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Originally Posted by gizmolove
Pardon the "you know what" out of me if I seam to "old" and decrepid to travel.
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Don't put words in my mouth or twist what I said. My exact word was "frail." One can be "Frail" at any age and I never used the word "decrepid" [sic] to describe your physical challenges either. How about a little English lesson here since you seem to want to play the semantics game.
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Main Entry: frail
Pronunciation: \ˈfrāl\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French fraile, from Latin fragilis fragile, from frangere
Date: 14th century
1 : easily led into evil <frail humanity>
2 : easily broken or destroyed : fragile
3 a : physically weak b : slight, unsubstantial
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Main Entry: de·crep·it
Pronunciation: \di-ˈkre-pət\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin decrepitus
Date: 15th century
1 : wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age
2 a : impaired by use or wear : worn-out b : fallen into ruin or disrepair
3 : dilapidated, run-down
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Quite a difference in connotation.
My point is economy seats are pretty much the same across all US airlines. In order to fit in more seats and reduce weight the newer seats have less cushioning and by design do not recline to the same degree as the older seats did.
Your words: (Quoting directly here, not twisting what you said as you did to me!)
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Originally Posted by gizmolove
The 2 and a half hour flight was painful but without incident, to Denver. The 5 hour flight to Cancun was painful, but without incident.
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If you describe even a five hour flight as "painful" then you should really consider either paying for first class, traveling by some other means of transportation, or not traveling at all.
Just to add I checked the flight durations of both the Spokane to Denver and Denver to Cancun flights. Over the past month the former averaged about 1 hour and 45 minutes and not the 2 1/2 hours you claim. The latter averages between 2 hours 30 and 2 hours 45 minutes. Only twice in the past month has the DEN to CUN flight even neared the 3 hour mark. 5 hours? Really? A bit of an exaggeration wouldn't you say? What other details in your post are conveniently exaggerated as well?