Strange things can happen when you try to save a few dollars on plane tickets. My itinerary includes three different airlines, which means checking in three times, checking luggage three times, going through security three times, and so on. In London, the person who checked me in at Biman Bangalesh Airlines had a bit of a chuckle that I'm flying through Dubai to Bangalore. He said that never in his many years working for Biman had anyone ever done this before. Really? It actually makes pretty good sense to me, Dubai is right on the way, between London & Bangalore. Flying Biman Bangladesh reminded me of flying when I was a kid, when we'd take that flight half way around the world between South Africa & USA every couple of years. I always thought the airplane
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