Passengers experienced in how to find cheap travel options such as cheap airplane tickets, discount hotel rooms, and cheap vacation packages are sometimes uncertain of the ramifications in flight of leaving portable electronic devices on, drinking alcohol, the likelihood of contracting a bug from a planes air vents, and whether they should be concerned about their checked bags being lost or damaged.
The Federal Aviation Administrations position on the dangers of portable electronic devices is better safe than sorry. It contends that there are many unknowns regarding how radio signals emanating from such devices might affect aircraft communications, navigation and flight control.
There are definite downsides to drinking alcohol while flying. Given that passengers are more likely to become dehydrated because of the lower level of humidity in plane cabins, consuming alcohol while flying often further increases dehydration. The Department of Transportation cautions that dry cabin air in combination with alcohol or coffee may increase the odds of contracting a respiratory infection.
Health experts have concluded that recycled cabin air while flying is unlikely to make passengers sick. Cabin air is mixed with outside air and recirculated throughout the cabin and most new planes pass recirculated air through high efficiency particulate air filters that capture 99.9 percent of tiny particles such as bacteria and fungi.
Instead passengers should be more concerned about acquiring germs from touching a bathroom sink, the tray table in front of their seats, and/or the magazines stored in the seats in front of them. Passengers should pack hand sanitizer with them and use it liberally while flying.
U.S. airlines mishandled baggage rate, including lost, delayed, damaged and stolen bags is running only 2.77 per 1,000 passengers the first half of this year, a marked improvement from last year when the rate was 3.54. Usually most people get their bags back even if, initially, luggage is not at the baggage carousel when the plane arrives. To maximize your chances of your bags arriving at your destination passengers should:
Check in early
Remove luggage tags from any previous trips
Fly nonstop, if possible, since bags are more frequently mishandled when passengers change airplanes and airlines.
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