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If you could fly for free, how would your life change?
A Malaysian woman gave birth in flight, and the airline is offering her and her baby free flights for life. If it were you, how would it change your life? Where would you go, how often, what would you do?
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October 26, 2009 01:10 AM
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Free flights would definitely change my and my family’s lives. First, my family and I moved to another state last year due to economical reasons, far away from former friends and family members. Having the opportunity to fly free of cost would allow my children to visit with grandparents and aunts/uncles much more often to foster closer family relationships and spend greater amounts of quality time in person rather than on the phone. We have family and friends all across the US and mainly stay in contact via social networking sites, since long hours driving or costly airfare deter us from actually visiting more during the year. Therefore having free, unlimited traveling opportunities would help us reconnect with friends that we haven’t been able to see for many years and visit our far-away family during more occasions throughout the year. Also, I would be able to visit my home country, which is Germany and reintroduce my children (who were born there but haven’t seen Germany in 5 years) to the local culture. We also have relatives in Peru and Puerto Rico and I would love for my children to learn about the Latin American culture which they are part of (but not as frequently exposed to in our current area) as well. Apart from family visits, I would take my family and explore the world whenever we had spare money for other travel expenses, such as hotel cost and shopping. I have always wanted to travel more through Europe and Asia and learn more foreign languages. I think free airfare would just open the door for increased opportunities to learn more about our world and its diverse cultures that enrich our lives.
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October 26, 2009 12:00 AM
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It would change my life immensely, because all of a sudden doing weekend trips to various places would not be too expensive. It wouldn't change my work schedule unfortunately, so I couldn't up and travel wherever I wanted to. I'd make it my personal goal to visit every state in the U.S. within a year!
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October 26, 2009 12:08 AM
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oh, wow. How wouldn't it!
I would go to places way too expensive for me to fly to, like the Antarctic or Alaska or Africa ( its a long way from me )
I would take my children to places they only read about.
I would take a big trip each year to somewhere interesting and different and I'd take little trips during the year around my country because its a big place, and even though I would consider myself to be well travelled I've only seen a small portion :)
It would be an education that so many couldn't have, I would consider it a great privilege.
Yeah, I know its not a 'green' thing to do so I would make sure the money I saved from travel would go into making me a more ecologically balanced consumer :) promise!
Image: World airline routes by a_trotskyite @Flickr
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I would go to places way too expensive for me to fly to, like the Antarctic or Alaska or Africa ( its a long way from me )
I would take my children to places they only read about.
I would take a big trip each year to somewhere interesting and different and I'd take little trips during the year around my country because its a big place, and even though I would consider myself to be well travelled I've only seen a small portion :)
It would be an education that so many couldn't have, I would consider it a great privilege.
Yeah, I know its not a 'green' thing to do so I would make sure the money I saved from travel would go into making me a more ecologically balanced consumer :) promise!
Image: World airline routes by a_trotskyite @Flickr
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October 26, 2009 12:24 AM
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Even if I could fly for free, I would still need quite a bit of money to enjoy y destination. Money would determine how often I used my free flights.
Free flights wouldn't really change my life, but it would make previously unaffordable destinations possible.
Where would I go? I would take my daughter to the most beautiful beach I could find. I would choose a different beach every year.
I would take her to Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida.
I would take her to see the Grand Canyon.
In the winter I would take her north for a vacation so she could see a lot of snow, maybe Alaska. I would love to go there.
Yellowstone National Park would be on our list.
I would definitely burn up the internet looking for places to take her that I never would have thought of before.
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Free flights wouldn't really change my life, but it would make previously unaffordable destinations possible.
Where would I go? I would take my daughter to the most beautiful beach I could find. I would choose a different beach every year.
I would take her to Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida.
I would take her to see the Grand Canyon.
In the winter I would take her north for a vacation so she could see a lot of snow, maybe Alaska. I would love to go there.
Yellowstone National Park would be on our list.
I would definitely burn up the internet looking for places to take her that I never would have thought of before.
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October 26, 2009 04:07 AM
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I would go visit my daughter that lives across country at least once a month. I miss her and flying there once or twice a year just isn't enough.
I have 2 grandchildren and 1 more on the way and to see them more often would be so awesome. I would also travel the world. Fitting in as much travel as possible.
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I have 2 grandchildren and 1 more on the way and to see them more often would be so awesome. I would also travel the world. Fitting in as much travel as possible.
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October 26, 2009 05:49 AM
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Wow! That's gonna change my whole life, BIG TIME! I'd love to travel and learn other cultures. :) I'd stop to different countries and appreciate the beautiful places and also meet kind people. I could also reach out to more people which will be quite good! I'll go to poor countries and inspire them with stories I'd like to share to them. I'll go to modern countries to learn from them. :D
Yay! There are lots of things to do. :) My life will be a lot more exciting if I'd be given a chance to fly whenever I want to. :)
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Yay! There are lots of things to do. :) My life will be a lot more exciting if I'd be given a chance to fly whenever I want to. :)
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October 26, 2009 05:53 AM
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I would be able to travel back and forth all the time to see my husband and stepson and take my daughter along.
Besides that I would go back to all the places I have been go to see friends and family and go to new places I have never been too. That would reopen up the world for me.
That kind of gift would be magic in my life. I would go whenever it was realistically feasible to do so. I love to travel and see new places and people.We could explore all over the world. Learn about other cultures and places I haven't experienced yet. That would be awesome.
Or I could fly my husband and stepson here. Either way it would be an amazing miracle for us.
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Besides that I would go back to all the places I have been go to see friends and family and go to new places I have never been too. That would reopen up the world for me.
That kind of gift would be magic in my life. I would go whenever it was realistically feasible to do so. I love to travel and see new places and people.We could explore all over the world. Learn about other cultures and places I haven't experienced yet. That would be awesome.
Or I could fly my husband and stepson here. Either way it would be an amazing miracle for us.
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October 26, 2009 09:10 AM
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then in every week i will go to my home.my home is in Andaman and Nicobar islands(India) and i am living in one of cities of India and as i am donig engineering and living in hostel.so i get chance only after exam to go to home.vacation is generally for 1 month and 14 days mininmum gets wasted in going and coming.as i always go by ship and come by ship also.ship takes 4-5 days to reach the island.so i can go anywhere by free of cost on aeroplane than i will like to travel to home every week.
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October 26, 2009 03:59 PM
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Flying for free would change my life immensely. I live in FL, and have one son in Chicago,and one in Seattle. It's very cost prohibitive for me to see them very often, as I may have money for the flight, but none to enjoy myself. If I could fly free, I would have the money for lodging and food, so I could go more often. Seeing my sons more would make my life so much better, as both of my parents are gone, and I'm not close to the rest of my family.
The same would apply to other destinations. I have never traveled, and the reason was I could not afford both air fare and accomodations/food. I would finally get to go to places I have always wanted to see.
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The same would apply to other destinations. I have never traveled, and the reason was I could not afford both air fare and accomodations/food. I would finally get to go to places I have always wanted to see.
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October 26, 2009 04:41 PM
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I used to work in the airline business, and could fly for very cheap, though not quite free.
It's great thing to have, but not quite as great as you might imagine at first, because there are lots of costs involved in travelling that are nothing to do with flying. And then there's the constraint of how much vacation time you have. So people who have very cheap or free flights do fly a lot more than others, but it's not like you're off travelling every weekend or even every month. It's more like being able to take an extra vacation a year, or a couple of extra short breaks, and being able to go that much further on your vacations than you otherwise would.
If I had free air travel now, perhaps the biggest effect on my life would be that I'd visit friends and family that live all around the world a lot more often than I do.
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It's great thing to have, but not quite as great as you might imagine at first, because there are lots of costs involved in travelling that are nothing to do with flying. And then there's the constraint of how much vacation time you have. So people who have very cheap or free flights do fly a lot more than others, but it's not like you're off travelling every weekend or even every month. It's more like being able to take an extra vacation a year, or a couple of extra short breaks, and being able to go that much further on your vacations than you otherwise would.
If I had free air travel now, perhaps the biggest effect on my life would be that I'd visit friends and family that live all around the world a lot more often than I do.
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