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16/f- I live in Illinois, and my best friend and I are going to Fort Myers next weekend. We are leaving Friday and coming back Tuesday evening. Sounds great right? I'm freaking out because I've never flown before! My friend has, but she's never flown without parents, so we are going to have to handle everything on our own. And, we have to change planes once on the way there, and once on the way back, one of our layovers will be at the Atlanta Airport, which I've heard is really easy to get lost in.

So my question is Do you have any Flying tips or experiences that will help me? How to handle things, what not to bring on the plane (especially regarding the new rules), or anything else? And any personal tips? Thanks so much!

Be careful about bringing things like lipstick, liquid foundation, lotions, etc in your carry-on bag, including in your purse. If you do want to carry items like these on board, you must put them in a quart size Ziploc bag so they can be scanned while you walk through the metal detector. Also, while going through the metal detector, you must take off ANY style of shoe, even flip flops.

It is much easier and more efficient to check your bags rather than carry them on.

If your flight is through Southwest Airlines, (I'm not sure if other airlines do this, I've only flown with Southwest) you can get your boarding pass up to 24 hours before your flight. I highly recommend doing this.

Be sure to bring gum on the plane to help with the "popping" of your ears.

This site might be useful to you:
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm

If you're flying Southwest, this site should be helpful:
http://www.southwest.com/content/travel_center/retrieveCheckinDoc.html

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(Rating: 5) Thank you so much, your info was very helpful =)
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