“Assigned Seating & The Fall of Jet Way Jesus” Loyal ATWJ readers, we interrupt our regularly scheduled chaos to bring you a heartbreaking bulletin from the skies. Today, Southwest Airlines—beloved for its quirky open seating system and chaotic-but-charming boarding process—announced they’re pivoting to assigned seats. Let’s all take a moment of silence. Not for the […]

If this were a sitcom, it would be the “callback episode.” You know—the one where everything feels familiar, but with one horrifying new twist that makes you question your life choices and your proximity to the airport bar. Last week, my fellow frequent flyer and partner in airborne agony, Stacy Huggins Richarz, and I took […]

Guess who’s back? Back again. Caleb’s back. Tell your friends—because travel chaos never really goes away, it just takes extended PTO. Yes, I went three whole weeks without a new entry. Two of those weeks I cleverly bridged PTO across a Wednesday-to-Tuesday miracle to skip flights and get the kids school-ready. The third? I delegated […]

Cue the power chords and wind machines—it’s time for another round of high-flying, weather-dodging chaos, this time with a soundtrack straight from an 80s power ballad. The latest adventure kicked off with—you guessed it—a storm. Nature decided to remix my itinerary and force a change of plans. Like the song says: “Wind of Change.” (Yes, […]

After a brief, hurricane-sponsored hiatus from travel (thanks, Mother Nature?), your favorite airborne misadventurer is back—bringing you laughs, eye-rolls, and secondhand stress, all at my own expense. This episode began not on a jetway or in a terminal, but with a premonition-level cancellation. On Thursday, October 17th, my return flight scheduled for a full week […]