Comments on: Will have to flap our arms next http://sodsbrood.com/dreams/2009/01/07/will-have-to-flap-our-arms-next/ Searching for the question to the answer of 42. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:36:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Dawn http://sodsbrood.com/dreams/2009/01/07/will-have-to-flap-our-arms-next/comment-page-1/#comment-23086 Dawn Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:05:48 +0000 http://sodsbrood.com/dreams/?p=664#comment-23086 And to think I've actually longed to fly someplace lately just to get out of this cold frozen place... And to think I’ve actually longed to fly someplace lately just to get out of this cold frozen place…

]]> By: Matthew http://sodsbrood.com/dreams/2009/01/07/will-have-to-flap-our-arms-next/comment-page-1/#comment-23076 Matthew Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:27:08 +0000 http://sodsbrood.com/dreams/?p=664#comment-23076 Did you notice that not only do they not put them in envelopes anymore, but they don't even call them tickets? They are boarding passes. One of the speakers at the conference I attended in Chicago last month said he didn't even think the boarding pass was necessary, given that the real "ticket" is electronic. But people feel like they need a paper ticket to hold in their hand, thus the airport keeps printing them but calls them Boarding Passes. I did get one free drink on Northwest, a can of diet coke and a cup of ice. No food. I really don't know what attendants do anymore on domestic flights, besides collect your one empty plastic cup and soda can at the end of the refreshment period. On Northwest, they don't even do a safety spiel--you watch it on little TV monitors that flip down out of the luggage compartment in front of you. Did you notice that not only do they not put them in envelopes anymore, but they don’t even call them tickets? They are boarding passes. One of the speakers at the conference I attended in Chicago last month said he didn’t even think the boarding pass was necessary, given that the real “ticket” is electronic. But people feel like they need a paper ticket to hold in their hand, thus the airport keeps printing them but calls them Boarding Passes.

I did get one free drink on Northwest, a can of diet coke and a cup of ice. No food. I really don’t know what attendants do anymore on domestic flights, besides collect your one empty plastic cup and soda can at the end of the refreshment period. On Northwest, they don’t even do a safety spiel–you watch it on little TV monitors that flip down out of the luggage compartment in front of you.

]]> By: Dawn Parker http://sodsbrood.com/dreams/2009/01/07/will-have-to-flap-our-arms-next/comment-page-1/#comment-23074 Dawn Parker Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:02:50 +0000 http://sodsbrood.com/dreams/?p=664#comment-23074 All reports are that there is a sale going on. I am accompanying my husband to a Microsoft conference in LA in May, and we were able to score $171 apiece roundtrip on United from Detroit to LA. I was pretty happy, considering it was going to be nearly $400 apiece out of Lansing. All reports are that there is a sale going on. I am accompanying my husband to a Microsoft conference in LA in May, and we were able to score $171 apiece roundtrip on United from Detroit to LA. I was pretty happy, considering it was going to be nearly $400 apiece out of Lansing.

]]> By: Todd http://sodsbrood.com/dreams/2009/01/07/will-have-to-flap-our-arms-next/comment-page-1/#comment-23073 Todd Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:01:11 +0000 http://sodsbrood.com/dreams/?p=664#comment-23073 I had a pretty horrid flight to/from Vancouver over the summer--mainly because I was too cheap to pay for a second night and the flight took all night. But your story beats mine hands down. Is it true that prices are expected to go way up, too, for all flights? I had a pretty horrid flight to/from Vancouver over the summer–mainly because I was too cheap to pay for a second night and the flight took all night. But your story beats mine hands down. Is it true that prices are expected to go way up, too, for all flights?

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