To learn from their wisdom, CNN Travel chatted with Florida-based flight attendant Hunter Smith-Lihas, who works as a flight attendant on a major US airline, and veteran Australian ...

Flight Attendants share a secret language to describe passengers, and this deceptively positive code word actually means something negative on an airplane.

Flight attendants have a subtle way of letting each other know if there is a hottie onboard. When working the aisles at 30,000 feet, there isn't much room for maneuvering a food trolley around or ...

Boarding passes contain hidden codes that significantly impact your travel experience. The sequence number indicates check-in order, influencing seat allocation and the risk of being bumped from ...

If you are an avid traveller you likely think that you know the ins and outs of how a flight works, however there is plenty that goes on behind the scenes that most passengers are completely unaware ...

10:03, Fri, Dec 12, 2025 Updated: 10:09, Fri, Dec 12, 2025 Cabin crew will often use plenty of different codes during a flight; and while they often are work-related, it turns out that staff have ...

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Flight attendants have a unique opportunity to learn the best travel practices when it comes to air travel. Naturally, many have a few tricks up their sleeves for making flights more enjoyable, ...