air travel – Flung

Gift Guide: Flight Survival

Flung — Sun, 19 Nov 2017 01:11:32 +0000

Frequent travelers will be grateful for any and all improvements to their long-haul flights. Here are some essentials that’ll help get them where they’re going in one piece… 1. Everlane Men’s Midweight Drawstring Pants | $65 | The next best thing to sweatpants, but they looks a whole lot better. 2. Splendid Ridgewood Poncho | $195 | I’m a huge fan of the poncho as travel accessory–triples as a jacket, in-flight blanket, and scarf. No lady would ever be […]

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NYC –> Guangzhou in China Southern’s Business Class

Sarah Stodola — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 11:50:39 +0000

In Flight Reviews, Flung writers provide key information about flights they take in order to leave the flying public better informed in an age of frustration, obfuscation and increasingly unfriendly skies. JFK –> LHR on Flight CZ300, Business Class Flight: China Airlines CZ300 Date and Time of Flight: Saturday, October 7th at 11:15 am Check In and Security: Check in was very friendly, if not the fastest ever. Still, we found the line and were checked in within 10 minutes. Quirky side note: […]

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What To Expect During a Layover at Heathrow’s Terminal 5

Sarah Stodola — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 22:53:24 +0000

Riding down the escalator into London Heathrow Terminal 5’s main waiting and shopping hall, I heard a man behind me quip to his companion, “Can you believe this is the new terminal?” I turned around and said, “This terminal is new?” We shared a chuckle. Nothing about the space we inhabited felt as recent as it apparently was. It felt instead scattershot, like a space that was built for one purpose but re-appropriated for something else. Seating appeared crammed, shops […]

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JFK –> Frankfurt on Lufthansa Flight 405

Sarah Stodola — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:07:54 +0000

In Flight Reviews, Flung writers provide key information about flights they take in order to leave the flying public better informed in an age of frustration, obfuscation and increasingly unfriendly skies. JFK –> FRA on LH405 Flight: LH405 from New York’s JFK to Frankfurt Airport Date and Time of Flight: September 16, 2016 at 9:55pm Terminal: JFK’s Terminal 1 was a bit of a madhouse. A ton of fancy retail shops like Coach and Bally stood mostly empty, while […]

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How I Survive Long Flights (After 2 Decades of Taking Them)

Sarah Stodola — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 16:01:24 +0000

The stories are legion, even in the realm of my first-hand experience: The entire economy cabin of my flight once watched the mother of a newborn melt down completely when she found that she didn’t have the front seat with the little detachable crib after all. On another occasion I watched a woman get her carryon bag tested for size at the boarding gate, then, forced to check it, grow increasingly angry, erupting finally at the gate agent with the […]

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7 Ways To Lower Your Travel Carbon Footprint

Sarah Stodola — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 14:01:23 +0000

There’s something pretty near to a consensus out there that travel in general is great, everyone should do it, etc. But this ignores the seedy underbelly of the industry: Travel is terrible for the environment. It accounts, as Travel & Leisure points out in this month’s issue, for 2 percent of global carbon emissions. Kudos to T&L for dedicating a few pages to helping readers navigate the improvements they can make to their carbon footprints when they’re away from home. […]

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Fog and the Faroe Islands

Alice Stephens — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:11:14 +0000

At a point midway between Norway and Iceland, where the cold North Atlantic meets the even more frigid Norwegian Sea, a gorgeous huddle of islands sits subject to the vagaries of harsh Nordic weather. The Faroe Islands, 18 of them in all, comprise a self-governing territory belonging to Denmark. Along with their abundant rugged beauty, wild seascapes, pitch-tarred timber houses with grass roofs, and more sheep than people, the Faroes offer about 300 rainy days per year, and getting there […]

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Santorini –> Athens on Ryanair

Sarah Stodola — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 23:13:37 +0000

In Flight Reviews, Flung writers provide key information about flights they take in order to leave the flying public better informed in an age of frustration, obfuscation and increasingly unfriendly skies. JTR –> ATH on Ryanair Flight FR1233 Flight: FR1233 from Santorini to Athens Date and Time of Flight: June 5, 2015, 8:20 am. Terminal: Despite its diminutive size, this is a high-traffic airport, which means the pleasantries that usually come with flying out of a small airport are nowhere to […]

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London –> NYC on British Airways

Anya Khait — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 20:25:44 +0000

In Flight Reviews, Flung writers provide key information about flights they take in order to leave the flying public better informed in an age of frustration, obfuscation and increasingly unfriendly skies. LHR –> JFK on British Airways Flight: British Airways Flight 0175 from London’s Heathrow Airport to New York’s John F Kennedy Airport. Terminal: Heathrow’s Terminal 5 Departures offers everything from luxury goods to basic travel necessities. Food and drink options include the basic Pret-A-Manger and EAT, kid friendly Giraffe, […]

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NYC -> Manchester on Thomas Cook Airlines

Sacha Phillip Wynne — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 18:50:50 +0000

In Flight Reviews, Flung writers provide key information about flights they take in order to leave the flying public better informed in an age of frustration, obfuscation and increasingly unfriendly skies. JFK –> MAN on Thomas Cook Flight: Thomas Cook Airlines 849 from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport to England’s Manchester Airport. Date and Time of Flight: July 2nd, 2015. Takeoff at 10:05pm. Terminal: Check-in wasn’t straightforward: we booked our flights with Condor Airlines, but check-in was through […]

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