<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hi all,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I NEVER check a bag. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Even when traveling abroad for work.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I don't want to wait for the bag at the airport.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I just want to head home on my own schedule.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Since I fly only United, I have perks such as Group 2 boarding so finding space to put my carry-on is usually not an issue.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">It gives me more options as well if a flight is late or cancelled and I have to take another flight. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">That's the first Q they ask you in that situation -- did you check a bag? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">If you didn't it gives you a better chance of still gettting to your destination. :)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I love the actual pleasure and art of flying.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">It's the other passengers squeezed in around you who can be a pain. :)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I've had the wonderful experience twice in the last two months being seated next to a passenger who has not heard about bathing.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I've asked to be reseated and even gave up my Economy Plus extra legroom seat to get into clear air.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Disgusting.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">This too shall pass. :)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Best wishes,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Todd :)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:XfinityStandard-Regular,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span><span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:"Courier New"">Todd R. 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I really hate it when people bring on two carry-ons because storage space is at a premium. I hate flying. I don't love being packed in like Sardines and people can be so weird and rude. Plus, if I'm not in the very first row, I have to sit in the back and people ARE SO DAMN SLOW at getting their bags. OMG, stand up, get your shit, walk off the plane. It seems pretty simple but it isn't. I think it must be my experience because some SOB at CVS or Walgreen's in front of me always wants to refinance his car at the checkout line. Someday my catharsis will be that these stories will end up in screenplays.<div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Ken</div><div><br></div>Kenneth Hess<br>(918) 630-6236<br>Twitter: @kenhess<br><div>Skype: kenneth_hess</div><a href="http://www.kenhess.com/" target="_blank">kenhess.com</a> - <a href="http://frugalnetworker.com/" target="_blank">frugalnetworker.com</a><br></div><div>Filmmaker - Podcaster - Reviewer - System Administrator - Writer</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 4:22 AM Steven J. 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I used to do carry-on all the time. But, now that I fly a lot--I'll be <br>
away from home one week in four this year--I check luggage. It's just <br>
easier and I've yet to lose a bag.<br>
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