Baggage fees.. Tightening the Screws
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Aigtbootbp
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I think I will just drive next time I go to Cozumel, anyone want to carpool?
I don't travel light, I don't whine about baggage fees, I don't do laundry on vacation, and I don't feel like I need to defend my underwear choices to anyone. YMMV. 
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Ok yes, there are smaller liability limits on International flights than on Domestic, true. It's $9.07/pound for routes covered by the Warsaw convention, but for "travel governed by the Montreal Convention - 1,131 SDR (Special Drawing Rights) per ticketed passenger" = $1791, and I believe this route is the latter. Always good to confirm before spending.
Some people actually do, to haul household goods, move cars, etc. There are some trips on the Texas forum and others. Spend the night in Brownsville TX, cross the Grande very early, drive non-stop for 20+ hours, take the 5am car ferry from PDC - ugg.
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Good thing you wear socks. In March, when I was heading to Cozumel, I took my shoes off to go through security in Phoenix (of course everyone was in a rush). I took one step after de-shoeing and stepped on a huge wad of fresh gum some little kid must have spit out.
So there I was stuck to the floor, gum embedded in my nice clean socks and the TSA guy just looked at me like I was a dope. I asked for a paper towel and he handed me a kleenex (gum + kleenex = big mess). I got most of it off and continued through security. Not fun !!
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azscubadude
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It's probably easier to get the gum off bare feet, but J has me convinced I'll get ringworm.
Still, knowing some of the highlights of humanity I've spied in airports, I'm not convinced that it was a kid that spat the gum on the floor. Might have even been one of the TSA agents
No wager here, it's already begun:I wonder how long it will be after they start this that someone will just whip it out and pee on the beverage cart, or in a cup like you do at the doctor's office..
A decision by Australian airline Jetstar to let a passenger off with a warning after he urinated in the aisle during a flight from Auckland to Singapore -- spraying one man and wetting a woman's scarf -- sparked anger Wednesday.
The man, who was a passenger on the flight Monday, made the unsavory bathroom stop about six hours into the 11-hour flight, the New Zealand Herald reported.
Drunk Man Who Urinated In Aisle during Flight To Singapore Let Off With Warning
About 35 minutes later, when she tried to go to the bathroom, the flight attendants directed her to a different lavatory. Instead, she pulled down her pants and urinated on the floor,
Affadavit: Woman Who Caused Plane Diversion Urinated on Floor, Passed Notes to Crew - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com
SkyWest Airlines apologized to a passenger who said he wasn't allowed to use the restroom during a one-hour flight and ended up urinating in an air-sickness bag after two "really big beers."
Passenger who urinated in air-sickness bag gets apology from airline - USATODAY.com
A United Airlines flight was diverted to Charlotte after a passenger lit a
cigarette, argued with a flight attendant, then urinated in the plane's aisle,
the airline said.
USATODAY.com - Flight diverted after passenger smokes, urinates in aisle
And I'll add my personal story, which occurred over 20 years ago. We were on a bus from Tijuana to Mexicali in order to catch a train to Guadalajara and then connect to Mexico City, back when Mexico still had an intact train system. The bus was first-class, meaning no chickens aboard and they purportedly had a bathroom. Good thing, since my on-board refreshment consisted of a six-pack of Carta Blanca. Unfortunately, by the time I was finished, and my weak bladder ready to burst, the bathroom had already broken (we were in the front of the bus, the bathroom in the back, and you could still smell how broken it was, especially since Mexicans keep the windows shut tightly on buses to avoid the "mal aire" which apparently means air that is not tainted by used frijoles). With no airsick bag in sight, my only recourse was to refill each of the Carta Blanca bottles, which luckily were easy to re-cap. However, the bus at one point went up a steep hill, and my personal stash of 6 urine samples all went rolling to the back of the bus. Oops.
To this day, I wonder if anyone (or rather, how many) saw the free beer rolling down in their direction and opted to take a swig. Given the similarity of Carta Blanca and urine, it's entirely possible that someone may have finished off the bottle without realizing the bait and switch.
To this day, I wonder if anyone (or rather, how many) saw the free beer rolling down in their direction and opted to take a swig. Given the similarity of Carta Blanca and urine, it's entirely possible that someone may have finished off the bottle without realizing the bait and switch.
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