For those of you who have flown United Airlines in the last, say, ten years or so, you’ll be familiar with Hemispheres, their in-flight magazine and their feature Row 22, Seat A and B. It is one of the better ones out there, and this is coming from me who one year flew nearly 200k miles on United, so I’ve earned my right to an opinion.
Their 3 Perfect Days features are pretty good, but one of the sections I always look forward to is Row 22, Seats A and B. The column explores various travel tales from a frequently flier that always sits in (obviously) Row 22. Here’s an excerpt from the book that might whet your appetite.
The flight from London to New York was 160 miles from Heathrow when it leveled off at its cruising altitude of 34,000 feet.
In Row 22, Seat B, a tanned, young man in his early 20s, wearing blue jeans and a clean but wrinkled white button-down shirt, leaned forward and withdrew a thin, leather-bound book from the knapsack at his feet. Straightening up, he opened the book to the middle, spread it wide, and shook it slightly, causing a slender pen to slip out of the spine, followed by a photo that had been tucked between the pages.
He picked up the photo and regarded it for several minutes, then pulled down the tray in front of him and carefully placed the picture along the right side. Reopening the book, he flipped through its pages until he reached the back where, on the first blank page, he wrote the day’s date and, beneath it, “Somewhere Over the Atlantic.” On the next line, he began writing in the small, firm script that had already filled the journal’s first 120 pages…
Row 22, Seat A and B has rave reviews, but I completely relate to this comment that was posted onto Amazon:
I have read this book a hundred times and each time, it seems likes its the first time i’m reading it.
So, take to the friendly skies and Pick Up Your Copy now of Row 22, Seat A and B:
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Image Credit: Boarding Passes by autumn_bliss
Andy Hayes is the managing editor of Sharing Travel Experiences. Featured in CNN, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, National Geographic Traveler, and other major publications, he travels for up to seven weeks at a time and spends the other seven right here with you. Follow him on Twitter, @andrewghayes.






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I was given a copy years ago and enjoy it immensely. You could check it out at the library, but it’s a book you’ll want to own.
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Glad you agree, Dave2. It’s just so beautifully written…