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Tag: COMFORT
Comfort hacks for flights that cramp your style
Air travel can be a humiliating, dehumanizing and even torturous experience — at least according to my e-mail inbox.
Space wars are shifting to the human rights front
Do you have the right to room on a plane?
If you answered “no,” you’re probably with the majority of American travelers. After all, airlines are private companies, and you always have the option of paying more for an upgraded seat, don’t you?
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You’re not so special! The hidden messages of the airline industry
Sometimes, airlines reveal their true feelings about you with a simple word or phrase.
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Delta Economy “Comfort” fell short — can we get a refund?
Rod and Carol Mourant recently flew from Seattle to Miami on Delta Air Lines, and they didn’t like it. Amid their list of complaints is one that stuck, and made me wonder if maybe they had a case.
They played by the rules, and lost. Now they want my help in righting a wrong.
“There were several events that made the trip less than enjoyable,” says Rod Mourant. “From our perspective, the most irritating were Delta’s attitude and their baggage policy. Through actual experience, we found out that Delta’s carry-on and checked baggage policies are a joke.”
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Looking for a better airline seat? There’s a site for that
Vicki Morwitz does. Hers involves a long-haul plane trip, a minuscule economy-class enclosure and a circuitous routing that deposited her at her destination feeling exhausted and irritated.
So when a friend invited her to test a new online booking site that evaluates airline seats for their comfort, she had to try it. “I care about fares,” says Morwitz, a business professor who lives in New York. “But I also care a lot about the travel experience.”
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