You were waiting for the bounce, weren’t you? Here it is. As of today, I’m a nationally syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services.
May 2006
Terry Poe Buschkamp is not sure where she became infected with the mumps. But she is sure that she unwittingly carried it with her on a recent trip from Des Moines to Washington. “I flew while I was contagious,” she said.
Pam Mandel thinks she can make changes to her round-trip tickets to Austria. But when she tries to change her return flight to the States, she’s in for a surprise: British Airways won’t let her make the switch and Expedia, her booking agent, can’t help her. Does she really have to buy a new ticket?
I didn’t invent standing airline seats, but some believe that I have. Maybe the only way to clear this up is to post a picture of the seat that someone recently sent to me.
I can’t sleep on a plane. No matter how comfortable an airline seat is supposed to be, even on a lie-flat bed in first class, I never used to be able to rest. During my early days as a correspondent for “Access Hollywood” I was a rookie traveler caught in a tough cycle any time I had to travel by air.
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