Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / May 2004

We are planning a round the world trip over Christmas/New Year.
I am 6'4" tall and always have legroom problems in economy class.
I have found out that American, Air France, Lufthansa and Air Canada have
more legroom than other airlines.

  I found that one of the "virtual" airlines for flight simulator has a
JFK-PEK route on a 747.
I did not think any 747 would have the range to do JFK to PEK nonstop. I
thought the only

Is it just me or do other viewers feel the need to open a bottle of whiskey
5mins into every episode.
I was thinking of starting a drinking game much like the Withnail game
(Withnail and I is a cult British film involving a lot of alcohol). The Idea

I decided to to a quick toddle off to Amsterdam this weekend
at extremely short notice.
Fares at short notice LHR-AMS can only be described as, er,
interesting. BMI came out cheapest at #150 or thereabouts,

Do you know if most US flights go up in price like June 1 - Aug 30?
For example a flight from Calif to Kauai in June is abolut $690
roundtrip.  Would it be that high until Sept 1?
Same question about hotel rates.  I saw a Vancouver brochure saying

i  looking for airfare, hotel from tampa to panama city  panama. do you
know what airline and a good hotel ????  thanks

Have flight prices gone insane this year?
London to LAX, flying out 17-19th July, flying back 26th. Can't find a
bean under £560. Anywhere I should be looking aside from the usual
suspects?

Wow, what a terrible airline. Their zonal boarding has to be the worst
system ever invented. It takes three times as long to board the airplane.
Yesterday I checked in 90 mintues before departure and was in the "final
boarding call" zone. Surprise, no room left in the overhead ...

Source: Guardian
By Kevin Done, Aerospace Correspondent
British Airways is cutting some fares by up to 30 per cent on its
European short-haul services out of London Gatwick, as it faces

I just found out that US immigration do a check of your notebook to
see if the battery has been replaced by explosives.
So what happens if you battery is too low to switch it on ,you don't
have one or it's a uk machine like mine that needs an adapter ?

As a Canadian, you are allowed to stay in Denmark for three months
without a visa. I guess there should be no problem if you have a
roundtrip with a set date to return to Canada but what if you only book
a one-way ticket to Denmark (if you for instance are not sure when to

About rogue Cisco employee and netkook/troll/usenet flooder
Michael Voight, alias "mrtravel", "mrtravelkay", etc.
"mrtavelkay" is the latest usenet handle of a brainless troll whose real name is
Michael Voight, e-mail <mvoight@cisco.com>.

25 March, AA87, LHR-ORD departed on time at 10.15, 100% full :-(  A
pretty unimpressive lunch served about 2 hours after take off followed
by a snack before an on time arrival at ORD Terminal 5.  Immigration
very fast meaning that non-US passport holders got through quicker than

BAA Press Release
27 April 2004
Do you struggle to lift your bulging holiday suitcase? Any idea how much
it weighs? Passengers are being urged to check before leaving for

duo had called in the administrators and suspended operations.
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