Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / May 2004

I booked a hotel through Orbitz. When I showed up at the hotel, they
had no record of the reservation, so I had to pay the hotel directly.
When I got home, I tried to get my money back from Orbitz. (they debit
your credit card immediately when you make the reservation) After 4

Why do BA make it so difficult?
When I flew more than I do now, in the early 1990's, it was always the
BA Partner miles that had to be fought tooth and nail to be credited.
Not much seems to have changed.

I was wondering where in the world posters would recommend for the perfect
climate?
This would also include having little danger of hurricanes, volcanic
activity, earthquakes, etc.

I can confirm via MAplc spies, that CX will re-commence services from
Manchester in March 2005 after a break of four years. The initial service
will be twice a week, one service will go via Moscow, the other via Munich.
The aircraft thought to be used will be A343. The airline will ...

Why, oh Why is the www.ba.com site so slow.
Do they really NOT want my business ?

Jail for man who left bag in airport
By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor
Daily Telegraph
(Filed: 06/05/2004)

Here is what i found about Cheaptrips.com from the BBB:
This company is located outside of our service area. Consumers with
inquiries or complaints must contact the BBB Denver Metro Area,
located at 1020 Cherokee Street, Denver, CO 80204-4039. Consumers may

I'd welcome some opinions from you seasoned travellers on here. My
wife and I are on our yearly hard earned two weeks in Florida in
October and I thought I'd spend a few quid extra and pay for premium
economy - anyone here got any experience on this route? Which one

I have two $100 dollar vouchers for sale.  They are with suntrips so
you must be able to fly from Oakland or Denver and suntrips fly's into
Hawaii and Mexico cities.  They are good until October 17, 2004.  I am
selling each for $70 OBO.

Using Orbitz to browse flights from Cleveland, Ohio, to London, UK, I
keep seeing times between flights (usually in New York) of an hour or
even less.
Is that enough?  Don't you need a couple of hours?

We will be checking in 4 suitcases when we fly from the USA to France in a
couple of weeks. 2 of these are soft, the other 2 are hard.
We purchased those locks from Brookstone that the federal baggage handlers
can open if they want to. These locks will be used to lock the soft

    [ I'm pretty sure Herb has done this before, but let's see
     UAL, AAL, DAL, and other majors do something like this for
     a change! -Ed. ]
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20040301/nbrodsky.html

Is it?
AF took delivery of the 1st 777-300ER about 2-3 weeks ago.  Inaugural
ommercial service for the a/c (1st 777-300 of any type for AF, and 1st
-300ER of any airline) is supposed to take place on 14 May.  The AF

Hope someone here can help with this query.
I'm in the process of organising a trip on the Trans-Siberian railway
for this autumn. I'll be travelling from Newcastle to Moscow and on to
Beijing by train and want to fly back from Beijing.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38411
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