Nothing on their site mentions a shuttle/transportation, but I’ll send a note. 
We used Welcome Pick-ups to and from the airport in Barcelona. Highly recommend!
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We rented a car in Barcelona because we needed one to travel down the coast. But I don’t think I would want to drive in the city again. It was kind of nuts!
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Has anyone ever used a CPAP on a plane? To be clear, I am not asking about just carrying it on the plane; we have done that many times. I am asking about actually using it to sleep on a red eye flight. We have an overnight international flight with no outlets so we would have to buy an approved battery pack. I am mainly wondering where you put everything - tray table or floor? Any issues sleeping or with flight attendants or neighbors? Thanks
Rick Steves forums have a very good discussion of this subject. And yes… please be considerate and have your travel partner sit between you and the other pax in your row. Not everyone would appreciate the constant noise of the machine even though the alternative is snoring.
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Since travel resumed post-COVID, we have flown on Air Canada, Aer Lingus, Swiss, and Delta.
On all but one, stowing carry-ons was a civilized affair. For some reason, on Air Canada, it was like the Hunger Games–we’d get to our seat and ALL the bins around our seats had been taken.
I can’t explain what happened, but it was the same both to and from our destination. Maybe people are just throwing their stuff in the first open bin they see, whether it is near their seat or not? Expecting they can just grab their stuff on the way off the plane? I suspect it’s related to the cost of checking bags, can’t say if Air Canada is expensive in that regard.
Yes. That’s what happened on my flight last week. I was almost in the back so maybe 5 more rows behind me. As I exited many of the bins toward the front were still full. Some of the bins back by me still had room.
I flew to Europe last month for the first time and also took a wheeled carry-on for the first (and last) time. I found the same thing on a quick hop regional jet from Munich to Prague. By the time I got on (Group 5) there was absolutely no bin space. In my case, I noticed that there were a lot of smaller back packs and coats in the bins. When I politely asked who the owner of a particular backpack was and asked if I could move it one bin over so I could fit my hard side carryon, the sighing and eyerolling was over the top. What did they guy want me to do - I can’t fit a roller hard side under my seat. Also, there was a line of people behind me, so I was supposed to walk the full length of the plane looking for bin space and budge my way back up to my seat?
On the way back, the airline offered to check everything for free, so I took them up on it so as not to have to deal with negotiating for bin space.
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Delta always announces that small bags, backpacks and coats should be under the seat. But people ignore that. And I have seen people put multiple bags in the overhead (when they are supposed to put only one). Usually we are flying in comfort plus, which has dedicated space in the overhead bins and I usually want to board as soon as we are permitted (my husband hates that) so we don’t have the overhead challenge.
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Flew United recently and there were multiple announcements that only a carry on would be allowed in the overhead bins. And that you were only allowed one bag to put under your seat.
They got everything in the bins. Its was tight and the bigger carryons didn’t fit in the bin space over many of the economy seats. Made for confusion where people had to backtrack to get their bags in the bins.
United had different policies than American where I can gate check my bag and get it back without going to baggage claim.
Seriously though, flying is a big pain. Having a full size carry on stuffed to the gills and looking like sherpas in the airport drives me crazy. New pricing for bags is ridiculous also.
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We primarily fly United and they are typically sticklers for nothing but bigger carryons in the overhead bins. I’ve seen them take out smaller bags and backpacks and hand them back to people to put under the seat.
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I flew a couple of the cheapo airlines when I was in Europe (RyanAir, EasyJet, Wizz) and they were sticklers about the carryon’s being the right size (likely because most people using them are flying with carryon’s only). They had those bag size check frames right up by the ticket scan and I saw them make many people try & fit their bag in the frame. The people with monster backpacks, packed to look 9-months pregnant, had to pay to check them (which they charged a premium for if done on the spot versus ahead of time).
I usually fly American and if you’re in Group 8 or 9 on a full plane, there will be no overhead bin space.
It’s actually annoying when we all have to wait because there’s no overhead bin space and someone has to bring it back up front to get it checked.
They should just make it mandatory that anyone boarding last on a full flight must get their giant luggage checked. I blame it more on the airline staff than the passengers.
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We’ve had the same experience with the discount European airlines. I’m now more inclined to go by train between European cities whenever we can.
Although we watched a woman in Italy with an enormous oversized bag trying to shove it behind a seat on the train and the staff told her it was too big and she needed to exit the train (the train has size limits too). They ended up playing musical chairs with themselves and the suitcase and finally just had it in the aisle. (Thankfully a short ride).
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In U.S. they usually make that announcement pre-boarding and are standing at the ready to assist with the gate checking. In Europe, I found the flight attendants much less willing to get involved with the politics of carry-on bins and I never heard an offer to gate check.
Once on an overseas flight I saw a man politely rearrange some items in an overhead bin, and when he bent down to get his bag to put in there, the person behind him put their bag it that space the first guy had cleared!! The first guy didn’t do anything, but just found another spot, but it was sooo rude and inappropriate.
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I’m just fed up with people pushing their way off the plane when it lands, not waiting for their row to exit. And this has happened on flights where we arrive on time or early. I don’t get it.
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They dont understand travel etiquette. 90% of the people do, 10% don’t (or don’t care)
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They have a tight connection. But if the plane arrives on time (or early), it’s a complete joke since it’s their own fault for booking a tight connection.
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You can also blame many airlines for charging for the first checked bag and therefore creating more incentives to carry on everything, making getting space in the overhead bin more competitive.
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It must be young men who always book tight connections, because that’s about 99% of the people pushing ahead.
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