Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / August 2003

See details at http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/08/1060145850690.html
or read below:
Plane diverted after breaching curfew
August 8, 2003 - 8:48PM (Australian Eastern Standard Time)

Three on Fishing Trip Accidently Breach JFK Security
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/wabc_081103_jfk.html
By N.J. Burkett
(Kennedy Airport-WABC, August 11, 2003) — Three people are behind a

I need to buy a 1-way ticket, JFK-ADL in October. Apart from the usual suspects
(travelocity, expedia, orbitz), are there any other sites that I should check?
Thanks.

[Rumsfeld sez:  I love the smell of napalm during a just war. - Ed.]
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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=432201
US admits it used napalm bombs in Iraq

I arrived home at BWI late last night and noticed them working on a
passageway that will link the air-side of Concourses A, B, and C.
In this way, it appears you will be able to go through security for any of
the three for departure from any of the three.

I am hoping to fly to Japan in September on Continental in Economy. How is
their service to Japan on their 777? How is the in-flight entertainment and
food? How tight are the seats (I'll be flying from Newark to Narita)?
Would I have any trouble bringing my laptop along with me to ...

Dogs sniff for drugs and explosives; a recent news article claimed that
somebody (an Israeli firm?) is successfully training rats to find land
mines by scent.
Now I was told yesterday -- by somebody whom I'd have some reason to

Is the Left Luggage Desk still open at
Terminal 3 Heathrow?
How late does the airport hotel shuttle
(Hopon Bus?) operate on a weekday?

Based on data from 1994 to 2002, Texas had almost four times as many
casualties from extreme weather than any other state.  I was looking at this
news portal, www.storydata.com and they publish among other things extreme
weather data.  I had no idea Texas weather could be so ...

I am looking for a flight and a hotel room for Daytona 500 2004. Where
can I stay for just 3 nights? Please help!!!
(~Just Shirley~)

I am planning my wedding for Summer 2004.  It will require many of my
friends & family to fly from London to Portland, Oregon (PDX).
Does anyone have any idea of how prices vary in July, August &
September?  Which is the cheapest of these months to travel?

When a flight is overbooked, how do airlines determine who gets
involuntarily bumped?  I.e. which factors matter?
Frequent flyer status?
Date of ticket purchase?

I am renting a car in Germany for 2 days, the price is 225 Euros with
tax-no discounts.
The price for a 2 day rental is 175 Euros-less discounts.
This is obviously a rip-off to get corporate travellers to pay the

I am taking a short trip to Las Vegas in a few months and will be
coming home on a Saturday morning. Just wondering how busy it will be.
I am scheduled to depart for LAX at 9:05am on UA. Would have, rather
skipped LAX and went straight to DEN and then home to CPR, but the

3rd AUG 21:05 hrs IST
Washington: In the first settlement of its kind, an Indian origin doctor has
won $50,000 in damages and a written apology from a wing of the formidable US
Homeland Security department over his lawsuit alleging that armed air marshals