A flight attendant has revealed the ‘punishment’ she metes out to passengers who refuse to swap seats to help families with young children – and says 80 percent of her trips are now plagued by similar requests.
Mitra Amirzadeh, a flight attendant based in Orlando, said seat-swap requests have become so frequent they occur during eight out of her ten monthly shifts.
While she rarely intervenes, Amirzadeh, 38, said she will step in as a meditator when a child is
The tennis world is reeling after news broke that Konstantin Koltsov, long-time partner of two-time Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka, died in the early hours of Tuesday morning in an ‘apparent suicide’ at an upscale Miami hotel.
As shocking as news of the former ice hockey star’s death was, particularly after early reports in Belarusian media stated that the 42-year-old had died of an suspected detached blood clot, it is made all the more heart-wrenching in light of the very
When it comes to great value holidays, it’s hard to beat a cruise. That’s why more people than ever are catching on with a record 35.7million due to cruise this year — that’s up six per cent from 31.5million in 2023, according to the Cruise Lines International Association.
January falls into the Wave Season when cruise lines push the boat out with their best offers — so whether it’s a fly-cruise or a sailing from the UK on a new
Matthew Perry had dozens of life-saving operations, 15 trips to rehab clinics and spent $9 million trying to get clean as he struggled with drugs and alcohol.
Perry died aged 54 ‘after drowning in his jacuzzi at home,’ sources said on Saturday although no drugs were found on scene and there was no indication of foul play.
First responders were called to reports of a ‘cardiac arrest’ at his Los Angeles abode, according to law enforcement sources.
Perry previously detailed
In the second of the Back to the Future movies, Michael J. Fox’s character, Marty McFly, wore a jacket that rapidly air-dried itself after a lake dunking. ‘Drying mode on,’ the jacket’s robot voice intoned before quickly confirming, ‘Your jacket is now dry.’ If real, this would be such a brilliant piece of travel kit, especially as it no doubt had warm-up and cool-down functionality, too.
We live eight years after the 1989 film’s ‘future’ date of 2015 but don’t
The Passport Office is still giving out incorrect information about the validity of children’s passports when travelling to the Eorpean Union, it has been revealed.
That is despite it being 32 months since the rules changed post-Brexit. It means expensive family holidays abroad are being potentially put at risk.
One family told the Independent they were on the brink of cancelling a £5,000 holiday after being assured, repeatedly, their nine-year-old’s passport had expired. However, after finding out this was incorrect,
Anyone unluckily enough to spend this summer in London will be familiar with its steel grey skies, bracing cold winds and heavy bursts of unseasonal rain.
But not all of us have the luxuries afforded a Hollywood star, among them a rented yacht, private jets and a seemingly endless resource of cash.
Such is the life of Leonardo DiCaprio, whose list of overseas destinations since June could fill the average passport.
The Oscar-winning actor and environmentalist appeared to be taking
An increasing number of Britons are turning to rail travel to transport themselves to ‘cloud wine’, Trainline has revealed.
Data gathered by the rail and coach platform shows that stations serving five UK vineyards have all seen a marked increase in footfall this July compared to last year, with Trainline’s Chief Product Officer Dave Price pointing out that ‘Trainline’s digital railcards are a brilliant way to make a saving’ for group trips to the vines – with no designated driver
During her early visits to Balmoral, the Princess of Wales was given a sweet welcome by the late Queen in the form of a rare privilege.
The Princess of Wales was undoubtedly a little nervous upon her first few visits, but the late Queen wanted to ensure that Prince William’s then-girlfriend enjoyed her stay at Balmoral.
To ensure that she felt welcome, the late Queen reportedly switched up one of the important rules just for Kate.
According to royal expert
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