Tales from your travels
Mary Phelan froze her way through an Aer Lingus flight to New York in August
I was frozen, as were a family beside me. I asked for a blanket as soon as I got on, and one was reluctantly given to me, although they were not, supposedly, to be handed out at that early stage, or until take-off. The family beside me asked a bit later and were told to wait, then were told the blankets were down at the end of the section we were in. Finally, when the reluctant flight attendant went to get three blankets for the family, she returned and said there were only two left. We couldn't believe it. Subzero temperatures. We asked for the heating to be turned on, and a request was supposedly sent in. It took a long time, and we were never really warm enough. Supposedly we were in the coldest part of the aircraft, and the flight attendant made a sort of joke of this fact, and said she had found herself in a similar situation on a flight once upon a time. What was going on? I couldn't believe they didn't have a blanket for everyone. Are we supposed to provide our own blankets? Are they not able to regulate the temperature in the aircraft? I have never been so cold on a flight before.
Richard Nisbet of Bridgetown, Co Wexford, couldn't get answers about travelling with a duty-free bottle of whiskey
On a return flight from Montreal to London in transit to Dublin I was entitled to buy some duty-free, but while outside the terminal having a last smoke, a security guard told me there would be no problem at Montreal with a bottle of whiskey. But,
having to transfer from Terminal 4 at Heathrow, I would have to go through security again, and they would not allow me on board with alcohol. I asked British Airways staff at check-in, but they were no great help. They mentioned a sealed bag, but I would still have to carry it.
As a result I refrained from buying any alcohol and did not have a problem. Do other passengers know this, or is there a way around it?