Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / March 2005

I was looking at flights from LHR to Dubai.
The two most competitive deals for the dates I would fly are with Alitalia
and Gulf Air with only £4 difference.
They both fly at times convenient to me and both include a transfer of

Does anyone know if there are any good air pass deals by airlines for travel
within the USA.
TIA.

I am searching for a cheap flight-ticket to Istanbul. There are sever
location which I can chose ( Poland,Czech Republic, Germany - Berlin)
as a departure location but I wish I could directly get to Istanbul. Which
cheap flight-operator possesses such a flight in its offer ?

U.S. carriers generally allow one to fly standby on an earlier flight
than booked (on the same day) if there are open seats, for no
additional charge.  The one time I asked about this when traveling on
a flight within Europe the agent politely but firmly said that I could

.....
"The fastest growing of the three airports, Domodedovo saw traffic soar
30 percent last year to 12.1 million passengers. The southern Moscow
airport is now breathing heavily down the neck of its main competitor,

I'm in Uk and have a flight booked to Ti land in June. I paid full
amount already  £750.00 and now need to cancell my holiday. I have
been made aware that i may loose most  or some of my money!!. Before I
approach the flight bookers that I paid the money to, can anyone give

Hi all again
I recently posted a message regarding a trip to Las Vegas I am
planning. I am now thinking of adding a side trip to Reno. Was jut
wondering if there are any airlines out there other than AmericaWorst

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2005-03-26-airport-worker_x.htm
Two questions on this episode:
- Is everything locked down in the cargo hold, i..e. is all cargo placed
in relatively small containers so it cannot shift?  I assume so, as shifting

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I'm new to newsgroups. Can someone help me with a problem I have. On 28
February 2005 my Continental flight out of Knoxville TN to Newark was
cancelled due to the severe snowstorm on the East coast. From Newark I was
to fly to the UK. Continental was unable to do anything for me ...

New aussie start up Coy claims to have jet lag cure based on in-flight
rehydration issues (www.flightrecovery.com.au) getting press about it
now...anybody got the facts about in-flight humiditiy levels ?

Let me preface this post with ALL AIRLINES HAVE DELAYS AND PROBLEMS!!
However, lets just US Air is nothing but a problem.
My wife left last week to fly from Piemont Triad (GSO) to Jacksonville, FL
(JAX) and chose US Air because the time of the flight better suited her

Fliers up in arms over wide passengers
By Ken Dermota
Washington - Yara Zubalskyj had a bum foot when she took her seat next to
an obese man on a recent Lufthansa flight from Washington. But in

My wife and I have @250,000 miles on Northwest Airlines.  Wanted to use
them for upgrade to Europe this summer but have been told that there
are no flights available for upgrade to Amsterdam during our time
frame. (week of June 10)  Is it normal for these to be blocked out

BBC has reported that since the start of the US invasion of Iraq,  the tourism
industry in Germany has seen a drop of 20% in American tourists.
Have there been significant cuts in air services between USA and Germany since
last year ?