[Ipg-smz] The Case for Checking a Bag - Gay Mag

[Todd R. Weiss]

Hi all,

I NEVER check a bag.
Even when traveling abroad for work.
I don't want to wait for the bag at the airport.
I just want to head home on my own schedule.
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.
It gives me more options as well if a flight is late or cancelled and I
have to take another flight.
That's the first Q they ask you in that situation -- did you check a bag?
If you didn't it gives you a better chance of still gettting to your
destination.  :)
I love the actual pleasure and art of flying.
It's the other passengers squeezed in around you who can be a pain.  :)
I've had the wonderful experience twice in the last two months being seated
next to a passenger who has not heard about bathing.
I've asked to be reseated and even gave up my Economy Plus extra legroom
seat to get into clear air.
Disgusting.
This too shall pass.  :)

Best wishes,

Todd   :)

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On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 8:52 AM Ken Hess via Ipg-smz <ipg-smz at netpress.org>
wrote:

> I always have a backpack carry on but also check a bag because I travel
> with my wife and --- wow that didn't sound right --- but anyway, we pack a
> large Pullman. 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.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
> Kenneth Hess
> (918) 630-6236
> Twitter: @kenhess
> Skype: kenneth_hess
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>
>
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 4:22 AM Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols via Ipg-smz <
> ipg-smz at netpress.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> I used to do carry-on all the time. But, now that I fly a lot--I'll be
>> away from home one week in four this year--I check luggage. It's just
>> easier and I've yet to lose a bag.
>>
>> Steven
>>
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