Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / August 2004

I am traveling from India to London next month (Don't know by which airlines)
Can somebody tell me as how much weight I can carry?
TIA,
Sanjeev.

I am in need of assistance flying 3 children across country. If anyone
knows of programs that would assist in purchasing these tickets,
please contact me at litlmommy2003@yahoo.com.
Thank you,

Here's a way to pass a bit if time.
At least 50% of all TSA Screeners are usually sitting around any airport,
"on break."  Strike up an innocent conversation with a few of them.  During
the conversation, bring up the question of "What was their occupation before

I let my son use one of my suitcases, which I have barely used for his
honeymoon.  I think it was Delsy.
Alaska ruined the bag.  Ripped it to shreds and took 6 weeks to
replace it.  When they sent a new bag it was a Ciao with a 5 year

Please forward this to your friends!
BigBad Media are looking for contestants to star in a new reality TV
show called TRIBES. The show is scheduled to run for two months with
teams from Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Portugal, Greece and

I have a hand held GPS.  I'll be flying from Denver Co to McAllen Tx
soon.
I want to carry the GPS in my pocket, or put it in my carry on bag.
Will the airlines have a problem with that?  I have no intention of

I am booked on NWA in Ocober for the following routing.
11/14/04 - CPR-MSP-MDW
11/19/04 - MDW-MSP-CPR
For part of my flights I am booked in economy class(K) and for some I

Arrived back from New Orleans Friday (Last week, 13th).  Flew Continental to
Houston and then BA from Houston to Gatwick (bags checked all the way
through I might add, although we did have to collect boarding passes at
Houston).  Anyway, we got home and the wife noticed a tear of ...

Air Transport Users Council, figures 12 months to March 2004.
1. British Airways 252 (last year 257)
2. easyJet 173 (106)
3. Ryanair 160 (201)

First of all a sincere thanks and acknowledgement to "oliver" who
predicted, in his post,
QUOTE
"On the other hand, I suspect that before long we'll hear from the

reality is often ambiguity
some u.s. airlines--with notable exceptions (southwest, for instance)--are
rumored to be potentially filing chapter 7-11 (or have done so already)
clark howard, the excellent consumer expert, does not think a delta bankruptcy

watch all you want
http://www.maxho.com/video/ka32.html

Terror no-fly list singled out Kennedy
Senator was stopped 5 times at airports
- Sara Kehaulani Goo, Washington Post
Friday, August 20, 2004

How do you like to be identified as a "terrorist" or a "potential
terrorist" by a computer program? That's what happened to thousands of air
travellers recently.
This is another prime example of how well the government is working. First

Has anyone used USA3000 out of PIT to Aruba?? How was it, as far as
flight and check-in..thanks