Ever wondered how you can be stranded somewhere due to weather when that somewhere has perfectly blue skies? Ever thought about how often turbulence causes crashes? Ever wanted to take a look at the cockpit but figured you’d somehow wind up on a no-fly list? Well, now you can learn the answers to your curiosities…
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The Biggest Travel Pet Peeves
There’s a discussion going on over at /r/Travel on Reddit where people have been naming their biggest travel pet peeves and it’s inspired me on this fine Friday morning. So let’s play a game. It’s called “Name Your Biggest Travel Pet Peeve.” The rules are simple: you name your biggest travel pet peeve in the…
Why Your Flight to Europe Goes North Instead of East
Ever wondered why your flight that departs from New York to Paris heads north instead of east? So did Reddit user normp571. Luckily, other Reddit users were quick to weigh in and the answer (which you may already know if you’re cartographically-inclined) has to do with the shape of the Earth itself. Not to get…
Hotel Secrets from Reddit Users
I’ll admit it, I’ve become a big fan of Reddit. It seems like every viral video/story/meme/whathaveyou started there and as somebody who likes to be up-to-date (and ahead of the curve), I end up checking it several times a day. Yesterday, one of the top posts was an AskReddit question entitled What is something about…
Airport Outlet Sticker at JFK: Cruelest Prank of All Time?
Oh man. Oh man oh man oh man. User longhorn_mic just posted this photo on Reddit: The caption is “Some people can be so cruel. (Sticker at JFK Airport).” It’s a STICKER! I’m dying laughing. Can you imagine the number of people who have been so overjoyed to find a completely open outlet at…
Jerry Seinfeld Talks Airline Food on Reddit
Reddit keeps me up-to-date on the latest and greatest on the Internet and a regular feature on the site is the AMA, which stands for Ask Me Anything. Essentially, somebody interesting offers to do a Q&A. Today, it was Jerry Seinfeld and while he doesn’t answer every question posed to him, he did answer the…