South Florida Sun-Sentinel Palm Beach (Sunday)
Clapping it up with Amber Nash
Comedian Amber Nash said people often recognize her voice before her face. The Atlanta-based actress is best known for voicing Pam Poovey on the long-running animated FXX series “Archer.” Based out of Atlanta, Nash said she looks forward to being able to tour again. “My first year performing in Germany, I found out very quickly that German audiences are very different from American audiences,” said Nash, 43. “They do not make a peep the whole show. They quietly take it in. As a comedian, this is very unsettling. You assume that you are bombing and that they hate you, but then when the show is over, they go crazy! They clap for what feels like 20 minutes!”
Q: What would be your dream trip?
A: I’d love to spend a month in Thailand. We had a trip scheduled for 2020, but that’s not happening. I want to spend time at an elephant sanctuary and on the beach. It’s incredibly affordable once you get there.
Q: Where is the most romantic destination?
A: Havana! My husband and I went there for our honeymoon. He’s Canadian, so we flew in from Toronto. It’s such an interesting place. The people as so warm and the old cars are fantastic. It’s a very special place. Dancing and rum? You can’t go wrong.
Q: If you’ve ever gone away for the holidays, which was the best trip?
A: Every other year we spend Christmas in Edmonton. Since I’m from Georgia, it’s a very different experience in regards to weather. I had very few white Christmases growing up, but you can guarantee one in Edmonton. It’s beautiful and everything is covered in snow. Jasper is a mountain town in Alberta. It’s a wonderland. We’ve been there a few times because (my husband) Kevin’s brother lives there. (We go on) ice hikes, sleigh rides on a frozen lake, ice skating.
Q: What is your favorite vacation destination?
A: I’ve been very lucky to get to travel to so many places. I very much love New Orleans. My husband and I go at least once a year. It’s a seven-hour drive from Atlanta. It’s all about the senses. The food is insane! Eat lots of wonderful food. And drinks! There are parades literally on every street all the time and music everywhere, every bar and street corner. There is so much to see walking around, the history and architecture and the vampires. I highly recommend the New Orleans Historic Voodoo
Museum and a ghost tour. I also love Oslo, Norway, and have been there many times. The people are beautiful. The land is beautiful. ... The bus takes you everywhere, even from the center of the city to a ski hill. I highly recommend the Viking Ship Museum.
Q: What are your five favorite cities?
A: New Orleans, San Francisco, Oslo, Hong Kong and Havana.
Q: When you go away, what are some of your must-have items?
A: A steamer. I’m very particular about wrinkles. Also, if you’re gone for a long time in countries that aren’t English speaking, it’s nice to have some shows or movies to watch when traveling or at night in your hotel. Also, comfortable shoes. I’ve made the mistake of packing new shoes and you do so much walking that breaking in a pair of new shoes is a recipe for sore feet.
Jae-Ha Kim is a New York Times bestselling author and travel writer. You can respond to this column by visiting her website at www.jaehakim. com.
A: United Airlines should have kept better records. You obviously flew to Chicago for Thanksgiving, and you could prove it by showing them your boarding passes. This was a clerical error on United’s part, and United should have fixed it instead of charging you for an extra one-way ticket.
If an airline has no record of you boarding an outbound flight, it will cancel the rest of your journey. Airlines do that to free up empty seats, but also to prevent people from skipping legs of their flight, which can cost an airline in lost revenue opportunity. So United was just following its own rules.
When you asked United
to correct the mistake, it should have paid you the difference between the original flight and the one-way ticket. But apparently that was too difficult for its system. Instead, it just refunded the original ticket, leaving you $69 poorer.
You could have reached out to United through its site or social media to prompt the airline to take a second look at your case. Or you could have contacted a United Airlines supervisor. I list the names, numbers and email of the United Airlines managers on my consumer advocacy site, www.elliott.org/company-contacts/united-airlines/.
I contacted United Airlines on your behalf. After your initial complaint, the airline had sent you a $150 flight voucher. After I intervened, United credited you the $69 and also allowed you to keep the voucher.
If you need help with a coronavirus-related refund, please contact me. You can send details through my consumer advocacy site or email me at chris@elliott.org.