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Traveling by Airplane
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19 Apr 2011, 18:37
love♥nik
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@Red Frag oh ok that makes MUCH more sense. ^____^ Yeah I don't understand either. Something about airlines crossing countries and they'll give you food but if you're w/i the continental US, hey! Ppl don't get hungry on long ass flights! *rolls eyes*
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19 Apr 2011, 06:19
~RedFraggle~
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Low cost airlines in the UK don't provide food. You have to pay. I found last year in the US that none of the three American airlines I flew on provided food on domestic flights (not even on the 6 hr flight from Philadelphia to San Francisco!).
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17 Apr 2011, 07:40
kein mitleid
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Just a note... some planes have in-flight wifi, but it costs like, $10. You can't get it free, you can't bridge connections with someone else that buys it. It's dumb. Most MD Super-80's have wifi nowadays.
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18 Apr 2011, 01:52
love♥nik
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I would def. take food with you if you're flying w/i the US. The food is RIDICULOUSLY expensive and it tastes like crap. If you're flying international I've always found the food to be awesome. xD Granted I've only flow international on Asian airlines but my friend has done European international flights and she says the food is good for those too. xD
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19 Apr 2011, 00:00
SoA
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1. They wont search your bags unless it looks suspicious but they may ask you what you have in it. Also if you dont want to pay a fee for checking the bag check the airlines website to see what weight they start to charge the bags at (for example: Southwest charges after your bag passes 50lbs & the first two bags are free as long as they are under 50lbs).

2. msot airlines ask that you turn your phone off completely & that even with airplane mode on your phone they don't want it on. Just depends on the airline. ipod you can use after take off & landing (lol like others have said)

As for food. I would suggest getting a soda/water/coffee & some food from one of the restaurants in the airport before getting on the plane. You never know when there might be a delay on the runway. That happened to me when I was flying home after visiting my dad. We were on the runway for about.... 15-20mins & the pilot shut off some thing so it got hot too but because of it they waited longer then usual to go by with the sodas & such. You could even bring like fresh fruit & snack like stuff with you that you got from the store. I don't know how the airports are where you're at but in Cali they're pretty chill about you bring food with you as long as its not international.

Hope this helps. Have a good & safe flight.
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19 Apr 2011, 02:05
HorrorVixen XO
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I'm gonna be a 1st time flyer on May 18th and I'm sooooooooo nervous. Even thinking about it makes my tummy turn :\
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19 Apr 2011, 04:36
Jessica [Private]
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@Nat: It's really not that bad! I promise it'll be okay ;D
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19 Apr 2011, 02:28
love♥nik
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It should be *literally every flight that I've been on xD
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19 Apr 2011, 06:26
~RedFraggle~
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The fact airlines charge instead of providing food results in cheaper flight prices, and personally I prefer to pay less for my flight and take my own food! The food I've had provided on international (as in outwith Europe) flights has usually been awful.
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19 Apr 2011, 18:39
love♥nik
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@Red Frag really? My friend Maggie travels around Europe all the time (her family is European) and she's said that European international flight food has been good. My Asian international food has been yummy as well.

Although I agree w/ you; I'd rather pay less on my flight and take my own food. The 1 time we needed food was when we forgot to take our own and it was a red eye so none of the shops were open for us to purchase food and the flight was 6 hours long. >___< So of course we had to buy the horrendously expensive, shitty, airplane food.
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19 Apr 2011, 19:20
~RedFraggle~
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I said outwith Europe. :P I have no idea what food is like on flights within Europe because within Europe I always fly on low cost airlines (Easyjet, Ryan Air) and on those you have to buy the food/drinks.

I've flown to Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, the US and Canada on various airlines (US Airways, Air Canada, Fly Zoom, when they existed, Quantas, Air New Zealand, Malaysian Airways, British Airways) which serve food though, and never been particularly impressed with it! So I always take my own.
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19 Apr 2011, 23:33
Estella
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'Outwith' is a Scottish term - you probably need to translate for non-Scots! ;D
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20 Apr 2011, 05:28
~RedFraggle~
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Lol, I hadn't realised that. What would you say then? 'outside of'?
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20 Apr 2011, 07:23
Estella
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Yep. Or 'beyond'. I totally had to google it to check! Like, I've never heard anyone use that term before other than you - I guess I don't know enough Scots! When I first read it, it looked like someone saying 'outwit' with an Irish accent. ;D
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20 Apr 2011, 18:13
~RedFraggle~
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I don't think 'beyond' is Scottish... I've heard Americans use it, and according to the definitions I can find it is old English in origin.
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20 Apr 2011, 18:27
Estella
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Nope it's not Scottish. I meant it's what we English would say where you say 'outwith'. I was saying 'Yes, we would say "outside of" or "beyond" instead of "outwith".'
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20 Apr 2011, 19:06
~RedFraggle~
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Ah, I see. We use beyond too, but I don't think I would say 'beyond Europe'... it sounds too formal!
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20 Apr 2011, 19:22
Estella
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Yeah, I'd probably be more likely to say 'outside of' than 'beyond' in the contexts of aeroplanes - but I looked in the OED and it had both 'outside of' and 'beyond' for 'outwith', so that's why I added 'beyond'! ;D

Hehe - 'outwith' actually sounds really formal to me! Like a word one might find in Shakespeare or something! Does everyone say it in Scotland, or would a doctor be more likely to say it than, say, someone who left school at 16 and has a manual job? When you first used it, I thought you were using some old-fashioned posh doctor language, until I googled and discovered it was a Scottish word! ;D I totally need to go to Scotland and hear people use it, so I can hear how it sounds in everyday context! Like, if you say 'I'm going outwith Europe' how do you make it sound different from 'I am going out with Europe' (like, if Europe was a person you were dating)? Do you stress the 'with' instead of the 'out'?
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20 Apr 2011, 19:34
~RedFraggle~
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I think it's something anyone would say... but I can't be sure.
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19 Apr 2011, 23:47
love♥nik
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@Red Frag; I agree with Estella, I wasn't quite sure what you meant by outwith! ^___^ But now I realize what you're saying. xD

That makes sense. I've always flown with my parents and they buy business class so the food isn't so icky. Although I have flown economy with them once and it wasn't bad. Idk about my friend but she told me she always flew business class as well (dunno what airline though) and that's probably why the food was good. xD Never heard of Malaysian Airways but I've never been there. I've only ever flown with Eva Airlines that flies w/ Taiwan.
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20 Apr 2011, 05:29
~RedFraggle~
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Haha, yes, I'd say the food probably is better on business class! But most of us can't afford to fly business class!
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20 Apr 2011, 05:32
love♥nik
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Oh yes. I miss the days when my parents paid for vacations. XD Pretty sure now that that will be few and far between! XD
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