7 Travel Pro Tips To Help You Survive Thanksgiving Week With Thanksgiving fast approaching, the only thing standing between you and and a healthy heap of mashed potatoes may be a friendly travel agent and a cross-country flight. But on some of the busiest travel days of the year, navigating the airport can be tricky. Here are a seven tips to keep your journey (hopefully) headache-free: Print your boarding pass ahead of time. Download your airline???s mobile app. If you are carrying-on a gift, do yourself a favor: leave it unwrapped in case the TSA needs to check it out. If you are putting valuables through TSA carry-on screening, tape your business card to them in case you accidentally leave them behind. Sign up for TSA pre-check so you can fly through security lines -- with your shoes on. Make sure your carry-on bag fits by checking ahead of time. And if the agent asks you to gate check it, listen -- nothing delays a departure like having to take bags back off a full plane. If you want more legroom, think about paying for an economy plus seat, which often comes with a better boarding time. Bonus tip: When all else fails, try being nice. After all, it is a holiday!