Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / September 2003

Local (Chicago) paper has an artice on the reality show "starring"
SWA, I'm not sure how long the link will be accessible non
subscribers:
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsindex/31-ds1.htm

    http://www.sacbee.com/content/travel/story/7287182p-8231839c.html
Airline program speeds check-in
By Clint Swett -- Bee Staff Writer - (Published August 24, 2003)
ANCHORAGE -- At Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, icons of

Trip Report MDT-ATL-LIM-CUZ-IQT
Total ticket cost, about $1K, from Intratours in Houston. Economy.
MDT-ATL 8/11/03 (return 8/20)
Delta Comair 5582 (return 5579) 1h30

Recently we held low fare tickets with Hawaiian Air and wanted to
transfer the tickets to other family members.  I was told that was not
possible even though had same last name and same credit card account.
I had expected to be charged a ridiculous fee to change but was told

Family trip SEA - CLT via ORD on United in Sept. (economy, five seats /
four people, our favorite way to fly)  No checked luggage (UPS two
weeks ahead is our baggage handler of choice).  Is 1 hour B4 flite time
enough to get boarding passes & get thru TSA at Seatac?  We have 1 hr in

Went on a flight (Denmark) Kastrup - Tirstrup this weekend. And had my
camera
with me :
http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/lol/1165/flight/flight1.htm

Is there a site that gives international airport codes?  I am pretty good on
US and Canadian codes, but not sure about other countries.

Hi, I have a flight from ZGA to FRA and arrival time
in FRA is 09:15. Then I have another flight from FRA
to ATL at 10:15. I made this thru a travel agent and
didnt worry till a friend told me 1 hour is probably not

Does anyone know whether the TUMI "40-inch" slim" wheeled garment bag can be
used as carry-on?  It's dimensions are 23" x 4" x approx. 20" (It's 40"
unfolded, so I'm assuming half that when folded.  Continental, my usual
carriers, specifies a combined linear measurement no greater ...

I have an e-ticket for an overseas flight next week. Is it necessary to
bring my receipt for the ticket?
Thanks-Mike E.

For anyone interested in noise-cancelling headphones, I just replaced my
original Bose Quiet Comfort phones with the new Quiet Comfort II.  They are
a big improvement over the originals.  The new phones don't have a separate
box for the noise-cancelling electronics -- everything is ...

Does anyone know of specials to Africa or perhaps beyond, say to
Europe...but I would like a stopover in Perth and Nairobi...Jo'burg is not
critical though I would not mind a short stopover.
I heard about a  SAA/Thai special but that does not give me a stop in Perth.

In researching some codes, I did find some funny routings.  For example,
Wenatchee, WA to Fresno, CA, or EAT to FAT.  Any other good code combos like
that?

I tend to do things a little last minute.. What are the odds of getting on
an overbooked long haul flight standby??