by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 17, 2011 | Uncategorized |
With only a few days to go before the busiest air travel weekend of the year, I thought I’d share some pointers from an article I read this morning suggesting ways to cope with long delays when inside an aircraft. Fortunately, long delays when you are already on board are rare but they do happen. A few weeks ago the Northeast experienced a Nor’easter and there were several instances where passengers could not deplane for several hours. Though unlikely, you may one day be the unlucky passenger facing this issue.
It seems that air travel always has turbulent moments somewhere in the country over the Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend. Combining heavy passenger traffic, less airline capacity and the transition from Fall into Winter creates a perfect storm for things to go wrong for airlines, airports and ultimately the passengers. How many times over the last several years have you seen images on the news showing people “Occupying Airports” for what seems like days due to delays? Hopefully these tips give you a few ideas on how to deal with these types of occurences successfully:
Quoted from the Article:
1. Put your watch away. Tracking the minutes will only make you more anxious.
2.Develop a “psychological survival list” and take it with you. For some people it’s an anti-anxiety pill. For others, it’s more reading material than necessary, a fully charged MP3 player and a couple of snacks.
3.Control anxiety by relaxing muscles. “Concentrate on one major muscle group,” Tomaro said. “The rest of the body will follow.”
4.Schedule flights at off-peak times. “The system can tolerate traffic flow at off times,” meaning less likelihood of backups.
5.Watch the weather. If you plan to fly on a day expected to get heavy snow, consider postponing your flight.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 17, 2011 | Uncategorized |
It came to my attention recently that Lufthansa had digitized it’s in-flight magazine, aptly named ‘Magazin’. Its been in place for a few months, apparently out of my view. I figured that if I wasn’t aware of it, then there may be others that did not know either.
What I absolutely love about the Ipad edition is the exclusive content that you will not find in the print version on board. For example in the Ipad App version of the August 2011 issue, an A321 was featured with a multimedia review that covered all of her 167 flights during April. If you are a fan of Lufthansa, or airlines in general, I recommend you download the August 2011 Magazin and scroll through to this feature. This was enough to make me a subscriber!
The execution of the App is excellent. It allows you to download the months that you desire and keep it on your Ipad. Currently they offer the previous 12 months for download. In each edition they have short stories on unique places around the World along with other features. What you will not find is advertising, which makes for easy navigation through each issue. The articles are also accompanied with great photography to enjoy as you scroll through the pages.
You can download the app via the Apple App Store on iTunes. Its worth it.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 17, 2011 | Uncategorized |
For those of you who have been visiting my blog since it started (3 weeks ago, and THANK YOU!….) you would have read my post about my upcoming trip to Hong Kong. If you haven’t had a chance to read it, you can Click Here to go catch up!
Since this is my first visit to HKG, I decided to have some fun with it and have a contest to help me find things to do for the roughly 36 hours that I’ll be on the ground. The 3 readers with the best ideas (judged solely by Mrs. LufthansaFlyer and myself) will win souvenirs from HKG. So far here are the ideas/entries. They are in no particular order:
1. Catch A Horse Race and a Cocktail
2. Macau Style Noodle Shop
3. Lan Kwai Fong
4. HK Times Square —-Being an authentic New Yorker, this may allow for an interesting comparison
5. Central Business District
6. Soccer Game @ HK University
7. Tram / Harbour Cruise
8. 1/2 Day Trip to Macau (would need to polish up on Black Jack skills)
9. Visit Old Fort a Macau for Portugese influenced Chinese Food
10. Hop the border into the People’s Republic of China for an afternoon (Get a 3 day Visa in order to do it. That would look nice in my passport…..)
11. Peak Tram UP the hill, Bus Ride down. Potential to take the world’s longest escalator trip.
12. Symphony of Lights in the Evening. Be on the ferry crossing the harbor during the show…….
13. Siberian Vodka Room
14. Noodle and Dry Seafood Shops at Sheung Wan/Kennedy Town
15. Visit TST for the day, and night views of HK Harbour
16. Go to NP360 and visit Giant Buddha
17. Fortune read at Wong Tai Sheen and visit Buddhist Temple
18. Cha Chaan Tan (HK style food stall)
19. Night Markets in Mong Kok
20. Roasted Chestnuts From Street Vendors
21. “EGGIES” – this has peaked my curiosity…
22. Eat at various Dai Pai Dongs
23. Wing Wah Noodle Restaurant
24. Junk Ride (Duk Ling) in Harbour
25. Nature Walk by Peak
26. Buy Chinese Porcelain for Mrs. LufthansaFlyer
There have been some duplicates so the first reader with the idea will get the credit. I’ll keep the contest open for another week (ending next Wednesday, 23 November) and will announce the winners by the following Saturday. At that point I’ll reach out to the winners to have their input on souvenir ideas. A BIG Thanks to EVERYONE who took the time to submit these ideas. I would have never have discovered these opportunities on my own. The only thing left to worry about is whether or not my upgrade clears……anyone have any ideas for that??
