This week, Amanda welcomes Megan and Nani to the Women’s Caucus for a high-altitude round of travel hot takes. We cover everything from Italy’s snack superiority to zipper-merge vengeance, airport-timing chaos, and the moral failure of duffle bags.

Plus: kids should legally be required to have iPads on planes, lounges need a 21+ policy, and we design Venus Airlines — the first carrier exclusively for women and gay men, where you don’t even have to be conscious.

Come for the short ribs in business class, stay for the chaos at Gate N.