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In addition to getting you where you want to go, those hours spent on a plane — or trapped at the airport — are a guilt-free ...

This past weekend, I slid into an assigned seat on what I think was the biggest airplane I have ever been on. Stuck between a window and a stranger for a flight over the Atlantic, I decided to seize ...