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There are at least three reasons: Reduce electromagnetic interference from any electronic devices. Less of a concern these days but a holdover from when someone might have a poorly shielded radio or …

You can buy one-way tickets for the return trip for your wife and kid using either miles or money. Then you can phone the airline and ask them to link your reservations for the return. This will hel …

Children and infants are not allowed in the emergency exit rows of airplanes. However, it only provides a guarantee that a child won’t sit next (laterally) to you — one might still be behind or ahead …

A scuff by definition is an abrasion strong enough to abrade material. Something like a waxy lubricant could reduce some of the scuffing from the baggage machines or conveyor belts but it’s not goin …

For any particular flight, you could look it up in FlightAware and see if there’s an annotation for the change. Most probably not. For any particular flight, Rory’s answer is likely correct - that it …

There shouldn't be a problem from a customs and immigration or airline handling perspective. Just wipe it clean and call it a day. Worse things have spilled from customer luggage (dirty diapers, colo …

Unfortunately, you'll need a (real, physical) passport to enter Poland, no ifs or buts You can request an expedited passport by mail for an extra fee, or there are 28 passport centers across the USA …

If you hire a car service, the driver will usually be able to assist you door to door (with a suitable tip, of course). The advantage to a hired car is that the driver will be able to park it in the …

If you sign up for TSA Precheck or Global Entry, you don't have to remove your shoes unless they set off the metal detector. So as long as you don't have steel toed boots, you should be ok.

Usually not. What will happen is that you will not get a seat assignment when you check in online and will be told to get the seat assignment at the gate. At the gate, the gate agent will give you …

I have a leftover blank landing card from a previous visit (in the last year or so). Can I fill out this landing card in advance for him (he would sign it), so he can just use that one when he arri …

For non-LCC flights, usually gate checked luggage is free, especially if the gate crew or flight crew force you to do it. This is often because the gate crew is incentivized to board the plane quickly …

There are a couple of possibilities: This person received a DUI or other infraction which resulted in their driver’s license being revoked, which makes it harder to check in for a flight. However, t …

Your best bet is to try to phone in and get a sympathetic agent to waive the fees and seat you. But it's entirely discretionary, you have no right to claim these seats, it's just if they're feeling ni …

The main concern is that it’ll look like a pipe bomb to the scanning equipment. Where possible, do not pack it in close proximity with any of the following: Anything looks like a detonator cables …