# Some tips for those who are about to go on an airplane flight for the first time ever

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**Created:** [December 16, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-tips-for-those-who-are-about-to-go-on-an-airplane-flight-for-the-first-time-ever/676462 "2013-12-16T14:09:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-tips-for-those-who-are-about-to-go-on-an-airplane-flight-for-the-first-time-ever/676462/203 "2014-03-06T16:47:42Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> I fly SW like perfectparanoia, there are no seat assignments.

Well, there kind of are. No one wants to sit beside my son so we flip a coin before we board to see who has to sit next to him.

ETA: because he’s wiggly. And, no, I don’t inflict that wiggliness on anyone who is not with our travel party.

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