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  1. Thankful for uneventful Thanksgiving travel

    Another year of Thanksgiving travel is in the books, and this year’s edition of it somehow happened without any flight cancellations, interruptions or even delays. That feels like even more of a miracle than the phrase “no delays” might suggest, because 2025 has been such a snakebit year for air travel.

    It started with the horrifying news of an almost 16-year streak of zero fatal crashes among U.S. airlines ending a few miles from my house, went on to feature months of meltdown-level disruptions among flights in and out of Newark that by summer had sent EWR to the bottom of my list of United hub airports, and then it left already-stressed air-traffic control employees working for more than a month without pay courtesy of the government shutdown.

    But after all that, Wednesday’s JetBlue flight from National Airport to Boston arrived at the gate at BOS six minutes early, after which Saturday’s United nonstop from Boston to Dulles reached its gate exactly on time. Service was great on each flight, the WiFi worked fine, and even the planes were above average: a four-year-old Airbus A220 on the flight up, a renewed Boeing 737 with screens at every seat on the way home.

    The experience feels even more like winning a lottery ticket considering some of the miserable Thanksgiving travel experiences I’ve had in the past. I’m thinking about when coming home for the holiday meant a long drive interrupted by Breezewood, Penn.; the subsequent years when a theoretically short drive to a suburb of Philadelphia could become a three-hour slog; most of all, the decade and change when the Thanksgiving journey either involved taking Amtrak and then two NJ Transit trains or spending four-plus hours on I-95 and the Jersey Turnpike that could easily stretch past six hours on the roads.

    (It’s kind of crazy that I have hosted Thanksgiving dinner in my own abode only twice since leaving for college: Everybody visited us in 2019 for a change, and then the pandemic put a family reunion out of the question the next year.)

    Now that my mother and my brother and his family all live in the same town just north of Boston, I just have to deal with spending money, not time. But as expensive as Thanksgiving flights can be, they beat the absurdity of driving 450 miles and change on the busiest travel weekend of the year. Bonus: The flights, even if I chance a connection, are so short that I can bring a container of frozen pumpkin puree in my carry-on luggage and not worry about that pie ingredient melting before I’ve reached family.

    I’m thankful for having this part of holiday travel easier than it used to be. And I’m thankful, as ever, for everybody connected with the travel industry who worked this holiday so that the rest of us could travel for it.

    #amtrak #bos #boston #dca #flightDelays #holidayTravel #i95 #iad #jerseyTurnpike #jetblue #thanksgiving #thanksgivingTravel #united

  2. Thankful for uneventful Thanksgiving travel

    Another year of Thanksgiving travel is in the books, and this year’s edition of it somehow happened without any flight cancellations, interruptions or even delays. That feels like even more of a miracle than the phrase “no delays” might suggest, because 2025 has been such a snakebit year for air travel.

    It started with the horrifying news of an almost 16-year streak of zero fatal crashes among U.S. airlines ending a few miles from my house, went on to feature months of meltdown-level disruptions among flights in and out of Newark that by summer had sent EWR to the bottom of my list of United hub airports, and then it left already-stressed air-traffic control employees working for more than a month without pay courtesy of the government shutdown.

    But after all that, Wednesday’s JetBlue flight from National Airport to Boston arrived at the gate at BOS six minutes early, after which Saturday’s United nonstop from Boston to Dulles reached its gate exactly on time. Service was great on each flight, the WiFi worked fine, and even the planes were above average: a four-year-old Airbus A220 on the flight up, a renewed Boeing 737 with screens at every seat on the way home.

    The experience feels even more like winning a lottery ticket considering some of the miserable Thanksgiving travel experiences I’ve had in the past. I’m thinking about when coming home for the holiday meant a long drive interrupted by Breezewood, Penn.; the subsequent years when a theoretically short drive to a suburb of Philadelphia could become a three-hour slog; most of all, the decade and change when the Thanksgiving journey either involved taking Amtrak and then two NJ Transit trains or spending four-plus hours on I-95 and the Jersey Turnpike that could easily stretch past six hours on the roads.

    (It’s kind of crazy that I have hosted Thanksgiving dinner in my own abode only twice since leaving for college: Everybody visited us in 2019 for a change, and then the pandemic put a family reunion out of the question the next year.)

    Now that my mother and my brother and his family all live in the same town just north of Boston, I just have to deal with spending money, not time. But as expensive as Thanksgiving flights can be, they beat the absurdity of driving 450 miles and change on the busiest travel weekend of the year. Bonus: The flights, even if I chance a connection, are so short that I can bring a container of frozen pumpkin puree in my carry-on luggage and not worry about that pie ingredient melting before I’ve reached family.

    I’m thankful for having this part of holiday travel easier than it used to be. And I’m thankful, as ever, for everybody connected with the travel industry who worked this holiday so that the rest of us could travel for it.

    #amtrak #bos #boston #dca #flightDelays #holidayTravel #i95 #iad #jerseyTurnpike #jetblue #thanksgiving #thanksgivingTravel #united

  3. Thankful for uneventful Thanksgiving travel

    Another year of Thanksgiving travel is in the books, and this year’s edition of it somehow happened without any flight cancellations, interruptions or even delays. That feels like even more of a miracle than the phrase “no delays” might suggest, because 2025 has been such a snakebit year for air travel.

    It started with the horrifying news of an almost 16-year streak of zero fatal crashes among U.S. airlines ending a few miles from my house, went on to feature months of meltdown-level disruptions among flights in and out of Newark that by summer had sent EWR to the bottom of my list of United hub airports, and then it left already-stressed air-traffic control employees working for more than a month without pay courtesy of the government shutdown.

    But after all that, Wednesday’s JetBlue flight from National Airport to Boston arrived at the gate at BOS six minutes early, after which Saturday’s United nonstop from Boston to Dulles reached its gate exactly on time. Service was great on each flight, the WiFi worked fine, and even the planes were above average: a four-year-old Airbus A220 on the flight up, a renewed Boeing 737 with screens at every seat on the way home.

    The experience feels even more like winning a lottery ticket considering some of the miserable Thanksgiving travel experiences I’ve had in the past. I’m thinking about when coming home for the holiday meant a long drive interrupted by Breezewood, Penn.; the subsequent years when a theoretically short drive to a suburb of Philadelphia could become a three-hour slog; most of all, the decade and change when the Thanksgiving journey either involved taking Amtrak and then two NJ Transit trains or spending four-plus hours on I-95 and the Jersey Turnpike that could easily stretch past six hours on the roads.

    (It’s kind of crazy that I have hosted Thanksgiving dinner in my own abode only twice since leaving for college: Everybody visited us in 2019 for a change, and then the pandemic put a family reunion out of the question the next year.)

    Now that my mother and my brother and his family all live in the same town just north of Boston, I just have to deal with spending money, not time. But as expensive as Thanksgiving flights can be, they beat the absurdity of driving 450 miles and change on the busiest travel weekend of the year. Bonus: The flights, even if I chance a connection, are so short that I can bring a container of frozen pumpkin puree in my carry-on luggage and not worry about that pie ingredient melting before I’ve reached family.

    I’m thankful for having this part of holiday travel easier than it used to be. And I’m thankful, as ever, for everybody connected with the travel industry who worked this holiday so that the rest of us could travel for it.

    #amtrak #bos #boston #dca #flightDelays #holidayTravel #i95 #iad #jerseyTurnpike #jetblue #thanksgiving #thanksgivingTravel #united

  4. Thankful for uneventful Thanksgiving travel

    Another year of Thanksgiving travel is in the books, and this year’s edition of it somehow happened without any flight cancellations, interruptions or even delays. That feels like even more of a miracle than the phrase “no delays” might suggest, because 2025 has been such a snakebit year for air travel.

    It started with the horrifying news of an almost 16-year streak of zero fatal crashes among U.S. airlines ending a few miles from my house, went on to feature months of meltdown-level disruptions among flights in and out of Newark that by summer had sent EWR to the bottom of my list of United hub airports, and then it left already-stressed air-traffic control employees working for more than a month without pay courtesy of the government shutdown.

    But after all that, Wednesday’s JetBlue flight from National Airport to Boston arrived at the gate at BOS six minutes early, after which Saturday’s United nonstop from Boston to Dulles reached its gate exactly on time. Service was great on each flight, the WiFi worked fine, and even the planes were above average: a four-year-old Airbus A220 on the flight up, a renewed Boeing 737 with screens at every seat on the way home.

    The experience feels even more like winning a lottery ticket considering some of the miserable Thanksgiving travel experiences I’ve had in the past. I’m thinking about when coming home for the holiday meant a long drive interrupted by Breezewood, Penn.; the subsequent years when a theoretically short drive to a suburb of Philadelphia could become a three-hour slog; most of all, the decade and change when the Thanksgiving journey either involved taking Amtrak and then two NJ Transit trains or spending four-plus hours on I-95 and the Jersey Turnpike that could easily stretch past six hours on the roads.

    (It’s kind of crazy that I have hosted Thanksgiving dinner in my own abode only twice since leaving for college: Everybody visited us in 2019 for a change, and then the pandemic put a family reunion out of the question the next year.)

    Now that my mother and my brother and his family all live in the same town just north of Boston, I just have to deal with spending money, not time. But as expensive as Thanksgiving flights can be, they beat the absurdity of driving 450 miles and change on the busiest travel weekend of the year. Bonus: The flights, even if I chance a connection, are so short that I can bring a container of frozen pumpkin puree in my carry-on luggage and not worry about that pie ingredient melting before I’ve reached family.

    I’m thankful for having this part of holiday travel easier than it used to be. And I’m thankful, as ever, for everybody connected with the travel industry who worked this holiday so that the rest of us could travel for it.

    #amtrak #bos #boston #dca #flightDelays #holidayTravel #i95 #iad #jerseyTurnpike #jetblue #thanksgiving #thanksgivingTravel #united

  5. 11.25 Weather on the Go Light rain and fog this morning, then dry during the day. Rain picks back up overnight, which turns to snow showers into Wednesday. #wiwx #thanksgivingtravel #travel

  6. 11.25 Weather on the Go Light rain and fog this morning, then dry during the day. Rain picks back up overnight, which turns to snow showers into Wednesday. #wiwx #thanksgivingtravel #travel

  7. 11.25 Weather on the Go Light rain and fog this morning, then dry during the day. Rain picks back up overnight, which turns to snow showers into Wednesday. #wiwx #thanksgivingtravel #travel

  8. 11.25 Weather on the Go Light rain and fog this morning, then dry during the day. Rain picks back up overnight, which turns to snow showers into Wednesday. #wiwx #thanksgivingtravel #travel

  9. 11.25 Weather on the Go Light rain and fog this morning, then dry during the day. Rain picks back up overnight, which turns to snow showers into Wednesday. #wiwx #thanksgivingtravel #travel

  10. Dropped my friend off at the airport (10 am flight to ATL). It was the smoothest, easiest trip to the airport I have experience during holiday week. She reports no lines at TSA and empty seats on her Delta flight. I guess everyone hedged their bets that the government shut down would’ve extended through the holiday. So no one’s flying???
    #BostonLoganInternationalAirport #HolidayTravel #thanksgivingtravel

  11. Dropped my friend off at the airport (10 am flight to ATL). It was the smoothest, easiest trip to the airport I have experience during holiday week. She reports no lines at TSA and empty seats on her Delta flight. I guess everyone hedged their bets that the government shut down would’ve extended through the holiday. So no one’s flying???
    #BostonLoganInternationalAirport #HolidayTravel #thanksgivingtravel

  12. Dropped my friend off at the airport (10 am flight to ATL). It was the smoothest, easiest trip to the airport I have experience during holiday week. She reports no lines at TSA and empty seats on her Delta flight. I guess everyone hedged their bets that the government shut down would’ve extended through the holiday. So no one’s flying???
    #BostonLoganInternationalAirport #HolidayTravel #thanksgivingtravel

  13. Dropped my friend off at the airport (10 am flight to ATL). It was the smoothest, easiest trip to the airport I have experience during holiday week. She reports no lines at TSA and empty seats on her Delta flight. I guess everyone hedged their bets that the government shut down would’ve extended through the holiday. So no one’s flying???
    #BostonLoganInternationalAirport #HolidayTravel #thanksgivingtravel

  14. Dropped my friend off at the airport (10 am flight to ATL). It was the smoothest, easiest trip to the airport I have experience during holiday week. She reports no lines at TSA and empty seats on her Delta flight. I guess everyone hedged their bets that the government shut down would’ve extended through the holiday. So no one’s flying???
    #BostonLoganInternationalAirport #HolidayTravel #thanksgivingtravel

  15. Thanksgiving Flight Plans in the United States Grow More Uncertain, InsureMyTrip Provides Five Key Tips for Travelers: You Need to Know

    Home » America Travel News » Thanksgiving Flight Plans in the United States Grow More Uncertain, InsureMyTri…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #America #americatravelnews #flightcancellations #flightdelays #holidaytraveltips #thanksgivingtravel #traveldisruptions #travelnews #UnitedStatesofAmerica
    newsbeep.com/us/289910/

  16. Thanksgiving Flight Plans in the United States Grow More Uncertain, InsureMyTrip Provides Five Key Tips for Travelers: You Need to Know

    Home » America Travel News » Thanksgiving Flight Plans in the United States Grow More Uncertain, InsureMyTri…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #America #americatravelnews #flightcancellations #flightdelays #holidaytraveltips #thanksgivingtravel #traveldisruptions #travelnews #UnitedStatesofAmerica
    newsbeep.com/us/289910/

  17. There’s nothing quite like getting back into your bed after a week in a different one. #thanksgivingtravel

  18. 🌨️ Thanksgiving Travel Alert! 🦃
    Heavy mountain snows in the West are making roads slippery across the Rockies this Thanksgiving. 🚗❄️ Be cautious if you're heading through this region—plan for delays and slow travel. #ThanksgivingTravel #WeatherWatch makensweather.com/weekly-weath

  19. 🌨️ Thanksgiving Travel Alert! 🦃
    Heavy mountain snows in the West are making roads slippery across the Rockies this Thanksgiving. 🚗❄️ Be cautious if you're heading through this region—plan for delays and slow travel. #ThanksgivingTravel #WeatherWatch makensweather.com/weekly-weath

  20. 🌨️ Thanksgiving Travel Alert! 🦃
    Heavy mountain snows in the West are making roads slippery across the Rockies this Thanksgiving. 🚗❄️ Be cautious if you're heading through this region—plan for delays and slow travel. #ThanksgivingTravel #WeatherWatch makensweather.com/weekly-weath

  21. 🌨️ Thanksgiving Travel Alert! 🦃
    Heavy mountain snows in the West are making roads slippery across the Rockies this Thanksgiving. 🚗❄️ Be cautious if you're heading through this region—plan for delays and slow travel. #ThanksgivingTravel #WeatherWatch makensweather.com/weekly-weath

  22. 🌨️ Thanksgiving Travel Alert! 🦃
    Heavy mountain snows in the West are making roads slippery across the Rockies this Thanksgiving. 🚗❄️ Be cautious if you're heading through this region—plan for delays and slow travel. #ThanksgivingTravel #WeatherWatch makensweather.com/weekly-weath

  23. It’s not everyday a med flight lands on the street in front of your house. We don’t know the specifics but it appears there was an accident on the main highway and this was the most open spot they could land.

    Be safe on the roads during Thanksgiving, folks.

    #Thanksgiving #ThanksgivingTravel

  24. It’s not everyday a med flight lands on the street in front of your house. We don’t know the specifics but it appears there was an accident on the main highway and this was the most open spot they could land.

    Be safe on the roads during Thanksgiving, folks.

    #Thanksgiving #ThanksgivingTravel

  25. It’s not everyday a med flight lands on the street in front of your house. We don’t know the specifics but it appears there was an accident on the main highway and this was the most open spot they could land.

    Be safe on the roads during Thanksgiving, folks.

    #Thanksgiving #ThanksgivingTravel

  26. It’s not everyday a med flight lands on the street in front of your house. We don’t know the specifics but it appears there was an accident on the main highway and this was the most open spot they could land.

    Be safe on the roads during Thanksgiving, folks.

    #Thanksgiving #ThanksgivingTravel

  27. It’s not everyday a med flight lands on the street in front of your house. We don’t know the specifics but it appears there was an accident on the main highway and this was the most open spot they could land.

    Be safe on the roads during Thanksgiving, folks.

    #Thanksgiving #ThanksgivingTravel