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Insights & Adventures
My thoughts and opinions on the broader travel industry, plus extra glimpses of my personal journeys.
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![I got fed on ex-Ted!](https://cdn.onemileatatime.com/wp-content/themes/omaat/src/images/CardArt-Generic.png)
- May 9, 2009
- Ben Schlappig
![“Sir, you don’t understand what I’m saying.”](https://cdn.onemileatatime.com/wp-content/themes/omaat/src/images/CardArt-Generic.png)
- May 8, 2009
- Ben Schlappig
![I’m flying TPA to IAD in first class this weekend!](https://cdn.onemileatatime.com/wp-content/themes/omaat/src/images/CardArt-Generic.png)
- May 6, 2009
- Ben Schlappig
![10 signs you’re in for a long flight….](https://cdn.onemileatatime.com/wp-content/themes/omaat/src/images/CardArt-Generic.png)
- May 5, 2009
- Ben Schlappig
![I’m impressed, United!](https://cdn.onemileatatime.com/wp-content/themes/omaat/src/images/CardArt-Generic.png)
- May 5, 2009
- Ben Schlappig
![Missed my IAD-TPA flight for the fourth time in a row!!!!](https://cdn.onemileatatime.com/wp-content/themes/omaat/src/images/CardArt-Generic.png)
- May 4, 2009
- Ben Schlappig
![How could I?!?](https://cdn.onemileatatime.com/wp-content/themes/omaat/src/images/CardArt-Generic.png)
- May 4, 2009
- Ben Schlappig
![Let the panic begin….](https://cdn.onemileatatime.com/wp-content/themes/omaat/src/images/CardArt-Generic.png)
- May 1, 2009
- Ben Schlappig
![Commotion, Consensus, Confusion, and Cops: The story of my IAD-JFK United Express Flight](https://cdn.onemileatatime.com/wp-content/themes/omaat/src/images/CardArt-Generic.png)
- April 30, 2009
- Ben Schlappig
![40,000 butt-in-seat miles in the next two weeks, here I come!](https://cdn.onemileatatime.com/wp-content/themes/omaat/src/images/CardArt-Generic.png)
- April 28, 2009
- Ben Schlappig
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