Enhancing Your Flight Experience
Purchasing a cheap airfare, or better yet buying discount travel packages, can make you feel really good. However, there are a couple of other easy things you can do to make your flying experience even that much better:
Airport scales are sometimes not properly calibrated and thus weigh luggage improperly. The solution is to weigh your bags at home and if the airport scale says your bags are heavier than they weighed before insist that your bags are weighed on a different scale.
Airlines are moving, in many instances to smaller planes to improve their efficiency. Sometimes this results in you flying in a smaller plane than was indicated when you purchased your ticket, which in turn could mean you end up with a undesirable seat.
Often the best way to increase the odds of you getting a seat you want is to check in online 24 hours prior to take-off. Print your boarding pass before heading to the airport so you have something in writing to support your position with the gate representative concerning the last minute change in your seat assignment.