Welcome to FlyerTalk… as this is a general travel topic it will likely do better in the TravelBuzz forum, where there have been several other relatively recent discussions of this same topic:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...ar-flying.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...ime-flyer.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...ng-flight.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...fear-mine.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...ar-flying.html

Good luck, and safe travels!

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