16 Common Mistakes you make at the Airport you need to Stop
1. Staying at the gate desk when your flight is already cancelled
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Don’t immediately be discouraged over a cancelled flight. The most excellent way to handle an off-schedule flight is to call the airline as you stay on line at the ticketing desk. There’s an excellent possibility you’ll contact a phone agent first. Similarly, you won’t have to discuss with the same exhausted agent who’s dealt with dozens of equally dissatisfied fliers. These are the stuff airlines won’t inform you (but every flier should be familiar with).
2. Expecting non-peak crowds on peak days
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Big crowds lead to more messy parking and drop-off scenario and the waiting time is longer at security checkpoints, Plan carefully. Large airports are most jam-packed on Monday mornings and Friday afternoons, as these days bear the burden of business travel. Anticipate Fridays to be even more busy in summer as leisure travel spikes. You’ll discover the largest crowds of the year on Thanksgiving Eve as well as the Sunday after it. And of course, the most busy week to fly is between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day; the Department of Transportation discovered that the number of long-distance travelers throughout this stage rises by 23 percent.
3. Accepting the first voucher on an overbooked flight
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If your flight is overbooked, never accept the first voucher that comes to you. Airlines normally raise their offer until there are adequate volunteers prepared to give up their seats. If the airline bumps you unwillingly, insist on cash reimbursement instead of a voucher.
4. Not visiting the airport lounge throughout a long layover
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For occasional flyers, it’s tough to rationalize the several-hundred dollar yearly fees that are linked with airline lounges. But if you’ve got a long layover, it might be important to buy a daily pass. One-day passes are offered for Admirals Club, Sky Club, and United Club, all for $60 or less. Facilities includes complimentary snacks and drinks to Wi-Fi and shower suites.
5. Not checking in to your flight ahead of time
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Not only saving you precious time at the airport, checking in ahead of your time can earn you extra miles and help you get a better seat.
6. Trying to avoid motion sickness by upgrading to first class
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While a last-ditch upgrade might look like an excellent idea—particularly if you always discover yourself getting ill on flights—choose the seats in the middle of the plane ,it is better for those with motion sickness. “A plane is like a seesaw. If you’re in the centre, you don’t budge a lot,” Patrick Smith, pilot and author of Cockpit Confidential told Reader’s Digest. More worried about safety than nausea? This is how to survive a plane crash.
7.Not measuring your carry-on
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Carry-on requirements differ by airline (9″x14″x22″ is standard for Delta, United, and American Airlines; Southwest allows 10″x16″x24″) it’s better to verify space allotments and calculate your bag ahead of packing. And if you stuff it to maximum capacity, compute the suitcase again before you leave. Avoid these common suitcase packing mistakes.
8. Never checking on airport monitors for flight information
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Even though it’s great to subscribe to flight-status updates on your mobile (sign up for these when you check in to your flight), don’t use it as your only basis of information. Airport monitors are still the best for the most latest information. Double check your gates prior to getting on the trolley that takes you to the other side of the facility.
9. Packing liquids deep within your carry on
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Make your security checkpoints pleasant by packing liquids (which are all 3.4 ounces or smaller and zipped into a 1-quart Ziploc container) into an exterior pouch of your carry-on. Laptops and tablets are in the similar category. Check out the TSA’s website for a full list of items on the no-fly list as well as information for getting through security fast.
10. Forget to bring a pen on an overseas flight
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You’ll require a pen to fill up out immigration forms on board. And your flight attendant will be grateful for not having to provide the whole flight with more ink.
11. Flying with your baby on your lap
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Even though nearly every airlines will let you fly with an infant on your lap for free, it’s very risky. “If there’s any collision or deceleration, there’s a great possibility you’re going to lose grasp of your child, and he/she might become a projectile,” the pilot Patrick Smith told Reader’s Digest. “But the government’s logic is that if we made you buy an expensive seat for your baby, you’d just drive, and you’re more likely to be injured driving than flying.” The safest place for a baby to fly is in an FAA-approved car seat. More on that here.
12. Not keeping the essentials in your carry on
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If your checked-in bags will be lost or even just delayed, it’s very important to have your essentials put inside your carry-on. Start with prescription medications and medical supplies, a cell phone charger, clothes, and the essential paperwork to get you through security and into your hotel. Never over pack: These are items you’ll almost always regret packing.
13. Not wearing sunblock
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Flying the open skies isn’t so fine for your skin. One study found that pilots flying for an hour at 30,000 feet get the similar quantity of radiation as if they had spent 20 minutes tanning. One more study found that they were 10 times more probable to be diagnosed with skin cancer. The fix? Put on sunblock. This is how to care for your skin on an airplane.
14. Not using the bathroom at the terminal
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A badly timed pre-takeoff bathroom break might hold up the whole flight. “There’s a series to taxiing and reaching in line for takeoff,” Sara Keagle, a veteran flight attendant and blogger at TheFlyingPinto.com, told Woman’s Day. “If someone gets up to use the comfort room, we need to inform the cockpit, and they have to stop the plane and wait until the person is back in his /her seat. Throughout that time we could lose our spot in line.”
15. Not picking up a coffee at the terminal
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Better to take a coffee, tea, or water bottle at the terminal—the things on board can be very filthy. For one Wall Street Journal piece, reporters crammed samples of water from the galley and lavatory taps of 14 different flights and tested them for quality. “The results of our water-quality snapshot: a long list of germs you never want to drink, from salmonella and staphylococcus to miniature insect eggs. Even worse, contamination was the law, not the exclusion: Roughly all of the germ levels were tens, even hundreds, of times above U.S. government limits,” they wrote.
16. Becoming a pushover on your lost luggage
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Airlines can pay up to $3,400 on misplaced bags and its contents. In order to obtain a full payment, report your lost luggage immediately—several airlines have stiff deadlines for filing claims. Pass your report before leaving the airport and keep all receipts connected to sudden costs caused by the loss. You will be able to get a refund on those, too.
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