Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / July 2003

Flight Attendant Trick No. 5
There are certain seats on an airplane that flight attendants love to use.  They
want to keep those seats open for themselves so they can sit around and gossip
with each other later on during the flight.  If you are assigned one of those

Air passengers will doff shoes or face probes
All airline passengers will be "encouraged" to put their shoes through
X-ray machines before walking through metal detectors — or, if
they decline, face more-thorough screening, even if the footwear does

In-flight entertainment systems linked to scores of jet 'difficulties'
By Gary Stoller, USA TODAY
As a Boeing 757 airliner climbed to 14,000 feet in March, a routine takeoff
suddenly became an emergency. Sparks and smoke came out of the passenger cabin's

Reuters
United expects to use 40 jets for low-cost carrier
Tuesday July 15, 10:41 am ET
CHICAGO, July 15 (Reuters) - Bankrupt United Airlines said on Tuesday it

There were recent threads in rec.travel.air, in which posters
argued, especially Vitaly Schmatsky, that CO does NOT have
Business First on domestic flights.  Their arguments were based
entirely on their MISREAD of the Continental webpage cited by

EWR-CLT-DEN-EWR (Jul 3-9)
 This was a pleasure trip to see my sister and her family in Boulder, CO,
USA.  This was a trip on UA booked at Orbitz.  All my flights have UA flight
#s but on the EWR-CLT-DEN run the metal is US (US Airways), and UA metal on

Can anyone point me to info on what compensation is in order for getting
bumped off a flight? We were recently bumped from a BA flight to a later
one in the day and received nothing. I know in the US when they bump you
they offer you something. What gives?

     It was a kangaroo that hated Qantas, wasn't it?  8-)
     Qantas gasses stowaway rat
     It took two weeks and three aircraft groundings, but the Qantas
assassination squad finally got the better of a rat that spent its time

Does anyone know where I can find schedules for Aeroflot and/or Air China
on-line? My colleague and I need to go to Ulaan Baatar in early August
(where we have a plant turning weapons of mass destruction into sex toys
LOL) and MIAT from Germany is fully booked on the day we want to ...

The Purdue University Hospitality & Tourism Management Graduate Program
is conducting “Korea Tourism Survey” about American Perceptions of South
Korea and North Korea as Travel Destinations.
Your opinion is very important to the success of this research.

Has anyone had any luck getting US Airways (or any other carrier) to
re-issue expired upgrade coupons?  I have a pile that expired and
figured there must be a way to get the airline to honor them.  Any
tips would be appreciated.

Greetings, ladies and gentlemen.
In the interest of beginning a refreshingly intriguing new thread,
I've decided to put forth my story on my introduction to commercial
passenger air travel.  I am looking forward to your stories.  Here is

wots cincinatti airport like for changing planes,
i am flying from Orlando (MCO) - Cincinatti then onwards to LONDON
Any info would be much appreciated

Quite a number of people here still insist on engaging "Trice" / Mary / Bea
/ roada3 / kona97 / etc. /etc. / etc. in conversation, even though you are
fully aware that she is a troll leftover from the Sheryl era.  In fact, it
was Sheryl who first dragged her in here, and for all we ...

Friday, July 11, 2003
Posted 7 a.m. ET - Friday  
Headed to the airport? Wear clean socks
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said Thursday that it