Seven Travel Pro Tips to Help You Survive Thanksgiving Week
Published at | Updated at(NEW YORK) — With Thanksgiving fast approaching, the only thing standing between you and and a healthy heap of mashed potatoes may be a friendly travel agent and a cross-country flight.
But on some of the busiest travel days of the year, navigating the airport can be tricky.
Here are a seven tips to keep your journey (hopefully) headache-free:
- Print your boarding pass ahead of time.
- Download your airline’s mobile app.
- If you are carrying-on a gift, do yourself a favor: leave it unwrapped in case the Transportation Security Administration needs to check it out.
- If you are putting valuables through TSA carry-on screening, tape your business card to them in case you accidentally leave them behind.
- Sign up for TSA pre-check so you can fly through security lines — with your shoes on.
- Make sure your carry-on bag fits by checking ahead of time. And if the agent asks you to gate check it, listen — nothing delays a departure like having to take bags back off a full plane.
- If you want more legroom, think about paying for an economy plus seat, which often comes with a better boarding time.
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