Best to just avoid taking liquids period, if you need toiletries stop at WalMart while you are at your friend's and pick up some travel thingies.
^ That's probably what I'll be doing. ^
* Cross your fingers and hope the seat next to you is empty or doesn't have a huge fat person taking up half of your seat.
^ fixed 
^* Use flights to catch up on portable gaming, so make sure you have a few games at least to shuffle around, cause playing the same one can get a bit boring
^ That's where Ecro comes in
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* Books are also recommended
^ I can't read in the car so I'm not going to chance it while flying, but I'll probably take a book with me for the layovers. ^
* Good luck trying to sleep, extremely uncomfortable, that's why you want a window seat so you can lean against it
^ I can sleep anywhere, anytime.
Will the flight attendant give me a pillow and blanket? Will I have to pay for them? ^* When the plane lifts off, your stomach will lurch and sink inside you, but that subsides quickly
* For every DOWN there is an UP, so do not worry if the plane rocks, kinda like a boat
^ This is good to know and exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for. If I wasn't expecting my stomach to lurch/the plane to rock so much I'd be like "oh god here comes the puke!" ^* Take chips or some snack with you, don't get swindled into buying their plane food, they usually offer peanuts or crackers and a small glass of soda anyway
^ Someone told me they have free soda/water/juice, and you only have to pay for an alcoholic beverage. I don't plan on drinking alcohol. Is everything else free in your experience? ^The only thing I would add to demi's tips is to try to stand up at least every couple of hours so as to not screw up the circulation in your legs. Something about being up so high does something to the circulation in your legs that forms blood clots. An acquaintance of mine (in his twenties, not an old guy and not out of shape) died in his sleep a few weeks after taking several long-distance trip because a blood clot had formed in his legs, undetected.
^ That's very scary and sad. ^
How long is the flight?
^ 1 hour 32 minutes, then 1 hour 10 minutes, then 1 hour 51 minutes going.
Coming home it's 1 hour 8 minutes, 1 hour 55 minutes, 1 hour 31 minutes. So the longest I'd be sitting is two hours, but I will stand up and move my legs a bit at least once during every flight.
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- all liquids must be placed in a 1-quart (no bigger, no smaller) ziplock baggie. they had some at my airport in case you need them, but i brought my own. they're just your typical sandwich sized ziplocks.
^ Thank you, because I wasn't sure what the quart-sized ones were.
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- only liquids in the bag, nothing else. (i had lip gloss, mascara, and concealer in mine)
^ I thought makeup wasn't considered liquid. Maybe it depends on the airline, I'm definitely going to look it up. ^
oh and they don't tell you this on the site, but when you actually go through security, you have to place the ziplock bag in its own separate bin, like you do with a laptop computer.
^ I heard that someplace too. Like when you're going...I don't know, into a national monument or something and you have to take your keys and cell phone and metal stuff and put it in a separate bin while someone searches your purse? ^
My only real trick is: If you get slight motion sickness, I've found that drinking ginger ale can settle your stomach.
^ You know, I hate ginger ale, but I might just grin and bear it if I end up needing to. ^
What airline are you flying?
^ Delta. I didn't pick it, just went with the cheapest one. They're all the same to me. ^
Don't forget your chewing gum.
^ For chewing and blowing bubbles! ^
make sure you're not sitting next to a bathroom.
^ Thanksss
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