If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!It goes without saying that when you fly, you should reserve seats ahead of time, least you end up in the dreaded middle. But it’s also important that when you’re flying on consecutive flights, especially long ones, that you [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Air Travel'
Travel Betty Quick Tips: Picking Your Seats On A Flight
November 12th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Air Travel · Tips
Should You Bother Ordering A Special Meal On Your Next Singapore Airlines Flight?
November 12th, 2007 · 4 Comments
I’d heard a lot about Singapore Airlines having the best food of any airline. But, if you set one of their default meals down in front of me along with any other airlines’, I wouldn’t be able to tell which was which.
On the way over to Bali, my meal was fine, but not notable in [...]
Tags: Air Travel · Food and Drink · Travel Insights
How To Relax After A 15-Hour Flight To Hong Kong
October 20th, 2007 · 9 Comments
A man in Hong Kong is caressing me and yet we’ve barely even exchanged hellos. I’m at the airport, in a delicious place called Oriental Healing Art next to gate 41 and I’m indulging in something I always seem to talk myself out of when traveling. A foot massage.
After a 15 hour flight, my legs [...]
Tags: Air Travel · Health · Hong Kong
Want To Get Upgraded To Business Class? Avoid Travel Betty’s Rookie Mistake.
October 20th, 2007 · 3 Comments
Upgrades are rare. Even if you’re willing to dole out miles for the pleasure. If you’re willing to dole out money, more power to you, Richie Rich.
Here’s a recent lesson I lived and learned so you don’t have to make the same mistake.
My grand plan back when I first conceived of the Bali trip was [...]
Tags: Air Travel · Tips
Why Is Alaska Airlines So In Love With Reggae Sensation, Bob Marley?
September 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment
You know when sometimes you just don’t spend time to think things through? You just take it all at face value? I mean, am I the only one who just automatically accepted that Alaska Airlines had painted Bob Marley on the tails of their planes?
Seriously, one day I finally stopped for a moment and [...]
Tags: Air Travel · Pop Culture
Flying United? Breeze Through Security At SFO
August 15th, 2007 · 1 Comment
So Travel Boyfriend, as sweet as he is, decided to take me to New Orleans for my birthday. He had a business trip scheduled there during my birthday week (Yes, I celebrate the whole week. I’m a Leo after all.) and I decided that instead of going for just a long weekend or whatnot, that [...]
Tags: Air Travel · Northern California · Tips · USA
Travel Betty Quick Tips- Moving Sidewalks
August 12th, 2007 · 2 Comments
We’ve all seen and maybe even used moving sidewalks at the airport. It’s a simple system. If you’re going to stand, do it on the right. If you’re going to walk, do it on your left. If you’ve got an unmanageable brood of children or can’t keep tabs over the many pieces of your luggage [...]
Tags: Air Travel · Tips
Terror Somewhere High Up Over Namibia
July 17th, 2007 · 5 Comments
Shitting my pants in a confined space filled mostly with strangers was not a decision I ever thought I’d make. At least not sober or until I was on the far-side of 90. But there I was staring at eight unsuspecting victims, only one of whom had made any sort of commitment to me (and [...]
Tags: Air Travel · Namibia
Baggage Thefts Go Unchecked. How Can We Hold Airlines Responsible?
May 23rd, 2007 · No Comments
So last week, Travel Boyfriend flew from San Francisco to Veracruz, Mexico having placed his portable DVD player in his checked luggage. Not surprisingly, when he arrived the DVD player was gone. His letter to the airline was responded to with a message that states:
“For your information Travel Boyfriend (yes, that’s his real name), the [...]
Tags: Air Travel
Fly In Comfort. Pack Your Own Comfort Bag.
May 16th, 2007 · No Comments
If the word ‘fuselage’ is any indication, planes aren’t built by people with an appreciation for comfort. Ever since I made the decision to wean myself off of Xanax, it has become clear to me that if I want to enjoy flying, I need to take matters into my own hands.
For my Egypt trip I decided [...]
Tags: Air Travel · Tips · Travel Gear




