Let some of Twitter's chattier folk show you, in their own words, 13 things you shouldn't do before takeoff.
13. Show up on the wrong day.
That awkward moment when you show up for your flight too early. As in a day too early. At least I'm all packed for TOMORROW. #travelfail
— Daniel H Linehan (@DanielHLinehan) July 10, 201312. Show up in the wrong place.
Showed up right on time at the Burbank airport for my flight out of LAX #travelfail #reroute
— Katie Bain (@bainofyrexstnce) May 9, 201311. Forget your wallet.
It's really awesome when u make it all the way through security and realize you don't have your wallet. #airportfail
— Mila Rusimovich (@TheStyleGloss) April 12, 201210. Forget your plane battery.
Aaand... My flight is delayed because they need a battery. From Atlanta. Because it would be ridiculous to have batteries here. #airportfail
— Hannah Johnson (@hm_johnson) May 26, 20129. Cross paths with "a gaggle of birds."
Unless you fly JetBlue, JFK is a seriously ghetto airport. A gaggle of birds just flew down to eat my delicious sandwich.
#AirportFail
— Chris Harbur (@chrisharbur) May 6, 20128. Overserve yourself.
So embarrassing when you offer a pregnant woman your bus seat and find you're not on a bus and she's the flight attendant and you're drunk.
— paul bassett davies (@thewritertype) October 18, 20137. Vomit.
One of the more embarrassing moments of my life- threw up in the aisle of the plane and then was given soap and towels to clean it up. Yep.
— Sara Hanna (@saree927) December 29, 20126. Reek of snack chip.
Dude next to me on this plane smells like pure Fritos. Not bad, actually.
— GOOD KING SPENCESLAS (@edsbs) October 19, 20135. Wear a ponytail.
Lady on plane just looked at me...smiled...and said bad hair day huh??
— Robbie E (@RobbieEImpact) August 3, 20124. Realize you're not going to Disney World.
Once my Dad said he was taking us to Disney World, but drove to the @LLbean store in Maine instead. #VacationFail
— Web Girl Kathleen (@WebGirlKathleen) May 9, 20133. Forget your breath mints (or forget how to spell).
So the guy sitting next to me on the plane had the worst breathe evr. So bad I had fight back. So I farted like 3 times.
— chris carter (@ccarter43) July 15, 20122. Unwrap those pesky skincare products you bought in Iceland.
Bought skincare products in Iceland. Just realised that all of the instructions are in Icelandic >_<;; #travelfail
— Nicole Blaess-Smith (@NicoleTravelBug) July 29, 20131. Spill your crate of fish.
Three hour flight delay, six hour flight, and a man spilled his crate of fish at the baggage claim. #TravelFail
— Cassandra Lee Morris (@SoCassandra) January 6, 2013