Originally Posted by
lovely15
What's so fun about packing your belongings into one small bag, getting sexually assaulted at a security checkpoint, and then spending the next four hours with your knees in your chest while the 500 pound guy next to you spills over into your seat?
Take-off, landing, and the sights outside the window. Traveling to somewhere new or visiting friends and family is a bonus.
I once received a rather sizable IDB voucher for a spur of the moment trip on a Friday night from SFO to Reno. When I got home, I called United and found flights I could apply the voucher towards just to fly somewhere the next day.