Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / April 2005

To experienced SWA hands:
When Southwest website says a particular fare is unavailable, are they
counting only sold tickets or "courtesy" reservations as well (which
will expire if not bought within 24hrs)?

On April 7 I priced a round trip flight for travel on the weekend of
June 24. The price on the airline's website was just under $300. When I
price it today, the price is over $414 for the same flight numbers on
the same day. I can check seat availability at AA.com, and currently ...

    [ Rumour mill, FUD, you make the call. -Ed. ]
  US Airways, America West in Merger Talks
  Apr 20, 7:50 AM (ET)
  By SHEILA FLYNN

The flight crew are always care under pressure.
Ladies and gentleman, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going
again. I trust you are not in too much distress.

Does anyone out there have airflight insurance (life insurance should
your plane crash)?  I've been thinking about purchasing some since I am
going to be travelling a lot in the next several months to some pretty
exotic destinations, and am generally not a huge fan of flying.

we recently flew with Continental Airlines and they charged too much for
alcoholic drinks, we are soon going to fly with virgin Atlantic and I was
wandering what they do?  Thanks

Hey All,
I'm trying to research which airlines fly GUA <=> BZE.  Any recommendations,
thoughts, carriers to avoid?
Thanks in advance.

I am posting this message, as I am planning a trip to Las Vegas in
October and have a few questions.
First can anyone tell me what the difference is between a Premier,
Regency, and World Tower room at the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino? Do

Not familiar with the west coast: what is the code for the airport best
suited for visiting Seattle downtown? Thanks.

..on American Airlines that dons the apron emblazoned with the words:
"Be nice or I'll poison your food!"...<G>
Returning from Rome last spring; she was a very nice lady BTW.
Tim K

Cuba to Europe -- what flights exist?

"nobody" <nobody@nobody.org> wrote in message news:1113701476.6b1b4be209e2115b43e2be1356e30411@teranews...
the tickets. And there would be no customs hassles, especially if there

I was waiting for my flight out of MDW last Friday, and found that a
number of flights had been disrupted.  The departure board looked like
it frequently does during bad winter weather, with the word "Delayed"
next to perhaps a dozen flights.  The only difference was that the

... without going from or through Heathrow or Stansted.
any chance?
Or any flights from Leeds/Bradford to somewhere (e.g. Orkney?) which will
have a flight on to Iceland.

At 5'11" and 275, I'm  not exactly gargantuan, but I'm large enough that
tight armrests can be the difference in a comfortable or an uncomfortable
flight. Which US airlines have the widest seats and the most lee-way wrt to
"oversize pasenger" penalties?