else in that seat, once boarded. Often, they aren't asked to vacate the seat, and you have to sit somewhere else ... grrrrr! :mad:
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Delta has always fixed that for me, sometimes I don't want the person to have to move and say so, otherwise the flight attendant relocates them. I guess it may vary from airline to airline.
 
Alligatorob said:
Delta has always fixed that for me, sometimes I don't want the person to have to move and say so, otherwise the flight attendant relocates them. I guess it may vary from airline to airline.
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United is the same. Best thing to do is not to ask the person in your seat to move. Request the flight attendant to do it. If your confirmation has an assigned seat number on it, you are entitled to that seat. I get free travel, but have to sit where the company randomly assigns me to sit. I will often use my mileage to upgrade and get into first or business class. I just pay the difference between coach and the higher class.
 
oldman said:
United is the same. Best thing to do is not to ask the person in your seat to move. Request the flight attendant to do it.
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That's right, I always do it that way.

I did have a couple of problems, back before the electronic ticket scanning. Once I got on the flight a day early... and once it was a very close connection the airline had assumed I was not going to make and gave my seat away. Both times the plane was not full so I made it.
 
oldman said:
United is the same. Best thing to do is not to ask the person in your seat to move. Request the flight attendant to do it. If your confirmation has an assigned seat number on it, you are entitled to that seat. I get free travel, but have to sit where the company randomly assigns me to sit. I will often use my mileage to upgrade and get into first or business class. I just pay the difference between coach and the higher class.
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The stewardess always looks at my ticket. Often, they have asked the passenger to move .. but, not always. If I ask for a specific window or aisle seat, that's what I expect to get.
 
Speaking of seat assignments, We were assigned row 29. They apparently changed equipment, because there were only 28 rows, I showed our tickets to the FA, and asked,"Are we supposed to sit in the bathrooms?". She laughed, and told us the flight was not full, so pick your seats.
 
The best flight I took was my first Canada-Australia trip on Qantas. Very few passengers, so, I was able to spread out and nap across 3 seats in the middle row. It was a very long flight, Toronto to LAX, then on Qantas - L.A. - Sydney, then on another flight, to Adelaide.
 
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Pinky said:
a terrible flight experience
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Maybe I am lucky but I have had very few bad flight experiences, and I did fly a lot. I am a 6 million miler on Delta and had over 100k on several other airlines. That is a lot of flying. Maybe I just got used to it. And I do know that Delta treated me better than most for that reason.

For example I was once on an Austrian Airlines flight from Geneva to Dulles (Washington DC). It was a Delta code share so we had a couple of Delta flight attendants. The flight was late, leaving me with a very tight connection in Dulles. I asked one of the Delta flight attendants about it and she said she would do what she could.

When we got to Dulles they had people movers, but the flight attendant arranged for me to go with her on a food service truck. We went directly to the flight crew immigration and customs, then the truck drive me out to the plane for my connecting flight. I barely made it. That was one time I am pretty sure my high mileage status paid off.
 
I have flown over 10,000,000 miles throughout my career and as a passenger. Unfortunately, they don’t give frequent flyer miles to flight crews. On a Boeing 767-400, there are five lavatories. During a flight from New York to LAX, two of our lavatories became unusable. There was a lady that really had to use the lav that she tried to jump the line. This caused a ruckus. It became such an issue that I had to send the F/O back to get everyone settled down. He said he had to threaten the people causing the incident with having to land the plane and having them all arrested for causing a disturbance on an aircraft.
 
Pinky said:
One thing that ticks me off, is that at time of booking, a specific seat number is assigned .. only to find someone else in that seat, once boarded. Often, they aren't asked to vacate the seat, and you have to sit somewhere else ... grrrrr! :mad:
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Oh If I find someone in the seat I've paid for then be sure they 're leaving it...

The budget airline I usually fly with charges different prices for seats.. so I usually pay for the most expensive seat, so no-one is gonna be sitting in it ..other than me..:p
 
Talking of Easyjet..

EasyJet's chief operating officer Peter Bellew has resigned amid growing pressure on the airline to reduce flight disruption, as Britons trying to fly abroad for their summer holidays once again faced huge waits at airports today.

Mr Bellew, who used to work for Ryanair, has quit the Luton-based airline - one of the worst hit by cancellations in recent months, having axed thousands of flights including many just hours before they were due to depart.

It comes after trade union Unite claimed last month that there was a 'lack of leadership' within easyJet, and Mr Bellew should be 'taking control of this situation' as the aviation sector struggles to cope with the rising demand for travel amid staff shortages and difficulties obtaining security clearance for new recruits. EasyJet said that David Morgan - who has been with the airline since 2016 - has been appointed as interim chief operating officer.

Mr Bellew, who also previously worked for Malaysia Airlines, made headlines at the start of the pandemic when he issued an apology after circulating a video among staff in Febraury 2020 which referred to the 'ridiculous hype' surrounding coronavirus, urged staff to 'please to show up for work' and 'focus on better on-time performance'.

Today.. the chaos ensued.. and passengers were left queuing in the car park waiting to get in for security..

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As if all the cancelled and delayed flights aren't bad enough...there is a growing problem with "lost" luggage. Can you imagine taking a nice vacation only to find that your suitcase is somewhere else??? It will be a long time before we plan another flight.
 
Don M. said:
As if all the cancelled and delayed flights aren't bad enough...there is a growing problem with "lost" luggage. Can you imagine taking a nice vacation only to find that your suitcase is somewhere else??? It will be a long time before we plan another flight.
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You can purchase protection against lost luggage. I flew from Washington to Boston to visit friends on United and they labeled one of my two pieces wrong. The case with my suit in it for a wedding that I was going to attend was lost. Because I had a First Class ticket, I received $100, instead of the usual $50.00. I pay more than $100 for my suits. I was able to get a new suit and have it altered the day before the wedding for a premium charge. My lost suitcase showed up 3 days later at home from Cleveland (?).
 
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I just spoke with a pilot friend of mine still working. I guess this weekend in some cities service was really messed up. A lot of late and cancelled flights. Get used to it.

If anyone remembers correctly, I forewarned our posters at that time that the worse was coming. Well, it’s here.
 
Four hours wait time? No way. At Southwest, they will take your number and call you back, usually in less than 30 minutes. Why would this man think there should be no problems getting help at the airlines?

There is no mandatory rule for compensation of bumped or cancelled flights. Most airlines will offer their passengers some form of compensation because they know the day is coming when the passenger will be in control.
 
bowmore said:
My wife suffered badly from motion sickness. I introduced her to Bonine (generic meclazine) and has not had a problem since. It is non drowsy the way Dramamine is.
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bowmore said:
My wife suffered badly from motion sickness. I introduced her to Bonine (generic meclazine) and has not had a problem since. It is non drowsy the way Dramamine is.
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I have always had a problem with motion sickness! My wife and I started scuba diving a few years ago, and I found that when the boat was anchored and I was putting on my gear to dive, that the boat motion really got me sick. Diving seasick is dangerous so I had to figure something out. Our dive master told me to take a Bonine (already mentioned) pill 30 min. before getting on the boat! Bingo, it worked, and I now take a pill before flying, going to the amusement park, or diving! It is a great option for me....
 

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