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Curt Gilman is an avid traveler who has been sharing his travel stories on the Internet since 1994. Read more about Curt and his travel blog.
Tag Archives: Flying
When a flight delay works in your favor
Shortly after passing through the security checkpoint at Sky Harbor, just before 5:00 am, we saw the departure monitor showing our flight to Charlotte would be delayed by 45 minutes. It turns out the first officer for the flight hadn’t shown up for work for some reason, so 45 minutes was just an estimate. In any event, we’d definitely miss our connection in Charlotte.
Posted in Travel | Tagged Arizona, Charlotte, Florida, Flying, North Carolina, Orlando, Phoenix | 2 Comments
False start: Who needs money?
I don’t remember how, why, or when, but at some point, the conversation turned to debit and credit cards. I mentioned how I’d just learned our debit cards, like our American Express cards, had different numbers on them, so if I lost my card, we could report it lost and continue to use Kathryn’s, or vice versa. At this point, Kathryn announced she hadn’t brought her debit card.
Posted in Travel | Tagged American Express, Credit Card, Debit Card, Flying, Money, Phoenix | 2 Comments
Dealing with airfare for a multi-city itinerary
Normally when I travel to Europe, I buy a round-trip ticket, and that’s the end of the story. Since I live in Phoenix, I usually have to connect somewhere, often Philadelphia, and it’s not a problem. I decided to try pricing the trip as a multi-city itinerary, Phoenix to Philadelphia to Rome to Phoenix. It’s a good thing I did.
Packing carefully: Is one suitcase enough?
Kathryn decided to take her case to Facebook to see what the consensus would be. Most of her friends agreed that one suitcase would not be enough for two people. Fortunately, social media polls are not binding on anyone.
We made it to Houston, finally. We have boarding passes through to Munich. Even that took two tries, though, since on the first try we got boarding passes for the flight we’d already missed. Way to go, Air France.
Our adventure has started rather eventfully. We took off from Phoenix this morning right on schedule, and now we’re safely back on the ground … in Phoenix. The aircraft had a mechanical problem shortly after takeoff, and we had to … Continue reading →
Day getaway by small plane to Sedona, Arizona
Today I had the opportunity to combine two of my passions: aviation and women. Not necessarily in that order.
Posted in Travel | Tagged Airports, Arizona, Deer Valley, Flying, Red Rocks, Sedona | Leave a comment