Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / September 2004

I see that Ryanair are to fly to Santander from Luton. That's great and will
hack off Britanny Ferries no doubt, but the last time I visited Santander
Airport about a year ago the runway had weeds growing out of it and there
was no terminal building....has this changed?! In fact, I ...

I'm leaving Boston in November for Thailand, and will return in May or
June, so a 6 mo/1 year ticket. I need hints on how to get a nice cheap
ticket. I have used airbrokers.com before, and they've been OK. I flew
on EVA and China Airways with them (yeah, I know about C.A.'s

(Apologies for slightly OT post)
Can anyone recommend a top-of-the-line first-class organization that
offers pre-planned tours of London and the British Isles.  We've never
done this before and would like to do it with someone who can bring it

Well I'm amazed, EUJ have actually started their ops from Manston/Kent
International today, congratulations to them, though their 'live
flight info' page is interesting. It seems that it just links to their
timetable. It stated that their first flight to AMS arrived on

Apart from don't go ?.
I will be travelling with a laptop, mobile & pocket pc to Jerusalem, the FO
website claims that this could cause a lengthy delay on my entering the
country and they may be confiscated on my departure.

has anyone traveled with a spelling mistake in his/her name. In my case
instead of Deepak, they have spelled it as Dipak and I have a fax from the
Airlines that says read the Name as Deepak.
Has anyone traveled on an international flight with similar situation. Does

They have bought railguns and now they can shoot planes high above the
ground ! Beware !

    [ All flights were diverted out of ZLA (Los Angeles) Airspace
     to neighbouring sectors. ZLA covers anything south of Avenal,
     CA/Bakersfield, across to SBP, down to Mexico, east to KYUM,
     then north to BCE (Bryce Canyon, UT). KPHX, KRNO, KSFO, KOAK,

What is the baggage allowance for American Airlines Gatwick to Las Vegas.
This is for economy class.
Thanks

Greetings!When I look for the air fares in the internet through Yahoo
or MSN, all the fares are for non-refundable tickets. How does one buy
refundable air tickets through internet? With thanks.

Thinking of taking the good lady for a pre-Christmas city break,
somewhere in central/eastern Europe.
For no great logical reason (apart from a perceived surfeit of Brits)
I've decided that Prague is out, and was thinking of Warsaw.

I realize that I should not tell this story as someone will accuse me of
being intolerant, but ...
a few years ago I was in the aisle seat on a flight .  an older lady had the
window seat.  after a bit a young woman carrying a toddler complete with

Am I right in saying that a passenger registered/paid for as an infant
does not get a plane seat and is expected to sit on the parents lap?
Seems a bit awkward to me - a boisterous 1 year old jumping up and
down for 8 hours !!! Or do the airlines provide extra facilities for

BA cancels 1,000 Heathrow flights
British Airways is cancelling almost 1,000 flights from Heathrow over the
next few months in an effort to improve its performance, the company has
said.

The Memsahib and I were quietly sitting in the gate lounge at Brisbane, en
route by Emirates to Singapore when we were asked to make ourselves known to
a member of staff.  We duly did so and we presented with an upgrade to
business.