Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / February 2004

Hi Group,
I had 49,000 AA miles that I never used for years, recently I decided to
puchase addtional miles thru their web site so I can claim two domestic
tickets from ORD to MIA for our cruise ship in April.

I am looking for a particular form of email updates of best fares on a
particular route, similar to Faremail at Travelocity.  All of the
services I know about, including faremail, update the best fares in
general (at any time point) whereas I need updates for travel on a

If you are Gold or Silver status in ANY frequent flyer (*) program e.g.
British Airways / Oneworld
Air France / Sky team
KLM

Listening to channel nine on UA 1225 Denver->Reno yesterday, I heard
something like:
   "Denver Center, Jackpot 123, can we request a block allocation
    for 39 to 41?"

Seems like I can recall seeing a picture of a huge helicopter that
resembled the helicopter's version of an airliner.I've wondered why
there was never was a helicopter "airliner".
I've alsowonder why "flying boats"(like the Pan AM Clipper)are no

I am thinking of trying out for cabin crew for a UK airline, and was just
wondering if anyone had any comments on how the plane's cabin crew and
flight crew tend to get on.  Are the flight crew really good fun, especially
when you're away, or are they a bit high and mighty!

Passengers: Pilot promotes faith on flight
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A pilot asked passengers on an American Airlines flight to
identify themselves as Christians, calling those who aren't "crazy," some of
the passengers said Monday.

It won't be for a while yet but I will eventually be in the position
where I can work for 6 months and take 6 months of the year off to go
travelling. The question is, which 6 months (assuming either 1 block
of 6 months or 2 blocks of 3 months).

Wherever JetBlue goes, goodies follow
Big airlines fight back with free flights, bonus miles
(CNN) -- By now everyone knows that JetBlue is the darling of the travel
business. People love to fly JetBlue and tell all their friends they should

Hi.  I am intending to fly Northwest in the near future.  However, the
only piece of luggage I will have is my carry on luggage.  I have a
question that maybe some of you could answer.   I am thinking of
bringing along a small container of Paul Mitchell sculpting foam ( it is

About Rogue Cisco Employee Michael "mrtravelkay" Voight,
a.k.a. the "mrtravel" Netkook Troll/Usenet Flooder
"mrtavelkay" is the latest usenet handle of a brainless troll whose real name is
Michael Voight, email <mvoight@cisco.com>.

Can anyone help with ideas and technology on how to build a onlince
site with online air ticket sold(reservation system) and hotel booking
system. Qiuck replies will be much apprecaited,
thankx in advance

I'm trying to purchase a ticket for my girlfriend to come to the UK (I'm
British, she's American) in the summer.
As you can guess the airfares are quite high. When I've flown over there the
last few trips I've flown with Airline Network. However, I'm not sure that

Anyone know which (if any) carriers offer direct
flights to Europe from Jacksonville, Florida?

Over the last few years, I've gotten into the habit of giving every company I
deal with online a different, unique email address for them to use when sending
me email (I have my own domain, so I can assign new email addresses at will and
map them to whichever account I choose). I do ...