Category Archives: Airline Adventures

Flying Southwest During the Pandemic

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Colleen

Since we’re all in this pandemic together, I wanted to share my experience flying on Southwest on flight 3598 from BWI to RDU on Sunday, January 3. My decision to fly was a last-minute decision, but I based it on … Continue reading →

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642 Things to Write About Challenge: Week 29

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Colleen

This one is obviously inspired by my travels this week.  Leave your answers below! 🙂 “What would you buy from the SkyMall catalog? Why?” I’m actually looking at a SkyMall catalog right now and my goodness, there are so many … Continue reading →

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I Think I Have a Trickster.

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Colleen

I think I have a trickster. I don’t really have a better term for it, so I’m using one that I learned by watching 8 seasons of Supernatural.  Lately, I have had the weirdest things happen to me.  Each time … Continue reading →

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10,000 Feet Up!

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Colleen

I’m posting this right now from my AirTran flight from Atlanta to Minneapolis.  It’s the first time I can remember ever using Wifi on a flight.  Sure, it was $10 but after spending over 4 hours in ATL with no … Continue reading →

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Take that, Delta?

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Colleen

Haha. Found this on Craigslist this morning.  Too funny. Why didn’t I think to do this? (Click to enlarge) Since our vouchures from our disastrous attempt to get to LA last year expired one year after they were issued (sometime June … Continue reading →

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of all the days for NY to have its first snow of the year…

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Colleen

So around 7pm on Christmas Day, I received a text message alert from Southwest Airlines that my flight back to Raleigh on December 26 was canceled.  I called to reschedule and after 50 minutes on hold, was told the problem … Continue reading →

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How About “Opt to Keep Things Moving Smoothly” Day?

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Colleen

Dear Fellow Travelers, I know this is the “Worst Travel Day of the Year” and I know that there’s been a call to arms for protest over the invasive full body scans/Law & Order: TSA Pat Downs, but I’m begging … Continue reading →

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A-to the-mothereffing-01

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Colleen

So when I checked into my Southwest flight tonight, I completely forgot that I was flying Business Select.  I booked it kinda late and by then, there was only a $10 difference between that and the lowest tier so I … Continue reading →

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I bet the airline industry is loving this

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Colleen

For so long, the airline industry has taken it up the ass (Editor’s Note: they deserve it) but now it’s the Transportation Security Administration’s turn to face the heat for their part in the increasingly unpleasant air travel experience.  The … Continue reading →

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Meg McLain: Poster Child for TSA Violations or the Next Generation of Famewhore?

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Colleen

So everybody that’s ever met me or visited my blog or followed my Twitter or listened to any podcast I’ve ever been on or been within a 5 foot radius of me at an airport knows that I have bad … Continue reading →

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