During the past seven days, I was visiting my brother in Iowa. After more than forty years of regular—sometimes frequent—travel, this roughly annual trip has become my only air travel. Therefore, it’s my chance to assess the state of air travel.
Others out here travel more often than I do, so I’ll summarize my observations.
- Air travel is more expensive than it was a year ago
- Airlines have made the process more self-serve by having passengers check-in their own baggage
- Airline operations seem to have stabilized considerably over the past three years
- I think they managed to pack a few more people on the plane
- The people, at least on Delta, are friendly, polite and professional.
One observation that still holds for me after all these years:
“Despite all the good times—and there were many—the best part of travel is returning home.”
This post is part of Linda G. Hill’s fun weekly series One-Liner Wednesday. If you have a one-liner, and would like to join in on the fun, you can follow this link to participate and to see the one-liners from the other participants.
Note: Tomorrow marks the return of Thursday Doors to its regular schedule. I hope to see you there.
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