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Welcome to Jumpseat Chronicle.
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Welcome, welcome back.
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Y'all, welcome, welcome back.
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Hey y'all.
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I am Michelle.
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I'm still here with I'm Josh.
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JJ, but we're gonna I'm gonna switch and cut the JJ thing out because they done already said my name.
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Episode one, episode two.
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So Josh is here.
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Darien's here as well.
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Hey y'all, what's going on?
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So we know that summer travel is has already kicked off.
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It's June.
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We know it's exciting, but it's chaotic, right?
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Airports are packed.
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Yes.
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We see it, we know it, we live it, we love it.
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Our flights are full.
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However, one small mistake, and it can turn your entire travel experience completely upside down.
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As flight attendants, we know what works, and we definitely know what doesn't work.
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So today we're gonna give you some insider tips to help you travel smarter, calmer, and look like you know what you're doing, like a pro.
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So, what are some of your travel plans for 2026?
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Where y'all going?
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What y'all doing?
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Should we start with you, our legendary travel expert?
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Where are you going now?
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But no, um, to be honest, because I'm in school, so I've tried to like cut back on traveling so much.
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Yeah.
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So this year, um Mexico in July, going to Port of Reartha, um Orlando in September, and Portugal in this in December.
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It's not all, I'm not going doing a whole whole lot of traveling.
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And so just trying to stay balanced.
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Okay.
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Because you know me, I'll be going somewhere every month.
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Yes.
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Every couple of weeks.
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Yeah.
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So yeah, that's it that's it for me so far for this year.
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Okay.
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What about y'all?
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Um I was supposed to be going to DR next month, but that's not gonna happen because got some major stuff in the works.
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Um, but I'll be going to the UK in October.
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So I'm looking forward to that because I've yet to cross the pond.
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So you're gonna love it.
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I'm I'm I'm praying I do.
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Yeah.
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Even though it's gonna be cold that time of year.
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Okay.
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But it's not too crazy.
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It's not really, you just need to drag.
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Oh, I'm going in um to Paris in October too.
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I can't tell you why, because my mom is my mama surprised she might see this.
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But yes, I forgot about it.
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You shouldn't even say it that way.
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She knows she okay.
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She just knows where we're going.
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Okay.
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Well, maybe we need to arrange so we can be on the show.
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Yes, that would be dope.
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Yeah, but okay.
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Yeah.
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What about you, boo?
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What about you?
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Y'all ain't asked me if I want to go.
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You coming?
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Oh, yes, because we can do like a little video.
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Let me say from over near the Apple Tower.
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The Disney, however, you pronounce that thing.
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But no, you actually ate.
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Jem C Chronicles International.
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Right, hello?
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Just saying.
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Well, I do have plans for my birthday in August.
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I'm yet to reveal those yet because they are still in the planning and working.
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So um Michelle's gonna be on vacation.
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So if y'all don't get an episode until late August, just know it's because she's on hiatus doing something.
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You deserve to.
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You be working hard, baby.
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You did deserve a real vacation between the two of y'all.
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I'm probably the lazy one.
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Y'all have y'all hands in some pretty serious bags.
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Which is why we take a lot of trips.
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Like, why you always gone?
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Because I'm always doing something.
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So I need that to keep my sanity.
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Yes, sanity.
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Yeah.
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We're talking.
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So I am very crasher.
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Yeah, actually, I am going to take a real vacation in August.
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Um sand in the feet, on feet in the sand.
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Feet in the sand or someplace, uh someplace that requires another uh language where I'm sitting here with a with a book going.
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So say that again slower so I can catch up to what you just said.
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Which is a great thing.
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But this segue's before we go into our main topic.
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Absolutely.
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But I was actually with one of me and Darien's mutual friends.
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Um and we were talking about this because he he has gone on, I guess, a few of Darien's trips.
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And Darien, from what I've been told, is not, oh, let's just go lay up on the beach for a few days.
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Darien apparently has a whole itinerary of that makes sense.
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I'm gonna pop my boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
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This is why I do this.
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Imagine going a 17-hour flight away to do nothing but sleep.
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No.
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Well, not sleeping.
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No, we're gonna go out, we're gonna hit the clubs, another club, bus, another club, another bar.
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We're gonna be walking out.
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But no, I just want to make sure that when we go that far, that we are making the best of our time and seeing as much as we can, getting the photo ops, getting the club experiences, getting the museums, getting the beach experience, all the touristy stuff because we only be there for a short period of time, five, six days.
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So you know how Europeans they go on vacation for two weeks.
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We don't have that much time, so it's like we gotta get as much done.
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But I also love to make sure that there's at least one free day to where you can do whatever you want to do.
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You want to stay in the bed all day, you can.
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But yeah, my itineraries be lit.
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And I think in those instances when you're traveling with groups, I think sometimes it feels like it lends towards the go, go, go, go, go.
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Yeah.
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Um however, years ago I did a seven-day uh cruise alone.
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Ooh, that's nice.
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Babe, when I tell you I loved, I woke up on my own schedule.
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Yeah, I spent more money than I needed to because I went to that spa, that lady rubbed me down.
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So good the first time, I went back the next day.
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That's what a vacation is photo.
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Spend your money on literally back.
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It was I was on my own time on my own schedule.
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And so that part was great.
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However, when you do go with a big group, I guess it does make more sense to create those environments, experiences because later on, once we're older, you know, we have memories we can look back.
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Oh, I did so and so.
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And that's even a reason to hey, I talked to you in a few months, but you remember when I get that.
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Absolutely.
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And it's just fun to have a good time when you go.
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Why go if you're gonna land in bed?
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You could just stay home and open up and open up social media, open up Google and do that, right?
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Yeah.
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So thank y'all for checking in with me.
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I have I feel like I haven't seen y'all in forever.
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So it's nice to catch up and find out what y'all are doing this summer.
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Definitely.
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Oh shoot, I could have put this.
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So with our um starting topic, we gonna tell y'all how to travel and travel well.
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Let's start with before you even leave the airport.
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So you know you are going someplace.
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What should you be doing differently?
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So let's set you up for success.
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We know we're going somewhere.
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What do you need?
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You need to check everybody's passport.
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Don't be that person and go, Yeah, yeah, I got my passport.
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When have you last last laid eyes on it?
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You don't want to be the one to say, I don't know, and you look and you have four months left on your passport, or you have not checked to see if that country requires a visa.
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So please make sure that you do that before you go anywhere.
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Josh.
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And even because
you're speaking specifically international travel, like even think domestic for those that are domestic.
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Real ID kicked in earlier this year.
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And if you have not gone to the DMV or the BMV or whatever it's called in your city state, you need to go and make sure you have your I's dotted and your T's are crossed in that because just like Passport, if your ID is not valid, even though you think it is because you've been driving around and never had a reason to go get it updated, that real ID situation is in full throttle, full effect.
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Your gagger TSA.
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Because then you're like, uh, what you want us to do?
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Yes, and TSA is not there to verify it for you.
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They're they're there to make sure that your boarding pass matches your real ID, not just your ID.
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So before you even are in the planning stages, make sure that all of your IDs, your visas, your passports are valid.
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Your passports, they need to have at least six months.
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And not six months from the day you travel to the day you get back.
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Make sure you have more than six months before you travel because we never want to, you don't want to travel and end up in a situation where you're stuck in somebody's country and they look and you can't come back.
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That is a feeling you do not want to have.
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And nowadays, nowadays, too, if you go to the airport and your passport expires in less than six months, they won't even let you go to the plane to go to the gun tree.
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They'd be like, Well, your travel plans are canceled, and then you gotta figure out what you're gonna do next.
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And it actually happened with one of my friends on a group trip, one of my group trips, and he missed the entire trip.
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Yeah, and lost out on everything.
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And that is a lot of money that you want to have wasted.
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And speaking of that, we're in a digital age.
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Download everything everything, and if even if you think I'm not gonna need it, you will need it.
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Download and not only download it, print it.
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It's nothing like having a old school printed copy.
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I know we think, oh, we live in a digital age, my phone won't get stolen, this won't happen.
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Just because you say having a printed copy with you, because just because it won't happen, something happens to your passport, your passport gets lost, you on that fantastic trip, and God forbid there's a fire, there's a flood, whatever, mother nature happens.
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We can't predict Mother Nature.
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That's why we call her Mother Nature.
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Internationally, like you were saying about the printed copy.
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If you don't have your hard copy, but you haven't printed, at least you can go to the embassy to say, hey, this is me.
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This is me.
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I had this backed up because it was tucked somewhere in my suitcase.
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So help me.
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Yes.
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And one thing I did want to point out and look up, because I'm sure a lot of people are familiar with IDs, a lot of people are familiar with passports, but visas, um, most people think that you can just jump on an airplane and just use your passport and don't do the visa.
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Uh, visa is an official permission from a country that lets a non-citizen enter and stay there for a specific purpose and length of time, usually linked to their passport.
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So it is something that I wanted to point that out because read up on where you're going, first and foremost.
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Uh the uh the agencies within our government that uh work with travel, the State Department, everything usually has websites that point out this is what you need, these are the places, like even having the addresses of the embassies and stuff like that, where to go.
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So that's important.
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But I did want people to know because a lot of times we highlight having the ID, the real ID, and highlight passports.
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But visas are important, especially now.
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Our country, cutting to the person that's in the White House, decided to start charging big time fees for visas.
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And it's it's important.
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If I can piggyback off that to give y'all an example of why it's important to take care of your with visas, I have applied for about 10.
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Do it within a three months to ban of your vacation.
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I don't want you want people to gag because my friends, we just had to experience when I went to Bali and Vietnam for my birthday.
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Two of my friends waited to the last minute to apply for their visas and they could not come to Vietnam.
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They had to meet us in Bali because their visas did not get approved in time.
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Because a lot of the different countries, some of them can approve you like the UK.
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UK's uh visa, they respond immediately and give you a visa approval.
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But Asia especially, oh, they they take their time, it can take weeks.
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So
make sure you're doing the proper research to find out what's required for that visa in that country and how long it takes so that you're giving yourself enough time to apply for that visa, pay for it, and have enough time for your trip so your whole vacation is not ruined.
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Yes, definitely.
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That's a good one.
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And also pro tip when you are packing your bag, you're packing that big old large vacation bag, don't put every single bit of clothing in that bag.
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Keep at least one outfit change in your carry-on bag because you never know where that large bag may end up.
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Yeah, and then you're out there and without anything but your electronics and your cell phone with you, and you don't even have anything, not even a pair of underwear to change into.
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So keep at least one pair of clothing with you until your large bag, and you don't have to worry about, well, now I'm in whatever country and I have, or whatever city, even if you're local, whatever city without a pair of clothes.
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So keep one with you, even though you think, oh, nothing's gonna happen to my bag.
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Again, you never know.
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Stop speaking whatever into existence because you never know what may happen.
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You never know.
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So keep those with you and charge everything before you leave the house.
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Yes.
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Make sure if you are traveling with a portable charger or power bank that you are charging those ahead of time.
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A lot of folks think because there are USB chargers or other charging outlets on planes that you can just charge that up.
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No, that's a fire hazard.
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Um, and a lot of times they don't work.
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These charging ports don't work.
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The wattage and voltage might be out there different.
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So it's always good to have that, like she said, charged up before you leave the house.
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Um, yeah, that's all I can say.
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I also want to make because we did with this a lot on the plane.
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Oh my god, I have a tight connection.
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Do you think I'm gonna make it?
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How about y'all start booking these flights with a little uh with the give y'all self a bigger window of time to connect?
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People will book Waitfriend, wait for we can get there.
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Oh, I was about to listen.
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No, not even my manual.
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No, not even just that.
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I'm we are gonna go fully more into that, but the thing I want to tap dance on that is know where you're going and the time zone.
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Yes.
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Oh, they be panicking talking about I got 30 minutes and they get an hour.
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We're in a different time zone now.
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You're in a whole different time zone.
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I think I said it before on one of our episodes.
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I feel like when people walk into the airport, there's a portion of their brain that shuts off.
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I don't, I can't say they go into like an autopilot mode, because that ain't it.
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It's something that happens where it's like the reasoning side of their brain is just not working.
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Situational awareness skills go away.
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Yeah.
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And don't get me wrong, I have been in those shoes as well.
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So I'm speaking of that, whereas I don't know what it happens when you go into the plane.
00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:49.039
Maybe you're super excited about whatever trip, or maybe you're super sad or depressed.
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Whatever happens, something goes through where it's like, oh, your brain is not functioning that it's full capacity.
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Full capacity.
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Not to mention, Apple iPhone will tell you when you're in a different time zone.
00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:02.320
It's it just look at your phone, tell you the time.
00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:05.039
And even if you don't have an Apple, Android does it.
00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:06.080
Exactly.
00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:09.039
Anything with technology now, they monitor is gonna change your time zone.
00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:09.840
Just look at your phone.
00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:13.279
But yeah, please give you all, give yourself I not get it.
00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:19.120
Sometimes you see that that that price and you see how how cheap it is, but you only got 30 minutes to connect.
00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:28.480
Keep in mind, summer travel, there's a lot of thunderstorms and a lot of weather delays because we have a lot of bad weather during the summer, which causes delays.
00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:34.960
So make sure you give yourself enough padding to where when you land, you're not having to run or possibly miss your connection.
00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:35.600
I'm sorry.
00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:38.240
I just also have to segue into this real quick.
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Shout out to all those that are from my hometown, Meryville, Indiana, a few days ago when the thunderstorms and tornadoes ripped through the Chicagoland area.
00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:52.000
My hometown got hit.
00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:59.919
And um, thankfully, as far as I know, no one
in my family was affected, but like it touched down.
00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:06.720
And um, that's the first time I've known in my lifetime where a tornado really even hit that area.
00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:08.799
So um it's summer.
00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:12.880
I mean, we're here, but like you said, that stuff happens.
00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:14.079
Um, but yeah.
00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:15.839
Yeah, yeah.
00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:21.200
Thank you, uh, both of you for touching on both of those points that we see often.
00:17:21.359 --> 00:17:21.680
All the time.
00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:22.640
Where where's my flight?
00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:23.279
Where's my connection?
00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:23.839
Do you know?
00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:27.519
And I hate to be the bearer of some news.
00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:29.839
Your flight attendants don't know a lot of times.
00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:33.200
We're not being facetious when we say we don't know.
00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:36.079
Say it again with a share, say it again.
00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:37.359
We really don't know.
00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:39.519
We're not being funny when we say we don't know.
00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:40.559
Honestly, we don't know.
00:17:40.640 --> 00:17:47.920
I wish we did know all of the connections for all of the flights in every single airport or every single place.
00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:49.680
We really don't know.
00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:53.200
We sometimes we do, but oftentimes we just don't know.
00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:58.799
One one bit of advice, sorry, is to download a flight tracker app.
00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:02.319
That way you can track your own connections and know where to go.
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So when you're in the air, you can look it up and say, okay, I put my flight number into my in my airline.
00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:06.319
Boom.
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So when I land, I'm going out of the B gates, C gates.
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This time I landed out.
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I got this much time.
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I know.
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And that's why that's why we say download everything.
00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:14.960
We mean download everything.
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If you are on, if you are traveling on Delta, download the Delta app.
00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:24.079
You're traveling on American, download American Southwest, download Southwest app.
00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:26.960
Whatever airline you are traveling on, download that app.
00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:28.640
They have an app.
00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:30.240
Every airline has an app.
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There's a flight tracker app, there's an airline specific app.
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Guess what?
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There are apps for your hotel stays.
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Download those two.
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How you can check into your hotel, you can even basically the front desk from the absolutely you can do all of these things.
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Technology has come so far.
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Unfortunately, they have not downloaded a flight attendant app.
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So we don't know these things.
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And I love I love the the the airlines are now getting with the advancement of technology, especially like my fate, one of my favorite airlines because of this analogy is United.
00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:10.880
United will tell you if you're going to miss your flight, the next option you have is going to tell you what terminal you're coming into and what terminal your next flight is, how long of a walk is going to take to get to that next terminal.
00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:12.880
It tells you so much.
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Oh, that's fantastic.
00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:20.880
And I love and so it's like if you get the app for the airline you're on, it will let you know hey, you're probably going to miss your connection.
00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:21.920
This is the next option for you.
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Do you want to take this now?
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It gives you all the information you need.
00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:28.240
Just make sure, like you said, Michelle, download the right thing.
00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:40.160
Speaking of that as a tip, um, because we definitely have it in our notes, and speaking of apps, check in early and monitor the status of your flight, like he just pointed out.
00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:40.559
Yes.
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All the information you think you need to know, it will come to you a lot quicker than us because we have to maybe go look and search and dig and bother other people, like call in the captain to ask him about something during flight when you have an app and all of that is laid out.
00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:03.279
The check-in early part.
00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:08.559
I, as far as I know, most airlines 24 hours in advance.
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That way you know your seat, you know your boarding position, all of that.
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Um, do it and do it early and get it out the way.
00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:16.640
Absolutely.
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And also, when you check in early, you got a better chance of getting assigned a better seat too.
00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:21.440
What all people don't realize.
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When you, especially if you buy one of the cheaper fares, as soon as you check in, if you check in exactly 24 hours, you have a better chance of being assigned a winner or out seat.
00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:31.920
So you always get to the airport, get on a kiosk and check in.
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You want to you mad because you got a middle?
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Well, sweetheart, you baby could absolutely check in yesterday.
00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:39.359
Absolutely.
00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:43.680
And for those who love to ask
your flight attendants as you're coming on board, we'll answer you.
00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:45.279
But the answer is probably gonna be yes.
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Is the flight full?
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Yes.
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Summertime, yes.
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Yes, yes, yes, winter time, yes, completely full fall, yes, year round, yes.
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Go to your assigned seat, please.
00:20:56.000 --> 00:21:09.759
I think and because passengers don't understand that even though you come on board and you might, and this is now for any airline because Southwest has joined the ranks of assigned seating.
00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:18.880
You come on board and you think because you see an open seat, I should be able to sit there because nobody's sitting there, and that's not the way it works.
00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:22.720
Entitlement so many levels to that.
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Fuel, weight and balance, and weight and balance and fuel are go hand in hand.
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Also, there is somebody that usually paid a higher fee than what you paid sitting in the seat that you are trying, or role, or area that you're trying to get.
00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:47.839
And you can't think that that's makes sense, or it's apples and apples.
00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:49.279
No, it's apples and oranges.
00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:50.799
It's like not equal.
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So why should I just freely let you sit somewhere that someone else had to pay a higher price?
00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:02.640
For you know, and it's just not fair.
00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:12.480
And and for us, you know, because I've been in those situations where passengers have kind of oh, so you're not gonna take it personal.
00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:13.119
Well, Josh, that's it.
00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:14.319
They take it real personal.
00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:15.680
That works for any carrier.
00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:18.960
Yeah, that that's not for Southwest, that's for Americans, that's for Delta.
00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:20.880
That is for United.
00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:22.880
That that works for every carrier.
00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:27.599
I just believe that now it's Southwest joining the other ranks of carriers.
00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:33.279
It's now, you know, you know, now new to passengers, but y'all, the flights are full.
00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:38.640
We would love to allow you guys to sit wherever, but that is beyond our control.
00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.519
Yeah.
00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:42.240
So when you come on, just know the flights are full.
00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:42.960
It is summer.
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Everybody's going someplace.
00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:47.359
Yes, we think the economy is, oh, it's bad.
00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:49.039
Not bad enough for people to not travel.
00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:51.359
Everybody's going to go someplace.
00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:59.839
You know, there's still, unfortunately, funerals, there's still graduations, there's still birth and death and celebration and life and birthdays.
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There's still business going on in spite of everything that's going on.
00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:09.039
And in terms of packing, don't feel like you need to pack everything into that suitcase.
00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:10.160
It's summer travel.
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Pack smarter, not harder.
00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.319
Yes, correct.
00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:15.440
And uh just um a PSA.
00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:20.160
And I'm sure every flight attendant will agree.
00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:21.920
If you pack it, you stack it.
00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:33.279
Do not come on this plane pointing at me and pointing out your bag and expecting me, because I am a male, to lift your bag in the overhead bin just because you you pack too much and it's too heavy.
00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:35.519
I am so sorry, but if you pack it, you stack it.
00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:47.359
And I don't think please I don't think a lot of passengers, and this is to our passengers out there in the world, uh, a lot of times you will get pushback even now from male flight attendants.
00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:50.880
I don't want to say it like this, but I'm gonna say it like this.
00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:55.839
Chivalry in the airline industry does not exist anymore.
00:23:57.599 --> 00:24:07.200
Because if I lift your bag and I injure myself, you are not gonna pay for my hospital bills.
00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:11.200
The company's gonna have to try to pay for that.
00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:19.440
And as far as I've heard, any and everybody that has had to go on workmen's comp, it's not the greatest.
00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:32.640
And we also have guidelines and rules in place within our company not to lift bags or do something, like there's certain guidelines and parameters we have to stay within.
00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:41.839
And if we happen to do something that's outside of those parameters, then it's on us because there are rules that say, No, you're not supposed to be doing that.
00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.319
Exactly.
00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:49.599
I can't come and say, like, oh well, you know, she was so sweet to me, and I just wanted to help.
00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:54.240
No, because if I pull something in my back, whose fault is that?
00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:54.960
Yeah.
00:24:55.279 --> 00:25:02.079
I tell people all the time, if you if you try if you're traveling before you leave home, pick that bag up and see if you can put it over the refrigerator.
00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:05.359
If you can't leave your own bag up over the refrigerator, you might want to go ahead and check that bag.
00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:05.839
Check it.
00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:11.759
But do not come on with the entitlement expectancy that because you see male flight attendants or even women flight attendants, that they're going to be.
00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.799
Oh,
put my bag up.
00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:15.599
Okay, can't you put that up?
00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.400
It's too heavy for me.
00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.359
No, baby.
00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.720
It's it's too heavy for me.
00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:22.559
But what I can do, love, is or sir, is I can check that bag under the plane.
00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:24.319
Or I or or even or even better.
00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:25.200
Final destination.
00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:31.839
We don't mind assisting you if you or if you are helping, if you are helping me in the process, help me help you.
00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.240
Yes, yes.
00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:36.960
Don't come on and sit down and point to your bag and say, put that up.
00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:40.799
That is where this is not a concierge.
00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:42.000
This is not what we do.
00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:43.119
We will gladly assist you.
00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:44.640
I will assist you all day.
00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:46.240
I am that is what I am here for.
00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:47.519
I am assisting all day.
00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:49.599
I am not picking up and doing that.
00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:54.160
I pick up one bag throughout the day and I do it two times, hopefully, in a day.
00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:57.839
For that first flight when it goes up and for that last flight when it comes down.
00:25:58.079 --> 00:26:00.319
Hopefully, there are no plane changes throughout the day.
00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:02.640
However, if there are a lot of times there are.
00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:07.200
You know, we do that, but you know, a good day is one day one down.
00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.160
Come on, somebody.
00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:09.200
That is a good day.
00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:12.880
Bad day is multiple times a day, and hopefully it's mine and mine alone.
00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:19.359
However, I don't mind assisting our passengers if they, you know, somebody five foot one and that overhead man is right at five five.
00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:21.440
Oh, girl, come on, let me help you.
00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:24.319
Help you, not put it up for you.
00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:27.119
That is the difference in the two.
00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:28.000
Yes.
00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:33.599
And unfortunately, I've had men to ask me, and I and we have to have a whole eye-to-eye conversation.
00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:37.279
When I look at you and you look at me, and we looking at each other like this.
00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:40.400
And then he thinks about what he just said and go, oh.
00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:40.960
Oh, yeah.
00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:42.640
That don't even look that don't even.
00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:48.079
This is still dealing with bags, but it's so, I don't know if it bothers y'all as much as it bothers me.
00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:56.640
But somebody coming on board, now you're standing in the aisle, pulling out all this stuff out your bag.
00:26:56.880 --> 00:26:57.839
Just dealt with that few days.
00:26:58.480 --> 00:27:03.920
And you're holding up the line from people finding their seats, like the entitlement of it all.
00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.599
The situation we're in this.
00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:15.920
But my thing is like, you had all the time in the world when you were out there to pull this stuff, but if you needed the consistent up and down, up and down, in the bag.
00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:21.039
It's like, one, whatever it is should have been in the bag that's going under your seat.
00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:26.480
But two, that it's like there's so much that's going on that has to happen.
00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:42.000
Now you bought this ticket and we want to get you to the destination that you want to go, but you consistently, we're like, everybody needs to be seated, ready to close the main cabin door, and you are consistently wait, wait, no.
00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:48.079
Oh, I just don't need to no, sit down, sit down, sit down, please sit down.
00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:49.759
That is her, sit down.
00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:51.039
Ma'am, sit down.
00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:54.960
Sit down, and nothing, and nothing exists a part of them.
00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:58.160
Them, them, and they and they they they don't get it.
00:27:58.240 --> 00:28:02.559
And it's like, hi, you have to come and be like, hi, excuse me.
00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:11.680
Step out, and you actually have to, that's where we, you know, we got had a whole big conversation about the touching.
00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.160
Yes.
00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:19.119
You don't want to touch somebody, but that's the point where you want to touch somebody and be like, hey, we need you to go and step into your rope, please.
00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:24.960
Step into the step into your aisle, yeah, into your role, please.
00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:27.279
We don't, but it's like that's where you want to be like, hey, excuse me.
00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:27.839
Can I tap you?
00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:32.799
We'll be the first ones, and I'm not saying everybody, but usually are the first ones, why are we leaving?
00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.680
Why we delayed?
00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:39.359
And huffing and puffing is like, I know I just saw you spending all this time.
00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:41.279
All this time biting with your bang.
00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:43.920
Your book band.
00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:46.960
Five whole minutes searching for a book.
00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:50.319
Oh, it was in my it was in my bag.
00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:56.240
So another thing uh that's on our list that just made me think about it.
00:28:56.480 --> 00:29:00.319
Um one TSA rules.
00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:04.000
Make sure you are looking up.
00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:12.960
If you don't already know, go to TSA's website, TSA.gov or whatever it is, see the requirements because they are requirements.
00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:18.480
And actually, they're always ever changing because new products are coming out, new inventions are
coming out.
00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:20.480
So those requirements are ever changing.
00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:26.799
I know even with airlines across the board, a lot of them are cracking down even on portable chargers and power banks.
00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:30.400
While you can only have one or not multiple.
00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:32.319
Yeah, so be mindful of that.
00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:39.519
But the one thing I was gonna segue into when it comes to TSA rules is those that like to bring water bottles.
00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:42.400
We want you to stay hydrated.
00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:44.079
We definitely do.
00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:51.519
However, don't forget you put water in it and then put it in the overhead bin.
00:29:52.319 --> 00:30:06.480
Because what you don't realize is you left that in the overhead bin, the expanding and compressing of the cabin is causing now your water bottle to leak.
00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:16.799
And not only is it coming through down through the vents and all this other stuff, but it's soaking up and wetting up other people's bags, and now it's a whole situation.
00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:24.000
So those that are coming on with water bottles, just be mindful that you have liquid in it.
00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:26.319
And if you don't have any liquid in it, no big deal.
00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:28.480
You putting it up overhead, sure.
00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:44.319
But if you do know you have something in there, or as soon as you remember, as long as it's not between takeoff and landing, um, grab it down because the sooner you get to that, when you know you got liquid in, the safer everybody will be.
00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:48.559
Because the fact that I have to run in and out because it's like trip, it's raining.
00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:54.960
Trip, trip, and a passenger is pissed off because normally the person whose drink it is is not the one in the world.
00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.400
Never the one in the state.
00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.039
It never works that way.
00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:58.400
It's never the one in the scene.
00:30:58.640 --> 00:31:01.680
They're like, it's that one that just wanna and it's a bystander.
00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:06.000
I'm about to pursue the airline, and it's like it wasn't even us.
00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:13.119
And another thing with those, those, those heavy metal, those, those ughetis, they are heavy.
00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:16.079
Y'all ever hear one of them drop on the floor sound like a uh bowling ball?
00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:20.640
A lot of times they forget to put them, take them out over a bit, and they fall on people's heads.
00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:27.359
Yes, yes, y'all have to be careful with those heavy insulated water containers.
00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:31.039
Take them out because you are injuring other people, which then slows us down because now we got a medical.
00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:35.920
Since we're talking about water bottles, airports have water fountains.
00:31:36.079
--> 00:31:36.240
Yes.
00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:42.640
Oh my god, they just get your water before you come on.
00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:48.559
We don't mind getting you water during boarding, however, airports have water bottles.
00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:50.799
Get your water before you come on board.
00:31:51.680 --> 00:32:05.920
And honestly, even to that point, we don't mind however during boarding, we're still in a certain stage within our job function.
00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:12.720
We are in a safety-related functionality at at that point.
00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:16.720
Um for some airlines, for some, it's different.
00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:26.319
I think usually across the board, we are all in agreement when it's boarding because we have to be watching, we have to be paying attention and doing all this other stuff.
00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:31.119
So you asking for some water to take some medicine that you knew you had to take.
00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.400
Before you came on board.
00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:33.599
Before you came on board.
00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:37.119
I'm not pointing the finger, but you knew this.
00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:38.160
I didn't know this.
00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:41.680
As your flight attendant standing here to remind you, hey, you take your medicine.
00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.960
I didn't know none of this.
00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:53.039
So you were aware of that that's something you should handle prior to getting on board or wait to the appropriate time when we can serve.
00:32:53.440 --> 00:33:00.799
I am sorry that you jogged from concourse A over to Concourse C and you're tired and you're sweaty.
00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:01.839
And I I get it.
00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:03.839
I apologize that happened.
00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:13.359
However, give me some grace if I tell you I can't serve you right now, or I can't give you uh any water until we get in the air.
00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:19.440
Because usually if a flight attendant tells you they can't, there's a reason behind it.
00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:32.799
So don't immediately I say all this to say don't immediately jump to it's an offense against you or it's targeted against you, because 99% of the time, I already told one or two other people know they can't.
00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:39.039
And when I say I, I'm speaking for flight attendants as a whole, we um have to do that.
00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:40.640
But there are there are phases.
00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:43.440
We are not customer service, everything.
00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:46.000
Like you come on the board, everything is about you.
00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:49.039
No, when you come on board, everything is about safety.
00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:51.359
That's our number one job.
00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:55.680
And of course, we're talking about travel tips, but this is Jumpseat Chronicles.
00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.880
We are flight attendant driven.
00:33:56.960 --> 00:34:01.200
We're gonna talk about flight attendants, and so I'm always gonna uplift flight attendants as a whole.
00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:04.880
Our job is safety, number one, to make sure you're safe.
00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:07.519
Everything else is a added and a bonus.
00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:09.519
So I want to highlight that.
00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.800
Also, too.
00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:15.039
Um speaking of you're not the only one on the plane, it's not all about you.
00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:17.599
We get y'all might be tight on connections.
00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:21.280
You get that you may need to make your connection.
00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:27.039
Please do not ring your flight attendant call button and ask the flight attendant if they can clear the aisle and let you off first.
00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:30.559
Like you're the only one on that plane that got a connection.
00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:31.199
And row third.
00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.239
You are not Beyonce.
00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:33.119
And row 31.
00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:33.920
Oh sorry.
00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:36.400
You're not the only one on this plane who has a connection.
00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:40.320
You are not special, and unfortunately, we will not be allowed to do that.
00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:50.960
The entitlement we would absolutely love to do that for the other 28 rows that are in front of you.
00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:53.599
However, I'm so sorry we just can't do that.
00:34:53.760 --> 00:35:05.519
It's always people that always and and I apologize that you know your choice and option was yours to make when you chose to sit in row 30.
00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:07.199
It's a choice.
00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:09.760
Like I said, you have an option to pick your seat.
00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:11.920
Or or 50 or 56.
00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:12.559
56.
00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:22.880
If you were on, you know, others, or seven, you know, all the way in the back or wherever you're seated, even if you're in row eight and your bag happens, and you were tardy, and your bag happens to be in row 19.
00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:32.000
You cannot hold the people back so you can go retrieve your bag to come back up so you can de-plane with row one through seven.
00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:33.599
Yes, and you're at row eight.
00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:34.880
That is not something we can do.
00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:44.320
And no, we cannot allow you to get your bag down for landing so you can hold on to your suitcase while we're landing.
00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:50.400
Because again, unfortunately, you missed your particular boarding to allow that.
00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:58.639
So, again, you know, we're high, we're we're we're laughing about this, but you know, presenting it to you in a joking manner.
00:35:58.719 --> 00:36:00.159
But seriously, this is for real.
00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:05.280
This is these are the reasons we're giving you these tips so you can avoid these mistakes when you travel during the summer.
00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:09.280
And I know a lot of summer
travelers are not seasoned travelers, you can see that.
00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:14.079
So we're giving you these tips so that you can get to the airport and look like you're a pro.
00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:17.679
So next time you know you get on a plane, you you know, look like you're you know what you're doing.
00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:23.360
And we want y'all to look like you know what you're doing because we see the chaos of it every single day.
00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:30.079
And it is, it becomes, I feel like, more and more chaotic every single summer.
00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:34.559
And y'all, when the plane lands, that is not the time to get up.
00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:37.440
That is not the time to unbuckle your seatbelt.
00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:42.880
Or you see the seatbelt light go off, yeah, like that's the time to jump up.
00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:49.519
Just because you see or you feel like a jerk and you you think we think because you're on the aisle, like, oh, we're there.
00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:51.440
No that is that is not the time to get up.
00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:54.639
Look, actually, that's the time you need to be looking at your flight attendants.
00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:54.880
Yeah.
00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:57.039
To see what's going on.
00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:58.079
To see what we're doing.
00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:58.880
See what we're doing.
00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.840
Is are they up?
00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:01.440
Like, are they moving?
00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:04.639
Because if we are, then yes, get up.
00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:06.719
If that's not on.
00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.519
Please stay seated.
00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:08.400
Stay seated.
00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.199
Please stay seated.
00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:12.239
And and and besides, where the the Where do you think you're going?
00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:14.800
The bigger question is where are you going?
00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:20.800
You can't go anywhere until we prepare the cabin and prepare the door to open.
00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:24.079
Where are you gonna go until that door gets open?
00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:35.519
Nowhere until your flight attendants, actually, until the captain has pulled the plane in, set the brake, gives us the sign to prepare our doors to be open.
00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:37.599
Nothing happens unless you climb it through that window.
00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:42.480
Until the captain gets everything set so that we can get set so that y'all can get set.
00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:43.280
Hold on.
00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:44.320
We want you to get there.
00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:46.000
It's not like we don't want y'all to get there.
00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:47.440
We do want you to get there.
00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:53.760
But getting their safety, again, like Josh highlighted a few minutes ago, safety professionals, that's what we do.
00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:56.159
Drinks and snacks, that's a plus.
00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.679
That is that is a plus.
00:37:57.840 --> 00:38:01.360
And another thing, please stop doing okay.
00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:03.280
Let me say this the correct way because I know.
00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:15.280
Okay, please, when that flight tenant light goes off, stop getting up out of your seat at 28 and running up to the front of the plane and blocking people in row three from getting up because you decided to send it back, but you want to be the first one off the plane.
00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:16.480
You are not special.
00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:17.519
Please stop doing that.
00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:23.519
These passengers are mad, they be cussing, and I'll be looking at you stupid, because that lets me know you are not a seasoned traveler, because that's rude.
00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:26.800
Have some airplane etiquette and cut that stuff out.
00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:27.440
Please.
00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:28.400
I'm so sick of it.
00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:29.360
I'm sick of it.
00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:30.559
It happens all the time.
00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:31.840
And then I'm not gonna say that.
00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.400
Never mind.
00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:33.360
I'm done.
00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:34.000
That's it.
00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:35.119
Stop doing it.
00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:36.960
So, Fran, you just had to let you know.
00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:40.159
I'm so sick of that.
00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:44.000
Like you chose 28B, but you want to be the first one off the plane.
00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:52.159
You got people in first class or in extra, you know, premium economy, and you're blocking them from getting up because they can't even stand up because you're standing in front of them like this.
00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:54.159
Because you want to rush to be off the plane first.
00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:55.360
It don't work like that, baby.
00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:57.840
But I I I never understand the I can't stand.
00:38:58.159 --> 00:39:05.199
I can't stand, I I will never understand the rush for getting off of the plane, and your bag is still not gonna be there.
00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:13.599
So you're gonna wait for your stand there at baggage plane for 37.5 minutes waiting for your bag to get off.
00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:25.599
So it's like, ladies and gentlemen, we want y'all to understand it's we want y'all to get there, we want you to get to your travel, but still, you still have to navigate a very crowded airport no matter where you are going.
00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:27.519
The airports are completely crowded.
00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:30.719
So it's like, y'all, practice some patience.
00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:50.960
So the one thing as a tip to everyone, uh, because we just did have our little rants, a tip to everyone is look at traveling through airports as an experience versus a um a must, or I, you know, business travelers.
00:39:51.199 --> 00:40:01.199
Usually you will see them most of the time calm, cool, collected, throwing the you know, jackets over the shoulders, just getting in their seats,
they because they're gonna have a drink.
00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:08.480
Uh you know, they they they take off their jackets, they fold it and they, you know, do they're just cool, calm, and collected.
00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:10.559
They don't make this flight, they know there's another one.
00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:12.480
Like, because they're experienced.
00:40:12.719 --> 00:40:15.760
You have to look at travel as an experience.
00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:23.840
Yes, rushing to the front to think you're gonna get off the plane, your bag's not there because they ain't started pulling bags off.
00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:28.960
Your your Uber Lyft is not gonna be there because one, you shouldn't have been ordering it while you're in the back.
00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:30.960
Like it's gonna take time.
00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:41.039
You even if somebody's picking you up from the airport, usually, especially if it's a holiday weekend, the airport's already jam-packed, so it's gonna take them time to work up to the front, you're up there waiting.
00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:46.559
But one thing that even when you're coming to the airport, make sure.
00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:55.679
I'm just gonna say the two-hour window, three-hour window for international is kind of out right now.
00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:58.639
Just come to the airport.
00:40:58.800 --> 00:41:14.000
There's plenty of restaurants, there are bars, there are stores usually in most big airports, smaller airports might be a little different, but major airports like LaGuardia, Atlanta, Chicago, food, I'm sure.
00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:27.119
Philly, Philly, New Orleans, like all of those airports have such stuff set up for passengers to feel comfortable and be relaxed before a flight.
00:41:27.280 --> 00:41:31.280
We ain't saying come and get toe up, because if you get toe up, you're not getting on that flight.
00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:32.639
Like, let's be clear.
00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:34.480
So do not, that's the tip.
00:41:34.639 --> 00:41:37.039
Do not come to the airport and get wasted.
00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:39.119
That's never no-go.
00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:42.239
Because as soon as you walk in and you, whoa.
00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:43.760
Got to go back.
00:41:43.920 --> 00:41:44.239
Sorry.
00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:45.280
You gotta go sleep that off.
00:41:45.679 --> 00:41:46.000
Next flight.
00:41:46.239 --> 00:41:49.280
Next flight, or until you can walk straight.
00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:53.840
Make sure you're getting there early enough.
00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:59.599
I again, domestically, two hours is a stretch, especially with what we saw earlier this year.
00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:06.000
You probably need to be getting there three to four hours before before you know you're gonna leave.
00:42:06.239 --> 00:42:21.360
Because if you have to check your bag, which now most people are starting to do that a lot more because of the way the airlines operate when it comes to backspace in the overhead bin and having to pay for bags uh because you can only take so much.
00:42:23.039 --> 00:42:28.639
Build that into your itinerary when it comes to whatever you're traveling for.
00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:31.840
Um international flights.
00:42:34.320 --> 00:43:08.800
Dot your I's and cross your T's with that because there have been so many people, and I'll say even traveling into places like we were talking about visas and stuff like that, they get held up in those airports, can't even enter the country, they're still in the airport because they didn't dot their I's and cross their T's with whatever paperwork needed to be in place, making whatever payments, because these countries also require you to make some payments on on said visa or whatever to enter in.
00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:43.920
Also, another thing read up on the laws where you're going because you might be live in Chicago and you can walk around or you know, be able to do certain herbal things that you can't do in other places, you need to know that going across the country and you normally our lovely Michelle has her arms out on today's episode, but certain countries she might not be able to freely walk around with her arms out.
00:43:44.159 --> 00:43:57.280
And if you don't know that because you just thought, oh, I saw this beautiful picture, and I just want to go to this place, and you don't know how their laws work, baby, you can end up in prison, in jail.
00:43:58.000 --> 00:43:59.760
Don't go to do you can't get out from.
00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:00.800
For a while.
00:44:01.119 --> 00:44:02.960
And there's nobody to come and save you.
00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:08.079
I mean, it's different when mama and pawpaw can come pay to get you out of Dallas prison.
00:44:08.159 --> 00:44:11.280
Or I mean not prison, but jail, Dallas jail, pay your bond.
00:44:11.360 --> 00:44:14.480
It's totally different when you're in a whole nother country.
00:44:15.199 --> 00:44:18.320
Especially places like Dubai and those Middle East where they have really short.
00:44:18.719 --> 00:44:21.679
Do not come out though with your cooch cutters on because you will not make it very far.
00:44:21.920 --> 00:44:26.800
One of my friends got stopped in the mall and they said you need to put some over because she had a cleavage out, and the cleavage was cleavaging.
00:44:27.039 --> 00:44:28.480
And they said, cover up.
00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:29.440
Put some clothes on.
00:44:29.760 --> 00:44:31.199
Yes, they do not play in the countries.
00:44:32.079 --> 00:44:32.639
Please be careful.
00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:36.000
And I've been to Dubai, they're very conservative with their women.
00:44:36.079 --> 00:44:36.239
Yeah.
00:44:36.480 --> 00:44:37.360
Then they are with the men.
00:44:37.679 --> 00:44:38.480
They do not play.
00:44:38.719 --> 00:44:40.719
But even we're in June.
00:44:40.880 --> 00:44:42.000
LGBTQ.
00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:45.920
AI plus all of those.
00:44:46.159 --> 00:44:47.519
Um happy pride.
00:44:47.840 --> 00:44:48.880
Happy pride to everybody.
00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:49.360
Thank you.
00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:50.800
Thank you.
00:44:50.960 --> 00:44:52.000
I'm part of the club.
00:44:52.239 --> 00:44:54.880
Be who you are for your prize.
00:44:55.440 --> 00:45:01.280
However, even when it comes to that though, you gotta know your laws with that, where you're going.
00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:05.599
Because I hate to hate to say that.
00:45:05.920 --> 00:45:06.719
Don't say no, no country.
00:45:07.280 --> 00:45:13.119
No, not countries, but to my to our brothers and sisters that are um trans.
00:45:15.119 --> 00:45:21.039
It's sticky out here with the passport situation and the ID situation.
00:45:21.679 --> 00:45:25.280
So again, read up, be mindful.
00:45:25.360 --> 00:45:31.760
I know our very first episode, we got so many, so much slack because we told people Google.
00:45:32.239 --> 00:45:38.000
Like when we were talking about the whole lookup Eric Hodes, you want somebody to Google and you talking to me and relax.
00:45:39.119 --> 00:45:45.199
I want anybody with common sense to go and look up what you need to look up.
00:45:45.519 --> 00:45:50.400
Because one thing I learned in school, if you didn't know something, you do your research.
00:45:50.800 --> 00:45:54.159
You don't wait on somebody to come tell you something.
00:45:54.880 --> 00:46:01.440
So I keep getting on these little step stools and just walking some stuff through.
00:46:01.599 --> 00:46:03.119
But anyways, yeah.
00:46:04.400 --> 00:46:10.239
Um I um one last thing, y'all.
00:46:10.320 --> 00:46:14.000
If you travel in the summer, most majority of the time you're traveling for great occasions.
00:46:14.159 --> 00:46:20.400
You traveling for vacation, you might be out of school, you're traveling for a bachelorette party, you're traveling to kick it with your people because y'all off.
00:46:21.440 --> 00:46:25.519
Keep a positive mindset and have good energy in the airport.
00:46:25.679 --> 00:46:26.719
It's free.
00:46:26.960 --> 00:46:29.760
It pay it's it costs nothing to be nice.
00:46:29.840 --> 00:46:30.239
That's true.
00:46:30.400 --> 00:46:40.960
So your fellow passengers, be courteous to your fellow passengers, the crew members, the people in the airport that are of service, that are helping you and giving your food or cleaning behind you all, just come and be.
00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:43.119
It costs nothing to be nice.
00:46:43.280 --> 00:46:43.440
Right.
00:46:43.599 --> 00:46:44.320
It really don't.
00:46:44.480 --> 00:46:51.199
And that it just makes for even better airport experience and travel experience for you when you come with great energy because usually matched.
00:46:51.280 --> 00:46:51.440
Right.
00:46:51.599 --> 00:46:52.800
So just keep that in mind.
00:46:52.960 --> 00:47:04.239
Now, if you're traveling for a death and effect, we can't we understand people are traveling for different things, but if if it's a good day and you woke up and got breath in your lungs, try to be as nice as you can, especially when you are in the airport.
00:47:04.320 --> 00:47:04.960
It really helps.
00:47:05.119 --> 00:47:12.079
And to that point of being nice, remember summer travel, delays, delays, and delays.
00:47:13.039 --> 00:47:48.480
Keep that same positive attitude when it happens, not only with your flight attendants, and we are Jumpsy Chronicles and we are flight attendants, but you need to keep that positive attitude with the wheelchair pushers, with the gate agents, with our operations agents, with the people that work at Burger King and McDonald's or whatever the food place is that you're going to, the restaurant staff, the pilots keep that good energy across the board because all of them are usually all of us are affected by delays.
00:47:48.800 --> 00:47:58.239
Because that very restaurant staff that you you got upset with also has now an influx of clientele because flights got delayed.
00:47:58.400 --> 00:48:05.840
So now they're a little more intense or aware or on point because they have more customers coming to them.
00:48:06.079 --> 00:48:31.840
The ops agents and the customer service agents of these particular airlines that everyone flies are overwhelmed because now they have to possibly look at rebooking people and dealing with all the questions on bags and and well, can I change my flight and all the keep that positive energy from the time you get out of your car and and going into the airport?
00:48:31.920 --> 00:48:38.079
Like put on put on a good playlist to get you hype and excited for today.
00:48:38.559 --> 00:48:39.679
Because that's important.
00:48:39.920 --> 00:48:42.400
Keep in mind the weather delays are out of everyone's control.
00:48:43.119 --> 00:48:46.239
If anybody can control the weather, uh yeah, they would, yeah.
00:48:46.559 --> 00:48:46.880
Yes.
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I love storm from the X-Men, but maybe she does not exist.
00:48:50.639 --> 00:48:51.119
Absolutely not.
00:48:51.760 --> 00:48:57.920
Especially shout out to our gate agents because they don't get enough love and respect because they deal with the worst.
00:48:58.480 --> 00:49:11.039
I have witnessed so many gate agents get cursed out, threatened, and so many and just disrespected in so many different ways, all because they are there to do the to do the job of rebooking you because of things that are out of their control.
00:49:11.440 --> 00:49:18.480
And it and if you think threatening someone who actually has control over your flight is going to have a positive or negative effect.
00:49:18.719 --> 00:49:20.000
You're in for the ruled awakening?
00:49:20.320 --> 00:49:20.880
Probably not.
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When you get upset, take a moment.
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Yeah.
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And just think.
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Because one, think about the actions that you might want to exude and what the outcome can be.
00:49:34.400 --> 00:49:34.880
Absolutely.
00:49:34.960 -->
00:49:37.360
And it's and it's you're never gonna win.
00:49:37.519 --> 00:49:42.079
Why would you want to have you still need you still need to get to where you're gonna go?
00:49:42.320 --> 00:49:43.039
Yes, that part.
00:49:43.199 --> 00:49:44.719
And they are in control if you get there or not.
00:49:44.800 --> 00:49:56.320
So it's why am I going, why am I gonna get upset with the person who actually has control over whether I'm going to get to set function, set event, set funeral, family event?
00:49:57.039 --> 00:49:58.079
Ma'am, sir.
00:49:58.320 --> 00:49:59.199
Okay, I get it.
00:49:59.360 --> 00:50:00.239
This was not your fault.
00:50:00.320 --> 00:50:01.679
However, I still need to get there.
00:50:01.840 --> 00:50:04.320
What are my options to get me there?
00:50:04.480 --> 00:50:04.880
Yes.
00:50:05.119 --> 00:50:06.159
This is not your fault.
00:50:06.239 --> 00:50:13.840
You did not control that maintenance delay, that weather delay, that flight attendant getting sick, or who got injured, that pilot who timed out.
00:50:14.000 --> 00:50:15.920
None of that was your fault.
00:50:16.159 --> 00:50:20.960
What can we do to get me to wherever I'm trying to get to today?
00:50:21.280 --> 00:50:22.880
If it's not today or tomorrow.
00:50:23.280 --> 00:50:26.239
And it's they just appreciate you being nice.
00:50:26.480 --> 00:50:32.079
Thank you for not walking up and yelling at me about something that I had nothing to do with.
00:50:32.239 --> 00:50:32.480
Yep.
00:50:32.639 --> 00:50:33.280
Just be nice.
00:50:33.360 --> 00:50:36.719
It costs nothing, like y'all said, it costs absolutely nothing to be nice.
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It's free.
00:50:38.880 --> 00:50:42.639
And a lot of times they will they are more than willing to help you being nice.
00:50:42.800 --> 00:50:45.199
Now, can we control those who are not nice?
00:50:45.280 --> 00:50:50.719
No, only person you can control every time you step foot out that door is yourself, right?
00:50:51.039 --> 00:50:51.519
Period.
00:50:51.760 --> 00:50:54.880
So best times to travel, and then we're gonna start getting out of here.
00:50:55.119 --> 00:50:58.480
Um always say morning flights.
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Morning, I'm gonna find it.
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Morning flights or red-eyed.
00:51:01.280 --> 00:51:22.320
If there's the option for a red-eyed, meaning a flight that gets leaves late at night and gets to its destination early in the morning, those flights usually work out best for all types of passengers, even uh the those at non-rev, um, we know morning flights start out early.
00:51:22.559 --> 00:51:22.719
Early.
00:51:23.119 --> 00:51:23.599
It's lucky.
00:51:23.840 --> 00:51:32.079
Opportunities for delays too, because for people don't know the airline industry, they want to start their day off on time so the day continues because of the ripple of things.
00:51:32.960 --> 00:51:35.360
And they get fine if they delayed leaving out in the morning.
00:51:35.440 --> 00:51:41.039
So your best opportunity for things to go smoothly with your travel experience, leave in the morning.
00:51:41.119 --> 00:51:41.280
I know.
00:51:42.079 --> 00:51:42.800
I know y'all hate getting up.
00:51:42.880 --> 00:51:51.840
I hate know y'all hate getting up to alarm clocks, but it will allow you to get to your destination early in the day, have the day ahead of yourself, and not have a major chance of being delayed.
00:51:52.000 --> 00:51:57.039
So just get up in the morning, get on that flight, get your coffee or something, go to bed on a flight and get there and have a good time.
00:51:57.360 --> 00:51:58.079
Absolutely.
00:51:58.320 --> 00:51:58.960
Love it.
00:51:59.199 --> 00:52:08.960
So um, we're gonna go to this part real quick and answer this um because we love the engagement that you all give us on social media.
00:52:09.119 --> 00:52:12.480
Um, we love and read every message and comment.
00:52:12.639 --> 00:52:24.719
We don't respond to every message and comment, but we love even when you speak to us in the um airports and out and about, Michelle got clocked out and about already.
00:52:24.960 --> 00:52:27.599
So um we definitely love that.
00:52:27.840 --> 00:52:40.400
However, on our bus sprout page, we got some fan mail, and we had someone, um, I'm not sure if you were male or female, uh, reach out to us.
00:52:40.480 --> 00:52:41.840
And you want to take the question?
00:52:42.000 --> 00:52:45.280
Yeah, they um thank you from Columbus, Georgia.
00:52:45.599 --> 00:52:52.800
Uh they want to know how do we plan for life events or appointments, for example, weddings, funerals, and anniversaries.
00:52:52.960 --> 00:52:55.920
And second question, how do we plan for personal travel?
00:52:56.079 --> 00:52:58.800
Um, do we non-rev or do we buy tickets?
00:52:59.119 --> 00:53:01.039
So, um, Josh, you want to start?
00:53:01.280 --> 00:53:03.199
Yeah, uh life events.
00:53:03.280 --> 00:53:10.320
If I know well in advance, that's just a little minor scheduling uh situation.
00:53:10.880 --> 00:53:24.639
Um, where because the way we do our schedules, as far as I know, and the reason why I say this usually a lot of times is because I can only speak from my vantage point with my particular airline.
00:53:25.039 --> 00:53:34.239
But we bid for our schedules, and bidding is seniority-based, just like pay is seniority-based, the longer you do this job, the better it gets.
00:53:34.639 --> 00:53:40.400
So when it comes to me knowing a life event like a wedding, funerals are a little different.
00:53:40.559 --> 00:53:47.440
Um, and the great thing about the airline industry is I know we have bereavement time.
00:53:47.519 --> 00:54:01.519
So if funerals take place, um, you have time uh that is given to you that the company will cover uh for you to handle that, and anniversaries and weddings and family reunions and all that.
00:54:01.599 --> 00:54:06.159
When you know in advance, like I said it time and time
again, our schedule is unmatched.
00:54:06.320 --> 00:54:07.199
So yeah.
00:54:07.440 --> 00:54:07.760
Okay.
00:54:08.320 --> 00:54:08.880
Darien.
00:54:09.280 --> 00:54:12.719
Oh, uh Josh, uh, how do you plan personal travel?
00:54:13.199 --> 00:54:14.000
Darien can answer that.
00:54:14.159 --> 00:54:14.320
Okay.
00:54:14.559 --> 00:54:14.880
Yeah.
00:54:15.119 --> 00:54:27.920
Um, so I do a lot of personal travel, and a lot of times um when I do decide I want to go somewhere, even if it's a month before or six months prior, my first thing that I do is I look for confirmed flights just to see.
00:54:28.000 --> 00:54:33.199
Because a lot of times what people don't realize is when you fly internationally, if you book your tickets well enough in advance, they can be very cheap.
00:54:33.599 --> 00:54:39.119
And sometimes just to have the piece of mind and knowing you're getting on the flight and not flying standby, you can get tickets for five, six hundred dollars.
00:54:39.280 --> 00:54:46.480
So a lot of times, if I know I'm going somewhere to Thailand and I know I'm going for my birthday, I look to see if the tickets are under about$700.
00:54:46.719 --> 00:54:53.760
If they are, I just book a ticket because I know that if I do it that way, I'm getting there and I'm getting home with no issue of minds.
00:54:53.920 --> 00:54:57.039
Because let me tell y'all, when we went two months ago, it was a nightmare getting home.
00:54:57.119 --> 00:54:58.159
It was a complete nightmare.
00:54:58.320 --> 00:54:59.280
It took us two days.
00:54:59.519 --> 00:55:04.239
So I try to prioritize confirmed travel depending on where I'm going.
00:55:04.320 --> 00:55:08.480
And if not, if it's too high, then I'll just take my chances and non-rev.
00:55:09.360 --> 00:55:16.159
But also, um, like you said, we also get our we we get we bid for our vacation.
00:55:17.199 --> 00:55:18.239
Yeah, that's like six months.
00:55:18.559 --> 00:55:20.400
Six, seven months before that year starts.
00:55:20.639 --> 00:55:29.599
So if you know you want to take a trip in June, we bid for that in the in the previous and during this time, and we know what weeks we get way, way, way, way ahead of time.
00:55:29.760 --> 00:55:39.840
And that way it allows you to have those vacation days that you need for your birthday, for your upcoming wedding, for your family reunion, so that you have the time allotted time off to be there.
00:55:40.000 --> 00:55:40.239
Right.
00:55:40.400 --> 00:55:43.679
So I just tell people proper planning, give yourself enough time.
00:55:43.840 --> 00:55:56.960
But even if you're one of those people like me that's spontaneous and likes to take trips out last minute, just do still make sure you're doing the proper planning and use our flexible schedule to your advantage and take care of the dates that you need off and go have a good time.
00:55:57.119 --> 00:55:57.599
Yeah, right.
00:55:58.079 --> 00:55:59.199
You want to add anything?
00:55:59.519 --> 00:56:02.000
Uh seniority is everything.
00:56:02.239 --> 00:56:04.639
Yes, God for our for our job.
00:56:04.880 --> 00:56:11.360
And um, like you guys said, for um appointments, I'll I'll kind of touch on how we do appointments.
00:56:11.599 --> 00:56:16.880
Having a care team who understands your job is key in this job.
00:56:17.039 --> 00:56:25.920
Talking to your care team, you know, I'm a flight attendant, and most doctors, physicians, they're more than you know, more than understand the schedule.
00:56:26.079 --> 00:56:30.960
I've had my dentist for almost as long as I've been flying, and he knows, hey, I got an appointment.
00:56:31.039 --> 00:56:34.000
He's like, Okay, when do you want to come in?
00:56:34.159 --> 00:56:37.199
And I just give him a day and he's like, Okay, this is when you're due for a cleaning.
00:56:37.280 --> 00:56:38.559
What days do you have available?
00:56:38.880 --> 00:56:40.000
Same thing with my doctor.
00:56:40.079 --> 00:56:46.239
She knows I've had her longer than I've been flying, and she's like, Okay, you need to come in for your annual appointment.
00:56:46.400 --> 00:56:47.679
This is what we have available.
00:56:47.760 --> 00:56:49.199
I know you may need to switch.
00:56:49.440 --> 00:56:51.280
Call me a month before your appointment.
00:56:51.360 --> 00:56:53.119
But this is what we have scheduled for next year.
00:56:53.199 --> 00:57:00.800
But I know around December-ish, if your appointment's in February, around December, January-ish, you may call and we may need to flex during this time.
00:57:00.880 --> 00:57:02.320
But I'll set an appointment for here.
00:57:02.400 --> 00:57:02.559
Yep.
00:57:02.719 --> 00:57:05.679
But she knows come January I may call and be like, hey, I didn't get this day.
00:57:05.760 --> 00:57:06.960
Can we move it to this day?
00:57:07.119 --> 00:57:08.000
But this is the time.
00:57:08.079 --> 00:57:10.639
So having a care team that knows what you do.
00:57:10.719 --> 00:57:14.239
And don't be afraid to talk to your care team about, hey, I'm a flight attendant.
00:57:14.480 --> 00:57:17.119
I don't have this day, but I have this day available.
00:57:17.280 --> 00:57:17.920
You know, same thing.
00:57:18.239 --> 00:57:29.280
Clear understanding, you know, facials, manicures, pedicures, whatever you have available, letting your people know what you have available and allowing them to understand that, hey, we have this going on.
00:57:29.360 --> 00:57:32.400
You know, people in office, they don't, you know, a lot of them they don't have that.
00:57:32.559 --> 00:57:37.280
We have the flexibility to be able to flex our schedule for what we need for just life.
00:57:38.159 --> 00:57:38.960
I agree.
00:57:39.199 --> 00:57:44.079
So, with that being said, uh, we want you all to tune in for our next episode.
00:57:44.239 --> 00:57:47.519
We're going to be talking about dating life.
00:57:47.679 --> 00:57:49.679
Does it exist for a flight attendant?
00:57:50.159 --> 00:57:54.800
Because we are, you know, we be out here dating and stuff and how that goes.
00:57:55.039 --> 00:57:58.000
So we're gonna give our insight on that.
00:57:58.079 --> 00:57:59.840
So uh make sure you tune in.
00:58:00.079 --> 00:58:09.440
Um, when it comes to our episodes, we are excited to share, if you don't already know, on Apple Podcast and Spotify, their podcast section.
00:58:09.679 --> 00:58:17.360
Our videos are now uploaded on those platforms, so you don't have to just go over to YouTube, even though we'll still be on YouTube.
00:58:17.840 --> 00:58:21.280
But um, on those platforms, you'll be able to see these videos as well.
00:58:21.360 --> 00:58:23.280
And we are so excited and thankful.
00:58:23.360 --> 00:58:25.599
Um, we're reaching so many people.
00:58:25.840 --> 00:58:28.079
Um, and we're just excited about it.
00:58:28.159 --> 00:58:38.719
Don't forget to visit us on YouTube, um, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, uh Threads.
00:58:39.039 --> 00:58:40.320
We're even on Threads.
00:58:40.880 --> 00:58:45.440
Um, so check us out, Jumpseat Chronicles Podcast.
00:58:45.599 --> 00:58:54.480
Uh and even if you're more interested on our particular pages, I know specifically on Instagram and Facebook, we're usually tagged in our posts.
00:58:54.719 --> 00:58:56.960
So um, yeah, there's that.
00:58:57.920 --> 00:59:05.679
As a reminder, the opinions shared on this podcast are our own and do not reflect those of our employer or any affiliated organization.
00:59:06.480 --> 00:59:09.440
It's not about the destination, it's about the perspective.
00:59:09.599 --> 00:59:13.199
We land in places only seen on television or read about in books.
00:59:13.360 --> 00:59:18.320
We recognize how big and small the world truly is at 35,000 feet.
00:59:18.559 --> 00:59:20.480
Thanks for riding a jump seat with us.
00:59:20.639 --> 00:59:22.960
Until next time, we'll see you on the next flight.
00:59:23.199 --> 00:59:23.519
Bye.
00:59:23.920 --> 00:59:24.480
See y'all later.