Airline Travel Updates for 2024: Airports / Airplanes

0:00 happy New Year if you are flying in 2024 these travel updates will have a huge impact on making your airplane and Airport experience better the newest updates for American Airlines Delta Airlines and United Airlines are that they are flying to new cities in 2024 American Airlines will start flying to Copenhagen Denmark nce France and Naples Italy Delta will fly to more Dom domestic cities in the summer of 2024 including Detroit to Anchorage which I thought was interesting and then one from United Airlines is that they're going to now start flying to farro Portugal which is a coastal town I don't

0:45 know how you pronounce it more and more areas in our beautiful world are opening up for us in January of 2024 the Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport will now open the self self scanning little pods in the TSA line where you get to scan your own self and your own bags by yourself in your individual pods they're going to have four systems or pods set up they're going to have doors that let you enter into that it's open air and then you will have your screening done by yourself the machine that's in there and your baggage screen and then the doors will open once you and your bags have passed a test if you

1:32 do something wrong like you leave a half empty water bottle in your backpack and the Machine notifies you you can then fix it you do not have to wait on a TSA officer to come and inspect that bag and put you through the whole process again the goal for passengers in 2024 is to make your airport experience through airport security streamlined quicker but still being being safe and keeping crew member and Airport staff safe as well the Las Vegas airport is the only place this new system will be in in place but I would like to think of it as a self-scanning aisle of your grocery store you are in charge of doing everything but notice there are two

2:19 potential problems with that one you're relying on machines to do all of the work and then two you're relying on people to follow rules which is what we are supposed to be doing in the regular airport security Lanes which means we will probably need extra staff when a machine breaks or when one of us doesn't understand what to do next for example however when other airports can afford this new technology people will get faster and faster and it will become more streamlined another travel update that I have noticed on my recent trip to Belgium which you may have noticed as well domestically the area for your personal item bag under your airplane seat seems to be

3:04 getting smaller because of two reasons one all of the technology updates in airplanes needed for flights these days and then also for a footrest that I had under my airplane seat my gray backpack barely fit I had my prescription shampoo in the outer pocket so the bar went against it so it leaked a little bit but I did have it in a sandwich bag but that footrest bar dipped Down Under the airplane seat so we just have to be prepared I have a new backpack it's by noad Lane and I have only flown with this to Knoxville Tennessee it is streamlined but I'm still practicing on how I can pack more efficiently in it

3:50 and get away with carrying a smaller personal item bag especially if your airline uh going to Australia flying on International airplanes they are restricting the size to an obnoxious impossible small size I really think they're trying to get us to check our bags more often but even for the personal item bags they have to be really small my husband got this brand new one and I've covered up part of it because he helps with something with his airline but it is also streamlined like mine and you can find that one on Amazon it is fantastic you'll see the inner uh fabric looks burgundy it's really like a dark brick burgundy color like a reddish

4:36 Garnet color that's more masculine if you want that the fabric is the same as this Nomad Lane it's very luxurious fabric on the outside high quality zippers but it's streamlined and one travel hack that I thought of coming back from Belgium is if you look at passengers who are wearing a black backpack or a black tote bag it looks smaller so I think you could get away with it with some Airlines if it's black but the thing I like about this and the other bag is that they have the lighter interior one thing I did in December I bought like eight of my favorite backpacks The Love Book brand it's on Amazon but I bought eight different ones

5:22 and I only liked three of them I returned them all because I do not need another backpack right now now that's just to show you that in 2024 if you were looking for luggage or for personal item bags in a different size find a place that has free returns if you do not like it it's not even worth $1 and then return it my I have a video on the best carry-on luggage because I went into stores I bought the items I'm returning the items so that I can test it so that you can test it and really see if the wheels are sturdy and if you can pack in certain features I talk about that in my video let us know if

6:08 you have been able to not use your ID in Delta's flights for Detroit Atlanta Loria and JFK if you have used their app and you have pre pre-check just like the other program in Las Vegas if you have those you do not have to show your ID with that app but because all of us fly different airlines and will maybe never fly through Atlanta or never fly through Las Vegas I just wanted to touch on these updates there's also an app that you can use with American Airlines where you download all of your information your picture and then with that app it pulls up your picture so you do not have to Fumble around looking for your ID

6:55 like these other systems and that way you get through airport security faster now with every update with any company but now with travel updates your first time or your second time you might feel uncomfortable change is not good but it's always constant especially in the travel industry so you are just going to be patient with you and here's an important travel tip that you can do to help in 20124 steel that is to arrive to the airport be inside the airport 2 hours before your plane boards that means they make you get in line 30 to 45 minutes now before the domestic flight takeoff so you'll look at your ticket on

7:42 that time subtract 30 minutes or 45 minutes and you need to be in the airport 2 hours before that time it's just going to help you be less stressed because you stressed less as a Pilot's Wife I have been flying with carry-on luggage and through airport security for over 20 years so take the these tips for me one great travel update is for the shenen or shenin uh visa for traveling to Europe in 2024 it has been delayed just like our gold star identification driver's licensing here in America for another year until 2025 so that's good news Europe travel was much faster for me I have not been there in 5 years but I've been to Belgium now this last year but

8:28 Belgium the streamlined process made us keep moving I ran into two viewers hi in the Belgium airport can you believe that the airport security in Belgium was fast and it kept us moving I did do something that I have not had to do in America and that is I switched to my smaller um my smaller liquids bag because their liquids bag contents are smaller than our ziplock brand qut side size bag so I did not want to get pulled out of line um let us know if you've had any problems with liquids in other countries but I have a whole video coming out in a week um about the Europe one I packed for Europe that was I I can't wait to

9:14 share those ideas with you let us know if you have Global Entry global entry and TSA pre-check cannot be used in other countries those are only United States of America things okay that we pay for so if you cannot afford Global Entry then just get pre-check my travel tip for 2024 is if you do not fly internationally more than two times a year it's not really worth it to have Global Entry there is a free app that you can have which is mobile passport control and that will help you have all of your documents on the app and then when you land at that airport or come in from a cruise ship that will be in that that app and it will streamline your

10:00 process as well when we got back from Belgium our flight was delayed so no other flights were there in the Washington dullas Airport Customs so we had no wait time so I didn't get to try out the app when I landed there I wanted to give you an update about wearing your mask in the airplane and in airports woo when we were in Belgium the Christmas markets we were about this close to every single person every night walking through the crowds and there are maybe a third of the people who are wearing masks out in public in the airport as well as in the airplane so you're not going to get shamed like many people thought you did a couple of years ago it's just the norm to see some people wearing them and some people not

10:46 if you do want to wear a mask my lady still makes them for you and I will put her information in the first comment for you they do not fog up my reading glasses that's why I used hers a few years ago this next update is about delayed flights or cancelled flights and just as we found out over the last few years you kind of have to be your own medical Advocate now you have to be your travel Advocate what I have found out is that Airlines have a customer service page so the major airlines they will have that customer service page that promises what they will do if you have a significant delay or a cancellation my travel tip to you is to find your airline when you

11:34 book your ticket and take screenshots of what they promise the vague wording is where it we're going to have a hiccup and have some help for that the vague terminology on that Airlines website is a significant delay what is significant I know on two of them it said like over 3 hours but they discuss what they will do for meal vouchers for hotel vouch for transportation if your flight is cancelled overnight or if it is significantly delayed one tip to not ruin the entire awful experience for you as passengers is pay attention to their wording with reasonable accommodations because even Pilots do it if their hotel

12:20 is not ready or something like that then um you may want to get a night stay at the Four Seasons well an airline is not going toay pay you for a night in a hotel at the Four Seasons because that's not reasonable accommodation so save yourself the stress and don't try to trick the system the most helpful tip is that even though they have these pages on their website if it is an uncontrollable circumstance like weather which is most of the reason why flights are like this then it is always up to you the airline is exempt from having to pay a meal Transportation accommodation for you so just know that ahead of time but by taking the screenshots of what their website says that I think that

13:06 will help you know before you go and know or have it in your back pocket in your phone if that problem occurs the United States Department of Transportation is holding Airlines responsible for what they promise so what can you as a passenger do in 2024 take screenshots of what has happened or the updates that have come AC across your airline app and an important one is to write down the flight number or in the notes section of your phone for example so that you can and they will know the flight that it happened with we just had a record number beat 2019s traveler numbers who went through airport security over Thanksgiving so

13:52 there are more passengers out there now which means they need more airplanes and more pilots and they are getting better all of the major airlines are getting the new airbuses the new boeings and there are two things about that one is because there's such demand for travel just like in 2023 if an airplane breaks or five airplanes break throughout the 5,000 airports in the United States they may not have five airplanes who can substitute that day so your flight might get canceled until the next day it's just a recipe for delays my tip is to go first thing in the morning so that you may have other flights later that day if

14:38 one cancels or is the plane is broken airlines are hiring with stiff competition more pilots every day every week so that'll be good the second thing about the new airplanes is like I told you last year but now we're really seeing an influx of brand new airplanes but also reconfigured airplanes that means the overhead bins are now bigger for all of our carry-on suitcases and this is how they have to stand up in the airplane you put it into the overhead bin like that not like that that means that every passenger will have space or a slot for their carry-on suitcase one tip to

15:25 consider is that if an airplane has been reconfigured not all of the time do the gate agents know that so they think it's the old airplane size and they don't have the system because their booking system and all that stuff is so Antiquated they do not have the updates that that airplane has been reconfigured and now does have more space for passengers so that leads me to my other travel tips for my other videos and that is have your electronics and your your medication that is essential in your personal item bag in case they have to check your bag last minute to the belly of the airplane and then it could get lost or the problem with a technology is

16:13 if it's a lithium battery which our phone chargers our um Power Banks those have lithium batteries in them which can be combustible so they do not allow them in the belly of the airplane and then if they lose your bag you need that medicine so having it in your purse liem bag will help another update that in the fall of this last year I've had all four Airlines tell me to put my cross body bag in my personal item bag only two bags no more so they are being strict but then my flight to doulas and my flight to Belgium were no one said anything I was on United Airlines for that and I treated myself to a first class ticket both ways

16:59 they allowed everyone to take in their crossbody bag but our update that I talked about in the fall is I leave space in the top of my backpack in case there's a strict gate agent that day many of you have heard that my brother got hired with Hawaiian Airlines at age 49 years old um Hawaiian has now merged with Alaskan and it will look pretty seamless to you passengers because they are still going to be still going to be operating at has two different airlines even though they've merged but we believe a judge is going to allow spirit and Jet Blue to merge we'll see how that unveils in 2024 one travel tip or a travel challenge I want to give to you

17:46 this year in January of 2024 is to organize between your trips right now if you're not going anywhere for a few months organize your items I have a whole video that gives you ideas uh one thing I do is with my compression cubes since they come in a set of six and I have several sets I just pack them empty inside the largest one and I zip it up that helps a little bit but I've got some great tips and tricks for you in another video if I asked you which airport you thought had the longest TSA lines in airport security which airport would you say and we all say Denver those lines look so long and they

18:31 are they are wrapped around and then they go around the side corner all right but they have two options for you as passengers I don't know if this is new to you but I did notice like in the in September that there were clear operators walking through the line saying would you like to sign up for clear today and that is a travel hack sign up for clear for three months you and any kid under 17 or 18 get to go through that line it's not worth it to me if you do not fly very often to pay for that every single year and pay for pre-check but if you're going to that airport do it they want to speed up your wait time in airport security so here's what they do Denver International Airport allows you now to reserve your

19:18 spot in line and if you look you can see the little purple rectangle just research and just find out if it can serve you in 2024 it looks like it's a clear employee doing that but it's separate okay and they do have three different airport security areas so just research that on your own if you will be going through the Denver International Airport but a lot of airports because of the high demand for travel they have the money um they are making new and cool things to do inside your airport as well as airports in different parts of the world let let us know if you see like throughout this year just put it on another video in a comment saying oh

20:04 guess what they had at this airport I know Denver in 2019 they had ice skating um and they have this whole outdoor area by the security line um that's really cool as well all right thanks for your time I hope you have great flights and ontime departures and smooth airport security experiences