There have been a lot of things I've learned when it comes to
travel throughout the years. When it comes to travel, especially airline
travel, I look at it as a big game....If you don't know the rules, then
you can be out of luck.
One of these rules is getting a great seat assignment.
For this I like to go to SeatGuru. This site has a seat map for every
airline in the world and it color codes all the seats on the flight.
If it's green it's a great seat, if it's yellow it's a regular seat, and
if it's red seat....don't take that seat. You can even click on the seats
and it will tell you why it's bad or why it's good. It's all pretty neat
and can help you determine what is a good seat.
After traveling around for 11 years, I've gotten to
know which airports are good for connections and which will have delays.
Being part of a frequent flyer club is nice, as well. Once you fly enough
and build status up on a carrier, you start to get free upgrades - if flights
get delayed or cancelled you get put to the top of the standby list - so those
are all pretty big and important things.
The most important thing when it comes to traveling is to
have patience. I think that some days that's easier said than
others. There's days that I'm exhausted and tired and the last thing I
want to do is have to deal with a huge line or I'm running late and starting to
stress out a bit...sometimes I just have to say, "You know what, there's
nothing you can do about it." The American travel process that we have
is something that we just have to learn to just go with the flow.
Sometimes you just have to realize that it's out of your control. That's
why it's important to know the game.
