Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / January 2005

Hey Everyone,
I'm having some trouble deciphering rewards charts and rather than sit
on hold for two hours I thought I'd quickly ask this question here:
Does anyone know how many Air Canada Aeroplan miles it would "cost" for

I'm about to go the airport (Victoria, BC) since I haven't been able
to get a hold to Air Canada's reservation number (1-888-247-2262), I
can't even go in all I get is a busy tone.
I checked on aircanada.com and apparently I should be able to update

In 3 weeks time I will be in Cuba with the new Digital camera Father
Christmas brought me. I have rechargeable batteries for the camera.
Does anyone know where in the UK I can buy a charger which will work on
both UK and American volts/frequency ???

Bargain flights to Chile? We're afraid not!
20 January 2005
Ryanair has received a record number of calls for its new E15.99
one-way Stansted to Santiago service - but many were from customers

Wish to go to Wick, Scotland in early April.
I believe there there is an airport there. Is it possible to fly into
Wick from, say Glasgow, or London?
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www.ajc.com
business page
cookie registration hassle, but it's a fine newspaper nevertheless (imho)
Air Tran etal have been eating Delta's lunch, supper and breakfast

Estonian Air will start a 2 weekly service to Tallinn from May.  Days
of operation are Tuesday and Saturday but timings have yet to be
confirmed.
David

American Airlines doubtful about Airbus A380
NEW YORK(AFP) - A top American Airlines executive expressed doubts on
the merits of Airbus A380, unveiled this week in France with great
fanfare.

Dress code wearing thin on air marshals
A Thanksgiving Day morale booster for federal air marshals has instead
turned into possible pink slips for air cops who ignore their strict
dress code.

My father is travelling to North America in the near future to visit his
other son.  He is fit apart from a slight blood pressure problem which is
controlled by a tablet a day.  I am currently looking for travel insurance
for him.  Most insurance companies only insure up to 65 and ...

Nowadays one can find lots of cheap fares to Europe from USA. The
problem is each airline has different prices and rules. Is there a
website that just summarizes what all the airlines are offering?
Or what do you think is the best offer nowadys? Last year I saw $99

http://www.derryjournal.com/story/5596/
       "A Derry journalist has made legal history by successfully
       challenging an airport who took his photograph without his
       consent.

This might be slightly off-topic because it's not directly airplane-related,
but more airport-related. I will be travelling to the US (JFK airport) this
summer, with a friend of mine who doesn't speak a word of English. I have
been to the US before, and I know that US immigration ...

I seem to remember reading a post here that LOT could be picky
concerning the weight of checked luggage.  Finnair let my over-
weight luggage go with only a warning.  Anyone want to share
stories regarding their experiences with overweight luggage and

Pardon me for barging into this group and spouting what seems to be a
conspiracy theory, but I swear I have had this happen to me one too many
times...
Usually I know my dates of travel so I go directly to the airline