Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / November 2004

Check out the election by county map.  All those blue counties down there in Texas are the ones
that have the most illegal immigrants.  The same illegal immigrants that Bush says he wants to
allow to work in the U.S. legally.  They're not buying Shrub's bullshit!  And they are the ...

Singing the blue-state blues
BY JAMIE TALAN
STAFF WRITER
November 5, 2004, 7:26 PM EST

I've been receiving ads for United's new "Ameniti Club" which, for a
$300/year fee, gives you a free companion ticket in the same class for
every (?) unrestricted regular fare ticket you buy in any domestic
class, or first or business on international flights.

I may have the opportunity to spend a few days in Amsterdam this month and was
wondering about finding a hotel. I have the Frommer's guidebook and there are
certainly a number of choices there.
I was wondering if there was a hotel desk at the downtown train station that

How do airlines treat backtracking?  I will use Delta for an example.
Say I want to travel DEN-ORD.  Delta has no direct flights (I know
they have DEN-CVG-ORD, but ignore that now), so what happens
if I book DEN-SLC-ORD?  Will Delta book it for just a little bit

I'm just wondering if SMF aiport using jetways  (like you find at Lax)?
or do they use stairs?
(I'm just curious as I will flying Southwest airlines) into SMF
soon

In every US election on the last Sunday before the election usually
everyone knows who is going to win.  This year the race is so close
there is no clear front runner.
Who do YOU think will win???

Poem written by Bush and Cheney as a tribute to the "Pillow Biters"
who won them the election:
PILLOW BITERS
by George W. Bush and Dick Cheney

...on December 13 when the electoral college votes Kerry is the winner???
Will Dubya then have to dismantle his new cabinet and start packing?
Is Kerry putting together his own new government in case he is declared the winner??
I would have the movers on standby if I were Dubya..... ...

Singing the blue-state blues
BY JAMIE TALAN
STAFF WRITER
November 5, 2004, 7:26 PM EST

Just out of curiousity, do ALL flights on Air Canada have French
interpreters?
Do AA flights to/from Puerto Rico have Spanish interpreters though PR is a
US territory?

If Aeroflot can be profitable, how come US carriers are losing money left and
right ?
Aeroflot Profit Up Despite Fuel Costs  November 6, 2004
Russian flag carrier Aeroflot raised net profit by 17.9 percent to USD$119.3

OK I don't know the details but this doesn't sound very nice:
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1153942,00.html
TEENAGER OWES HOSPITAL £30,000
A British teenager stranded in Turkey after a holiday accident will be flown

Gays fear being blamed for Kerry loss
By NOREEN O'DONNELL
THE JOURNAL NEWS
In the finger-pointing over the Democrats' defeat last week, gay

I used to be of the opinion that United had a pretty secure future and would
come out of bankrupcy.
However, in the last couple of months, United has issued various statements
about requiring more and more and still more cuts, and now, they are going to