Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / October 2003

I am intending to make a complaint about my flight last night. What I
want to know is where can I find information to quote about rules and
regulations regarding carriage. Are they specific to each country or
carrier? Or are there international rules?

Next Sunday I will fly from UK to Houston international airport, and 4 hours later fly out
again to Mexico. Whilst at Houston I would like to send some of my luggage (1 case) to an
address in USA. Is there any post or courrier service at the airport I can use (on a
Sunday)?

Which airlines have direct flight to US-London
I've come across:
BA
Virgin

I know this hotel comes up via Google from time to time, but I want to
reiterate how much of a gas this place is!
Got to the room about 10 PM, watched about 1 hr of commercial traffic then
the FDX/UPS parade started. Saw an AF taking off--couldn't tell if it was a

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Many of us know that after 9/11, the US State department raised Visa
processing fees for citizens of those countries that need a Visa to
enter the US across the board to $100, citing additional costs due to
security and background checks.  Naturally many of those countries

On the last 3 occasions that I have travelled to the US from the UK
with my family ( a total of 5 of us) we have been subjected to a
thorough security check at airports.  Not the usual cursory check of
hand luggage and a walk through the metal detector, but the full blown

Business trip to Hanoi. Business class on Cathay Pacific between Amsterdam
and Hong Kong, and on Vietnam Airlines (who code-share with CX ) between
Hong Kong and Hanoi.
Wednesday 24 September 2003, CX 270 Amsterdam - Hong Kong

Been a while since I've been there...are the major rental cars in the
parking garage across the road from the terminal, or are they a bus
ride away?

Has anyone used flight-picks.com? Might be useful for booking mileage
runs, it allows 6 city pairs in multi-leg (if you edit the html) and
shows the fare codes. No online booking bonuses though...
Another cool feature is it allows you to book for a specific fare

I was just chatting with a friend who works as a flight attendant instructor
for an airline. (name of airline withheld for privacy reasons) He is having
an argument with his co-instructor about the way a boiled egg should be
served: pointed end up or down in the egg-holder.

Please help me decide the best course of action to take here:
I have purhcased 2 tickets on Air France from LAX to Brussels at a very
favorable rate.  The ticket has two segments:  The non-stop flight from LAX
to CDG and then a train ride to Brussels later that evening.

If you have any experience with travel agents for Air Canada please email me.
Thanks!

Any chance in RyanAir going to offer overseas (USA) connections? Many years ago
there were a number of cheap fares from London to NYC. Now it seems sub $200
roundtrip is nonexistent.
Any alternatives?

 I have had friends who are infreqent flyers (a round trip or less a year)
who because of oversold reservations have been upgraded to BC on INTL trips
for free.  I am surprised that that they have been upgraded as nonstatus non
FF people.  I would think they would check out the ...