Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / November 2003

Does anyone know of an authority I can go to with a problem relating
to Emirates' check-in procedures at Manchester airport?  Neither
Emirates check-in staff nor their customer affairs department
understand the regulations relating to tourist visas for certain

I am going to Sydney for 3 weeks in February and would welcome advice on
breaking the trip with say 2 night stops in San Francisco to the way out
and Dubai or Singapore on the return.
What are the pitfalls and logistic problems and would the advantages of

I am booking flights with Emirates airline with a stopover in Dubai. Am
I better booking direct or will it be cheaper to book via an online or
high street agent?
Regards

I have a few thousand Airmiles in my 'account' - is it posible to
obtain Ppaper Airmiles for these?
Thanks

Is there a list of airport shopping prices?
Wanting to buy a bottle of perfume (chanel chance). Is it usually cheaper,
the same or more at the aiport?
Does anyone have any experience?

Is it worth going to Ibiza on December?   I was thinking of going there but
need to know if it is as populated during the winter compared to the summer.
TIA,
Aldo

I was just wondering, with the amount of traffic on the manchester to london
route why have ryanair never tried to operate it.  Surely it would be
successful and a lot cheaper for those of us that have to fly with BMI to
LHR when STN would be more convenient. And before anyone ...

I need a new suitcase. I am ready to pay more for durability.
One of the biggest problems I have when traveling is keeping my suits
and shirts from getting creased and wrinkled. I tried one of those
Pack-It Folders by Eagle Creek with little luck. Supposedly the

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I was wondering if a quote in the article was a misprint or ...( The
article was written by Michael Klesius who is a NG writer)
"I think back to my first airplane ride, a treat from my grandparents
when I was 12 years old. .......  Finally the day arrived with overcast

You think?

What I hate about CO is the headset they use.  Rather than using the
standard one prong jack, they have this two prong jack so they can
charge $5 in economy.
We are going to Paris Wednesday on CO.  My question is should I bring

Setting aside the question about whether the aircraft will ever get built for a
moment, there are some interesting 7e7 design details in this week's AvWeek:
Current fuselage is spec'd at 226" cross section, 14" wider than the A330, it's
intended competition Also wider than the ...

I apologize for trolling your newsgroups but you morons keep responding to me
even after I've been exposed numerous times.  You'd think even the most retarded
among you would have wised up by now.  So as long as you keep responding to my
lame trolls I'll keep trolling the sh.t out ...

Alan Erskine trolling as bearbehindau2001@hotmail.com (Bear) wrote:

Typical Alan Erskine psycho behavior - complains endlessly about "trolls"
posting through google under pseudonyms, no accountability, blah blah blah, and