<p>ah, thx</p>
<p>Glad to hear, Sally. Glad it was a non-event and now you all know for the future! </p>
<p>On Flyertalk, referring to cities by their airport codes is like saying HYPSM on CC! </p>
<p>My problem with carry on is my toiletries. I have my face creams ( a lot), body cream. They are too big to make it through security. I was stopped once for my face cream. It was going to be the cream or me not getting on the plane. They let me through that time. For short travel I can bring small samples, but not for a week or two.</p>
<p>Pizza girl, so true. I guess I fall into that category of calling airports by their initials. It also helps where a city is served by multiple airports. (However for me, Heathrow will always be Heathrow. )</p>
<p>I read an article that explained where some of the airport initials came from. MSP is not much of a mystery, but ORD takes some explaining. Some of the back stories were interesting. </p>
<p>My H and I are pretty good packers. We use a carry on per person, and can manage up to 2 weeks before having to do laundry. The key is to plan based on occasion and weather and nothing else. One dressy outfit for a good restaurant. I don’t pack jeans because they’re not flexible enough in terms of occasion. </p>
<p>I also don’t require that all tops match all pants. But when I pack I write down on my iPhone what outfit to wear each day. I don’t have to worry about what to put on - I just get up, read the list, and put it on. And I can make sure I alternate color schemes etc. After packing what I will actually need, I put in one extra set of underwear and one extra blouse to account for the unexpected. That way I can spill or sit in the wrong place, and I keep going without missing a beat. </p>
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<p>I just don’t understand how that’s possible without everything looking like crap by the time you arrive. Sigh… I rarely do the carry on only thing, even for short trips. On the other hand, with just a purse, I don’t have to involve myself in any “trying to find a spot n the overhead thanks to the clods at the back of the plane using up all the front space” stress. </p>
<p>Somewhere I read this and plan to try it on an upcoming short flight. The idea is to use a child’s floatation ring - the blow up thinging which sits around the waist - as a butt cushion or neck wrap. I like that idea. I find the seats are very hard and als seem to provide little thigh support. One could sit on a slightly inflated ring, use it as a knee/thigh elevation device, fold it in half and use it as a neck roll. And since I like to slouch way the heck down in the seat and prop my knees on the back of the tray tables (note - I’m extremely cautions not to ‘kick’ the person in front), I could use the ring as a cushion/bumper for this position too. </p>
<p>Now, I wonder if K-mart, The Dollar Store or Toy’s R Us still has these in stock - or if they are already stocked with Christmas tinsel.</p>
<p>Pizzagirl and others, here is my perfume trick. When I go shopping to the mall, I stop by the perfume counters the brands I like and ask for a trial sample of whatever scent I like. The SAs have tiny spray bottles that they fill with a few drops of precious liquid, and they gladly do it for a regular customer (or not so regular). 
Sephora sells tiny roll on bottles of perfumes and tiny sprayers that can be refilled. I tried the magazine strips, but they just do not smell the same as alcohol-based formulations. </p>
<p>Please please please please be sparing with the perfume application. Sitting next to someone who has applied their favorite scent and now shares it with all the other someones who have also applied their favorite scent is very annoying. Frankly, I’d rather have a farter than a overly perfumed row mate. At least the first scent will dissipate whereas the applied stuff stays with you the whole way.</p>
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<p>That’s probably where I go wrong. “We might eat dinner at a diner, or a fancy restaurant. Gotta be prepared for both. If we tailgate long, I’m going to get really hot, but if we go straight to the box just in time for kickoff, I’ll get chilly. Better pack for both.” And so on…</p>
<p>I can only speak to packing light for leisure travel. Everything posted so far is on the spot. Two more points:</p>
<p>Having no vanity helps. I will always look like a badly dressed tourist no matter where I go, so I don’t bother. Might as well be comfortable in my mismatched clothes. I will never see these people again anyway.</p>
<p>Laundry services or laundromats exist everywhere. In a pinch, bring a clothesline and hand wash a few things in your hotel. This is what my H does with his sweaty running clothes. Make sure they are quick drying types.</p>
<p>Perfume is supposed to be used in such a manner that one can smell it on the other person only when s/he gets intimately close to said person. This is how I apply it. I choose light, floral scents, and a large bottle of Butberry (lol iPhone - Burberry!) Body lasts more than a year an a half despite daily use. If you can smell it - get out of my private space! I will not stop using it because of some abusers who pour gallons of cheapo stuff on their heads. </p>
<p>What most people say they smell and complain about is actually NOT perfume! It is horrible scented “deodorants” to “prevent” sweat odor. Masking BO with another nasty smell is not going to make it go away. Use this instead:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00028QF9U/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1409325889&sr=1-1&pi=SY200_QL40”>http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00028QF9U/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1409325889&sr=1-1&pi=SY200_QL40</a></p>
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I think I’ll pass on a perfume named Butberry. Is this like dingleberry? </p>
<p>Lol. Love typos</p>
<p>Lol!! 
Burberry. :)</p>
<p>It is one of the lightest scents:</p>
<p><a href=“http://m.sephora.com/body-P294302?skuId=1362318”>http://m.sephora.com/body-P294302?skuId=1362318</a></p>
<p>Formulation is important (just like with pharmaceuticals!) - the lotion version if this stinks on my specific skin. </p>
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<p>The problem is that most flyers these days probably are much more intimately close to the people in the adjacent seats than they would ever want to be. I don’t mind perfume or strong-scented deodorant/body wash, but for those who do it must be an awful imposition.</p>
<p>^^You still do not get it. That has nothing to do with how close the seats are on the plane! If you can smell my perfume, get your head out of my décolleté. :D</p>
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<p>In confined spaces or worse, one where air is recirculated like an airliner*, even a little perfume/deodorant can accumulate to the point people around you will notice after a few hours or more. </p>
<p>This is one reason why an increasing number of corporate offices have implemented bans on folks wearing them in the workplace, especially if they’re confined in small spaces for long periods of time. </p>
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<p>Seriously, my choice of such shirts has more to do with referencing inside jokes about those friends at those two locations in light of their past history regarding stances on their current employers. </p>