Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / January 2005

I had a banner on my pc that said Congratulations! w/ a claim number
58. I clicked trhe link and was advised of a package for trips to
2Theme parks in Orlando, Daytona and Cocoa Beach, Trip to Bahamas and 2
choices of my own. I did join-$299 per person, after the two you can

I am a Canadian travelling in Australia for a month.
Someone told me you get the exchange rates by using your credit card if
you put extra cash in the account beforehand.
I have a choice between Mastercard and American Express.

All flight in an airline is IFR.
The pilot observes the ILS instrument  during approach and could not be
bothered by any laser directed at the plane.
No view of the ground is needed.  

Nine foaming-at-the-mouth anti-USA rants (and counting) in a space of about two short hours.
JF, are you off your meds again???
It is obvious that your hatred of the United States is rooted in jealousy.
You are rabid in your attacks against the USA yet you can't seem to talk

Are we the only couple who haven't planned out our dream honeymoon
years in advance? We are getting married on April 30th and still have
not decided on a destination. We were originally thinking an
all-inclusive in the Carribean, but got some negative feedback from

Although Tom Ridge is stepping down Feb.1      he is recommending that
all Americans have all ten of their fingerprints and or other biometrics
on their passports.
although there are no plans to do so yet the state department will begin

According to the BBC, IATA is changing the in-country issuance rules
this weekend, to allow travel agents in 1 country to issue tickets
starting from another.
About time too!!!

In nine days, one of the most eagerly anticipated aircraft ever built
will be unveiled.
To mark its arrival Tony Blair will join Jacques Chirac, the French
president, and the leaders of Germany and Spain at a huge aircraft

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4169655.stm
A British Airways flight returned back to LHR, three
hours after take-off because one of the passengers
appeared to be on the US No-Fly list.

        [ Here we go again. -Ed. ]
Southwest pilot reports seeing green light on California flight
   The Associated Press
   Published 6:10 am PST Thursday, January 13, 2005

What is the point of replying to messages posted in rec.travel.air
over in misc.transport.air-industry without any notification to the
poster of the original message in r.t.a.?
For clarification, these are not messages being crossposted between

The subject of the story "The Assassination of Richard Nixon" with Sean
Penn, in which Byck tries to hijack DC-9 Delta flight 523 and crash it
into the White House - also murders several people aboard before
committing suicide onboard.

    This should shed some light on the plans for ATA and SWA to
work together at MDW. In short, this gives SWA indirect footprints (via
ATA) in cities that SWA doesn't fly to, including DEN, NYC, BOS, SFO
(again), and many more.

I live in UK and wondering whether I could book tickets for the
following schedule from within UK. i.e. I would like to book everything
(including my friends tickets) from UK.
- Arrival of my friends to UK from Toronto

I'm trying to understand excactly what the "Totals by Destination" AIRIMP
element means. (IATA Passenger Services Conference Resolution Manual, pg.
770.)
What I don't get is whether passengers should be listed under their