Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / September 2004

According to today's Dallas Morning News, AA is again considering doing away
with "More Room in Coach" - they are also making other changes in order to
save money, like consolidating overnight maintenance in out-stations on
similar aircraft types (i.e., all MD80's in one city ...

Zoom have announced scheduled services from Manchester to Vancouver, Calgary
and Toronto, commencing May 20058.
cgh1

I don't know whether anyone can offer me any advice for the following:
1) Which airline offers the cheapest flights?
2) Is it better to book flights early or late for best value? (wanting
to fly next July/Aug 05)

I am booked on Oct 7 returning Oct 16th. Any  one think i should be
concerned on them folding by then?  Any thoughts on this ,do you think
they will continue on at least til the end of the year. Thanks

I'm going to be using the subway to get to Reagan National, but I want
to also use American's Curbside Checkin.  The Metro lets you out on
level 2 in the ticketing concourse.  "Curbside" is up on level 3 I
believe.  Is there a way to get from the Metro to the Curbside

I'm hoping somebody can give me advice about airlines making changes to a
(supposed) scheduled flight that I've booked to the USA at Christmas / New
Year time.
In April I booked with Lufthansa to fly Edinburgh to Frankfurt and then

There is rumour that Delta Airlines will go for Chapter 11 in a short time.
I am planning a journey from Europe to Chile, flying both ways with
Delta via Atlanta. The choice is between a IATA tariff ticket and a

I've been reading all the Faqs and books by people
who insist that the lowest fares are found from offline agents
and consolidators. However, I've yet to find a case
where this is actually true.

I'm visiting Boston while I'm in New York this weekend and would appreciate
any advice on the best way of getting into the city centre and a few must
see things.
I haven't got more than about 5 hours so anything quick and easy

How much 'more' room do you actually get with AA? Is it noticeable and
does it make a difference ?

In the spring there was a thread here about paying tickets with debit
cards. It seemed that SAS had turned the card down, and said they didn't
accept depit cards, only credit cards.
Well, I was in the same kind of situation; I did have the money on

My pregnant wife and I currently live in Oxford, England and are
flying to Perth, Australia in Jan 2005 as I have a 13 month job there
starting January 17th 2005. We will be returning to England with the
baby after that.

  I notice that one aircraft for one of the "virtural airlines" in Flight
Simulator, there is the GE
emblem on the engines for the Boeing 747. I thought that Pratt and Whitney
made all the

Having just returned from Brisbane via Singapore and Dubai, and their
remarkable airports, I was appalled by the tattiness and general neglect of
Gatwick North Terminal, with its dirt encrusted walkways, decrepit lifts,
and threadbare carpets.

In October flying from Edinburgh to Heathrow on British Air arriving at
Terminal 1. Transferring to United flight to Washington Dulles then
Pittsburgh. Does anyone know what provisions are made at Heathrow for
the transfer of checked baggage between terminals and between domestic