Throughout 2024, many Americans traveled extensively throughout the United States.
Some travelers may have joined the heated travel debate in 2024.
As 2025 begins, here’s a roundup of some of the biggest travel conversations circulating on the internet.
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airplane middle seat hacking
This hack, which has been circulating online, shows someone faking the purchase of multiple seats to avoid automatically getting the middle seat. (St. Petersburg)
The content creator shared a video detailing how to “avoid middle seats when riding Travel Hack.”
Jorden Talley shared that when booking on low-cost airlines, travelers have to wait for check-in and open a separate browser.
Traveler’s viral flight booking hack to avoid the dreaded middle seat sparks debate
Then, in an additional browser, click on the middle seat and type a random word into the information page to pretend you have booked it.
“The system will hold those seats for about 10-15 minutes,” the content creator said in a video about the seat reservation hack. (St. Petersburg)
“When you do this, the system will hold those seats for about 10 to 15 minutes and reserve them at that time,” Tually said in the video.
Adam Duckworth, president and founder of Travelmation, told Fox News Digital that “this middle seat hack will not save enough money to justify the time it will take to implement it.” .
Arrive at the airport “6 and a half hours early”
A TikTok user (not pictured) said he arrives at the airport six and a half hours before his flight. Social media users also weighed in. (St. Petersburg)
A viral TikTok video posted by a comedian has caught the attention of social media users who travel.
In the video, the user says, “I’ll be at the airport 6 and a half hours early.”
Other TikTok users also took to the comments section to discuss the appropriate time to arrive at the airport before your flight departs.
One user seemed to agree with the video message, writing, “I’ve never felt so safe and understood.”
Debate erupts after air traveler reveals he arrived at the airport six hours before his flight. TSA involvement
Another person commented, “I (arrived) 40 minutes before the flight.”
One user said, “Everything was delayed except for the airport.”
Another user commented, “I’m 2-3 hours early.”
“We recommend arriving at the checkpoint two hours early for domestic flights and three hours early for international flights,” a TSA spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
Airplane “trash talk”
A Reddit user shared a tip for asking other passengers to throw out their trash instead of putting it in the back pockets of their airplane seats. (St. Petersburg)
One traveler took to social media to discuss why his fellow passengers on the plane didn’t dispose of trash properly, and shared how to fix the problem.
The memo, posted on the r/SouthwestAirlines forum, was titled “People’s Favorite Trick to Put Garbage in Seatback Pockets.”
“While I’m waiting to disembark, I’m going to say, ‘I think you left your AirPods in your setback pocket,’ so they know they’re trash,” the person said. I’m writing.
The user added, “I’ve done this four times, two times I took out the trash, the guy said, ‘I don’t have AirPods,’ and the last guy said it’s none of his business.” “I did,” he added.
Users discussed this issue in the comments section of the post.
Airplane passengers call out fellow passengers about bad habits and share solutions to problems
“We should run garbage collection points the same way we collect money at churches. Same reason. People feel guilty to bury their trash every time it passes by. Problem solved,” one person suggested. .
Another said: “There will always be idiots, idiots and scumbags who don’t care about anything.”
Gary Leff, a Texas-based travel industry expert and author of the blog View From the Wing, told Fox News Digital that trash is often scattered in seat pockets and left on the floor. he said.
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“Increasingly, airlines spend little time cleaning between flights. Airlines don’t schedule their planes with enough time on the ground to do that. “When flights are delayed, it’s one of the first things that gets cut,” Leff said.
Flight “seat switch”
One etiquette expert suggested that changing seats on a plane could be a little inconvenient depending on the situation. (St. Petersburg)
A viral post on Reddit sparks a heated debate over plane etiquette and personal boundaries after a passenger admits refusing to give up an aisle seat when another traveler asks for one. It happened.
The memo, posted on Reddit’s r/AITAH forum, was titled, “I refused to give up my aisle seat on a 15-hour flight for an elderly woman who was disabled.”
The passenger said she thought the woman simply didn’t want to sit in her assigned seat because the passenger next to her spilled onto the seat.
Passengers who refuse to swap seats with older women discuss airplane ‘seat swaps’
People are divided online over the refusal of the “seat switch”, with some defending the passenger’s decision and others expressing concern for the elderly woman.
“I’m a big guy so I have to book two seats or fly first class. Grandma can do the same thing. She was just being cheap and trying to take over your seat.” the user commented.
Airplane passengers and travelers took to social media to share their latest opinions and discuss various hacks and topics. (St. Petersburg)
One person suggested, “Look the flight attendant in the eye. Smile politely and say, ‘If the alternative is business class or higher, we’ll swap seats.'”
“I’m a former flight attendant. People with disabilities are usually supposed to sit in window seats for safety reasons,” one passenger claimed.
“No one is obligated to change seats,” Rosalinda Randall, a California-based etiquette expert, told Fox News Digital.
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Randall said it’s okay to politely request a seat change, although it may annoy other passengers.
