Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / June 2005

Now that meals are no longer provided on domestic flights, are there
any rules regarding acceptable foods? I haven't flown in five months,
and there were still meals on long flights, so people weren't bringing
their own food.

NOT x-posted to the kook fat groups.
An interesting report on our local TV tonight.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,15628573%255E662,00.html
"AN overweight Melbourne man is suing Qantas for

   This is a question I've always had but never took the time to find the
answer:  Where do the airlines like for you to pack your aerosol cans like
hair spray and shaving lotion?  In check in luggage or carry on?
   In the past I have always thrown my shaving cream can and ...

I need to travel to the UK for business and I'd like to get some opinions on
the best way to do this. I can fly IcelandAir business class or I could fly
British Airways Economy Plus from Boston to the UK. The IcelandAir stops in
Iceland and the BA flight is non-stop. My back has ...

   I'm heading to Florida and want to take with me a bottle of my favorite
scotch whisky.  Is it legal to carry bottle alcohol in check in luggage?
Can I carry it carry one?  I don't want it to get broke and soak my cloths.
Would it be safe to carry it in check in?

Anyone have eperience buying ticking from the BMI site?
I bought there a ticket and after check their confirmation email I saw that
the return date was wrong, I went to the
manage booking section, in the site,  that told me that I wasn't able to

Hi group.
I just got word that my mother is dying, over in Sweden and I'm
wondering if anyone here have ever had to make airline reservations on a
short time notice and if there are any way to get a lower fare from any

BLOOMBERG NEWS
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
U.S. airlines must tell passengers where planes were built, under a
rule that becomes final today and was prompted by a U.S. lawmaker's

Just a little something I'm doing before the draft gets going.  Hope
you like it.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8322795/

Does anyone know if you can carry needles (small sewing type) in your
checked luggage?
My fiancee wants to take her cross stitch sewing to do in our lazy time on
our upcoming trip to MCO (with Virgin from MAN), and I figure you won't be

My daughter will  be returning from Chile on 2nd July, but she is in
southern Chile and can only get a flight up to Santiago on Friday 1st, so
that means an overnight stop.
Does anyone know of a hotel nicely located near the airport and at a

Anyone can advice if there are still direct flights from Helsinki to
San Francisco. Few years ago I had a plesent direct flight and now
can't find anything direct. My previous travel agent has retired.
Thanks,

Any specific recommendations on these locks?  Anyone reason not to buy a
set from REI or LL Bean?  Thanks for any replies.

Ok, explain this.
If I'm flying between A and B along the shortest route, and for some
reason I have to land at a very unfriendly C, presumably C is
somewhere close to the direct path between A and B.

I reported a few months ago my Nikon 5700 digital camera stolen in a
January trip to one of the Caribbean islands.  I have never thought
twice in the past two to three years packing a digital camera in my
checked bag when my carry on runs out of room.  And nothing has