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10 Airport Secrets That Only Insiders Know

The experts have weighed in: They've got ways to make life easier while you go from where you are to where you want to be.
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Buy Yourself a Disposable Placemat

The tray tables on airplanes don't get cleaned after every flight, says Sara Keagle, a flight attendant and travel blogger. Worse, Keagle says she's seen passengers do "everything from diaper changes to clipping their nails on them." The adhesive, eco-friendly plastic mats usually marketed for kids (available at drugstores and on Amazon.com) are the perfect size and stick right to the tray table.

Published on February 05, 2012
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