Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / August 2003

Thursday at 6:50AM the security line in T1 (everybody but SW) went all
the way out to the furthest back corner of the baggage area. Five
minutes later it wrapped around the furthest baggage carrousel. I was
afraid to look back after that. Elapsed time from entering line to

Several posters have commented on the problems with surface
transportation in the UK at the moment.  As my experience shows, these
may be particularly serious when you need to get to the airport in
time to check in ...

Can anyone please advise ?
Went on holiday recently and flew with My Travel Airways.  Upon boarding the
aircraft, an annoucement was made advising that the use of ALL electronic
equipment including that that was non-receiving such as portable CD players

http://www.petitiononline.com/eyedeede/petition.html
Stop the world's longest ban  
To:  Believers in human rights the world over
This petition's goal is to stop the world's longest ban.

If you had a layover in a particular city for x amount of time that
gave you an hour in town (excluding travel time to and from the
airport), what would you do in that particular town/city?   How would
you go about getting to where you wanted to go and back?

Does anyone know anything about this organization?
How does one know what airline one will be flying?
Thanks, mv

Greetings all,
Does anyone know of an online list of in-flight airline magazines (the
ones that are always in the seat compartment in front of you.
Specifically, i am looking to advertise in the magazines, so marketing

 Who wants to be bumped?  Some people plan for it, other people avoid it
like a plague.  I volunteered once, In  Dec 1982, TPA-PHL.  I was a college
student.  I got my $168 airfare back in cash.  Fantastic deal.  We spent
some of it getting drunk.

I'm not sure if this article has been removed permenantly from the
internet, or if this particular google link has simply changed:
http://www.permanenttourist.com/4paths/fly-without-id.html
But since the link no longer works I thought I'd access a cached

My wife and I are beginning to travel more than we used to, and are looking
into airmiles as a treat for the future. Having zero experience with this,
I'm asking the massed minds here for some advice. To begin:
US Airways and Continental seem to cover the bulk of our planned ...

   I will be traveling JFK-SFO on UAL flight 853 returning on UAL 18 (767
on both flights, type unknown).  I am booked in first, however have heard
conflicting info as to whether or not this particular aircraft has in seat
video.  Does anybody know?

I was curious if anyone is familiar with the "shared lounge" at the Madrid
Airport that DL allows Business Elite passengers to use.  I believe it is
called the "Fala Cibeles" lounge (sp?) and is located in Terminal 1,
Concourse B per Delta.

It seems that right after the SARS travel ban lifted, all the airlines
jacked up the prices.  
Even worst, it seems that everyone in Canada (students, etc..) who
were scheduled to go to HK over the spring/summer is now travelling

Ok point me in the right direction. I have met an indivdual who claims to
have flown f-14s for th El Salvadoran air force. I say it is a lie, but my
daughter loves the rascal. I would dearly love to put this one firmly to
rest.

I read somewhere that Arnold Schwarzenegger owns a 747 and leases it
to Singapore Airlines.  Anyone have more detailed information on this?