Few Advices For Flying

Here are some advices by Michael Nielson who is a physicist that travels a lot, sure he doesn’t go on backpacking but the airport are suitable for everyone.

Departing at the airport Buy some water. You’re rarely served enough onboard. Buy some healthy snacks to eat onboard. Get some foreign currency. It’s tempting not too – you can usually get by without it – but it’s usually useful to have at least a couple of hundred dollars for emergencies

In a revised post he adds another important tip

Booking flights Construct a list of standard routes and flight times that work best for you, and request those. To be effective, you need to either memorize the list, or file it in a location very easily accessible (< 30 seconds) from where you or your assistant make travel bookings. Have a list of preferred carriers you specifically request. Mine are Qantas, American, and British Airways. I fly Qantas mostly, and American and BA give me frequent flyer points on Qantas, which helps me upgrade to business class. Another advantage is that most carriers (Qantas included) have different classes of frequent flyer (bronze, silver, gold and platinum, in Qantas� case), and all sorts of nice effects start to kick in as you move up the classes. My preferred seats are forward in the plane, on the right hand side (get off faster), window seat (people don�t climb over you when you�re asleep), exit row or bulkhead.

From my personal experience I can add that the seat at the front of the plan is really helpful when you land and want to leave the airport with as little queues as possible.