Mile Highlights for July
By: Jordan Fraser
Tags: Travel, Flying, Writing, Community, Airlines

Mile Highlights for July

The best in stories told from 35,000ft

Photo by Marc-Olivier Jodoin on Unsplash

The end of July marks the first time The Mile High Club will roll into a second month.

This brand new publication has been an enormous source of joy for me since its birth earlier this month.

Identity

I went through a lot of different names before settling on ‘The Mile High Club’. I wanted to call it ‘Up in the Air’ but that name, along with a lot of other names were already taken.

I finally settled on ‘High Up’ and published two stories into the publication under that name before in a dream I thought of the current name.

It’s true!

I know it sounds like the plot of an awful movie probably starring Katherine Heigl, but it’s actually true.

I woke up from the dream with limbs flailing and hair tossing. I raced to my laptop and updated the name.

Since that dream-induced moment we’ve had a fantastic early run, and I’d like to introduce you to a few gems that stood out over the month.

Airline Horror

Veteran travel writer Kristi Keller let us in on her hellish flight experience with Air Canada, and it was absolutely mortifying.

You’d think a national carrier would do their best to represent their country and offer the highest level of service, but you’d be wrong.

Right from the beginning things went from bad to worse all the way to its mortifying conclusion.

We are led through the entire ordeal through Kellers fantastic story telling technique, so be prepared to laugh and grit your teeth with the realisation that you’ve probably “been there”.

Experience Air Canada for yourself right here, and prepare for horror -

Fly Your Own Way

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Think you’ve seen it all? Think again.

New York Times contributor Roz Warren tells us the story of the rebel who does yoga in the isle of aircrafts.

Why does such an act evoke such an emotional response?

Fellow travellers were horrified by the act, without being personally affected at all.

While on one hand I judge these people, on the other hand I know that if I were there, I would have been just as mad.

I know my feelings would have been completely unjustified, but I would have felt them just the same.

Be prepared for a journey that begins with story-time from Warrens past, and ends with the lesson you weren’t expecting to learn -

Spit it Out

This month I wrote a lot of pieces for The Mile High Club (as is customary for someone getting a publication kick-started) but the standout was the one I wrote about airline food.

You can usually tell there is something wrong with the food by the smell and the appearance, but unfortunately things aboard go a lot deeper.

Between unsafe storage times, central cooking locations and unclean aircraft storage containers, the food and drink aboard may be a lot worse for you than you think.

Here’s a tip, don’t drink the coffee -

Writing a Mile High

I hope you’ve enjoyed these and all the other stories being posted regularly to The Mile High Club.

If you love to keep up with aviation themed articles, I encourage you to follow us and enrich your life every day with stories that range from onboard tales, to airline controversies and lots more.

If you’re a writer and want to be involved, let us know!

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I’m a Writer!

We’d love the privilege of receiving regular contributions from more incredible writers.

Most of us have been inside of an aircraft, and therefore have a story to tell.

If you’ve ever flown a plane, flown in a plane or have an interest in planes, you were meant to write a mile high.

Comment to this story asking to be added and I’ll happily add you to our club.

From there, just write a story and submit it for publication. We’ll send it out to the world, plug it on Facebook and be your biggest cheerleader.

As always thanks for reading, and happy flying!