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Any Chicagoans here? I have a 3 hr layover at Midway next month and I've never seen the Willis Skybox.

Can I reasonably grab an uber and see Sears tower (prepaid tickets, no line) and uber back in time to get through airport security within 3 hrs? I think yes 😀

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Hey, so I DID this layover but booked a flight with 5 hours just in case. FWIW, we needed all 5 hours to do it comfortably using Uber and prepaid skybox tickets from MDW.

It was AWESOME! Felt great to pull it off before flying on!

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Update! We did skybox in 5 hours layover and pretty much needed all of it. 3 hrs would not have worked. Highly recommended using uber is aprox $28 each way from MDW. It was a blast. With another hour you could hit the excellent restaurants near Willis tower.

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Pro tip: For skiplagging, it's carry on luggage ONLY. Any check in luggage is headed for your official "destination" and you'll never see it again 😉

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Yes, you can still Smoke on US flights if you just know how to frame the narrative

#freedom

https://youtube.com/shorts/0wPip1IrVyE?si=wsiFaw9-MSZSV-2T

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ANYONE KNOW FOR SURE WHY SouthWest Airlines FLight code is "WN"??

I've heard it's for "We're Nuts". Best explanation I've seen is that SW was taken (Air Namibia, from the old name Suid-Wes Lugdiens [South-West Airservice]), so they just took one with a W with it, and WN was available. Or it was just an FU to North West by reversing their NW code...

Anyone know for sure? :)

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How to hack your car for true NON STOP DRIVING!

https://youtube.com/shorts/H4HiMNtR1dQ?si=hyDfUXzGL7wE1f3O

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Save BIGLY on a cruise with an inside "virtual real time balcony". You'll walk the ship IRL once you wake up.

#travelhacks I stayed in the cheapest virtual balcony cabin on Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas. Look inside my $137 a night room.

https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2024/03/05/royal-caribbean-anthem-of-seas-cheapest-cabin-review-interior-stateroom-photos

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THE WORLD IS GOING TO "DYNAMIC PRICING" so BUYING YOUR STRAW HATS IN THE WINTER is more important than ever.

Football games, cruises, flights, everything.

BE EARLY and CHECK OFTEN. If you book flights after 12 midnight (when travel agents release their 3 day holds) you'll see seats and prices others don't. Planning pays. Shop 3 months in advance or more.

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LOL. Learn the scuttlebutt and intrigue surrounding your SAMSUNG phone.

(context and all that :)

https://www.facebook.com/stephaniesoo.official/videos/1371288483765143/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

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One more tune..

Its ot in Gaelic, but If this doesn't make you want to pack up and start an Hebridean Air BnB, nothing will. :)

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Even MORE Gaelic sagas.

Speakers Up

Enjoy (why wasn't she at Lillith Fair? :)

https://youtu.be/oZEhc3j2t8I?si=xSBdZ6Dxkc8-B4Xb

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GAELIC is a wild ass language

(Talking UNST here still)

Speakers Up

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZefyNYqpYM&list=RDEMML3LQ8Tp4BIKbRvNHPkiYw&index=5&pp=8AUB

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First time to a desert region? Be careful out there

https://youtube.com/shorts/CzYScyiuLdM?si=oCbTRVyFSZgkwiR6

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Dolphins LOVE modern ships. Here's why

https://youtube.com/shorts/CzYScyiuLdM?si=oCbTRVyFSZgkwiR6

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Out of destinations? See if you can get to Shetland (yep, the ponies) and then to Britain's most northerly place, UNST!

I've got pony breeders from there on one sidd of the family tree, and it's on my bucket list

https://youtu.be/tSqV6Po3YwQ?si=UQhbuYeCU4rnSPof

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I haven't flown in 40 years. No reason to start now. I like my privacy.

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Just wear a burkha and gas mask, like me. It's a total gas

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I agree... In principle

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The pilots have taken the CJab.

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Yes. Make sure your plane is big enough to have two of them.

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