We Flew Air Canada, Delta, United & American... Here's What We Learned
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air travel has become so corrosive to the human spirit that we talk about it the same way we once discussed war.
They are big, bureaucratic, not particularly customer-friendly oligarchy run companies. But it's all we have.
If you're planning a trip that really matters, the kind you don't want to get wrong, you're in the right place.
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