Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / November 2003

They may have no weapons, but their fists and feet are deadly!
They may take over a plane and crash it into a building !
So pilots should know kung fu or karate or something like that !

A rant:
You would think that a new carrier would be doing their best to
encourage new customers. Not in the case of Air Wales.
I read that they were intending starting an Amsterdam-Swansea service

I traveled in September to Vienna and Amsterdam from the USA.
I was returning AMS-JFK.  At Amsterdam I was asked questions
about where I had stayed in Europe.  I was required to show them
my hotel receipts.  If I had stayed with a friend in Europe, would

Is there an airline mileage travel credit card that is recognized as
just about the best deal??
I am interested in a card which earns a mile for each dollar spent.
Also that allows the use of accumulated mileage for redemption with

A new 5th runway opened today at Houston's Bush Intercontinental airport.
Part of major construction at IAH, new Terminal E partially open and will
be completed in December for all of Continental flights. IAH traffic has
now been running back above 9/11 levels. FAA announced 16 ...

I just had an Evac-U-8 smoke hood, which I estimate had passed more than 100
carry on baggage screenings, confiscated at FCO Airport when I was boarding
an AF flight from Rome to Paris. I don't know if it was Air France security
or airport security that refused to allow me to take ...

Hello Group,
Does anybody know the rules on selling and reselling flights. I run an
information  site about greece and last year we had a few 1000 flight
enquiries, and we unable to service any of the enquiries.

Can anyone tell me how I can access Seatmap.com (or similar) as it now
requires a password...
Thanks

I  just flew what may turn out to be my last ever flight with BA. Starting
next week, Duo takes over the TXL-BHX run - and next October I retire to the
South Pacific, where I definitely won't fly with BA.
How will this change my commuting?

RALEIGH, N.C. -- A federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday ordered the
liquidation of the assets of Midway Airlines, a regional carrier for US
Airways that had fought to stay in business despite first filing for
bankruptcy more than two years ago.

Judge clears UAL sale of Orbitz stake
Move could put up to $52M in airline coffers
By Betsy Riley
UAL Corp. got an early Halloween treat Thursday when U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Hi--
I am desperately searching for a last minute solution to my tale of
woe-- I am going to the Elliott Smith Memorial in LA on Monday, but
don't have $280 for the ticket or SW voucher, etc... thus I am