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My weather colleague and friend Francis Wilson, of Sky News in London, defines English summer as “three fine days and a thunderstorm.” In my experience this description is accurate, including a recent layover at Heathrow airport. One fine August day – overcast and 63 degrees.

  

I do enjoy flying British Airways. Their seats are leather, and have a width appropriate for the average adult body. BA also serves proper airline snacks – cookies with coffee, or proper sized bag of nuts, even on a short flight. That is much better than the mini-bags of pretzels we are subjected to in the US.

 

But even better than that was the midday fare on the KLM City Hopper from Geneva to Amsterdam.

We had a cheese sandwich, a chicken salad sandwich, and a choice of beverage (wine or beer included). Keep in mind, Americans, it was only a one hour and fifteen minute flight – and I was in coach. There were only two flight attendants on board, and they had no trouble serving lunch and getting everything picked up before we landed.

Compare that to my one hour flight from Minneapolis to Sioux Falls on Northwest/Delta. When we took off, the two flight attendants announced that – due to the short duration of the flight – we would not have any beverage service in the “main cabin.”

 

Cheapskates.

Jay News, Travel