Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / November 2005

Ok, I was ranting on another board that I tried to check in on line and
couldn't on the Southwest web site.  It said I had to get it in person
(turned out I had been selected for extra security).  I got around it
by going to the airport a day ahead and checking in (thus getting a

I'm thinking of going to Santa Cruz in Tenerife for the carnival in
February.
I would very much appreciate information on flights from the UK
(particularly from SE England) to Tenerife(North). Are there such

i live in cancun and need to return to uk, but to fly from here to
london is very exspensive....can i have a friend buy a return ticket in
london in my name send it to me and i just use the return part of the
ticket....i have been told that there is some rule so i cant do

http://www.airberlin.com/site/index.php?LANG=eng
Air Berlin launches UK domestic flights
04. November 2005
. Air Berlin will be first ever airline to use Stansted as a transfer hub

A perfect companion for traveling and save a ton of money on you
cellular bill is to use a flash phone or a virtual phone number that
travels with you. This is a really neat and innovative idea.
http://www.voipchamps.net has all of the details and also tells you how

http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/qantas-in-emirates-flight-path/2005/11/01
/1130823206369.html
Qantas in Emirates' flight path
By Stephen Dabkowski and Rod Myer
November 2, 2005

Anyone taken the Swiss/PrivatAir 737 business jet between EWR and ZRH? I am
wondering about on-time performance, and what the interior of the cabin
feels like in a single-cabin all biz class configuration.

I assume that landing fees are greater for flights that use finger piers
instead of busses to take people to the terminal.
Is this correct?
Does anyone have representative figures?

I've got a personal return flight booked from Manchester to Gatwick out Fri
return Sun. Due to a change in business plan, I'm now down around Gatwick on
the Friday so don't need the first leg of the journey.
I've just ring to tell them I won't be on the outbound flight and they

have a trip coming up to Poland soon and am gripped by the urge to take
a quick look at Lvov. The trains from Warsaw to Lvov take 8-12 hours or
even more each way.
I looked at airfares for the single daily LOT flight from Warsaw to

Full details as to how America West/U.S. Airways STOLE 2 days of my
family vacation to Puerto Vallarta are available on my blog entry at
http://awestnightmare.blogspot.com/
If getting there a day or maybe 2 late is okay with you, this airline

Will be travelling to China(either Hong Kong or Shanghai)
late Spring.What is the optimum time,price wise, to purchase the relative
tickets.There was a similar post a few weeks ago but having taken a note of
the answer I have lost the note.

I understand that some taxes are owed even if one is travelling on a frequent
flyer award ticket, but isn't $100 a little excessive?
I just booked a FF ticket on NW to Europe (LGW) and back leaving in April and
returning in May.  I'll be changing planes at CVG on the way out and at ...