tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540911873094895295.post6386497350986505089..comments2024-03-20T01:16:54.017+00:00Comments on Akin Akintayo: Thought Picnic: Seeking other travel companionsAkin Akintayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254117443398207562noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540911873094895295.post-29387532904525915532012-01-05T07:27:17.367+00:002012-01-05T07:27:17.367+00:00Hello CodLiverOil,
I used my airmiles for this tr...Hello CodLiverOil,<br /><br />I used my airmiles for this trip to India, so I travelled out on KLM direct to New Delhi on Business Class but they were asking for twice the number of airmiles for the return leg on Business so I took Coach Class instead which included a 3-hour stop-over in Paris with Air France from New Delhi and then KLM to Amsterdam.<br /><br />The world of difference between the classes is amazing, I literally slept in a bed on the way out and could hardly get a 9 degree recline of my seat on the way back apart from sitting 10 in a row when I had upper-deck privacy and personal entertainment etc.<br /><br />I used to have the customs woes when I lived in the UK, hardly ever here I also avail myself of all those priority things like iris-scan and elite status privilege taking most of the stress out of travel.<br /><br />There is every need to travel well and comfortably, at least, I have managed to spoil myself that way.Akin Akintayohttp://akinblog.nlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540911873094895295.post-7932559839541471272012-01-05T00:14:12.531+00:002012-01-05T00:14:12.531+00:00Which airline did you travel with? Did you fly dir...Which airline did you travel with? Did you fly directly back to Amsterdam, or did you transit elsewhere?<br /><br />Whenever I travel, I tend to be singled out by customs and frisked and cross-questioned because they have it in their mind that I'm some sort of drug smuggler (which for the record I'm not). <br /><br />Now I have been conditioned to expect this whenever I travel. There is not much one can do about it, except answer their questions politely, pack up one's belongings and continue with one's journey.<br /><br />There is nothing like equal treatment, if there was, then all the passengers on the plane should be subjected to this. <br /><br />The situation is as it is, and one must learn to accept it gracefully and move on.Codliveroilnoreply@blogger.com