Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / December 2005

I am a large 442 pound man of 55 years. I fly quite often but cannot afford
first class or business class.
Usually I am given two coach seats and often a whole row when there are
extra seats on the plane. However I have had to purchase two coach seats

I was hoping to book tickets from TUS to SEA in May on Southwest.com
but only can book tickets before March 31, 2006.  Is this normal for
SW.
Jeremy

Angry Germans sue after plane delay on snowy runway
BERLIN (Reuters) -- Six German airline passengers who said they were
being held against their will on an aircraft stuck on the runway for
hours during a snowstorm have filed "false imprisonment" charges,

I was wondering if anyone knew the fax number to "F B On Board Courier
Service Inc".  Also I was wondering if anyone knew of any other air
courier that flies out near the Toronto area to Dublin or Belfast.
Buffalo, Detroit, or Chicago and others would be fine.

I recently needed a spur-of-the moment flight and someone else booked
it for me - they used Expedia and under their terms the ticket said it
was non-refundable.  The tix were booked on Delta.  I ended up
cancelling the flight and decided to deal directly with Delta as I

Transit passenger Nguyen was hanged by Singapore for a drug offence.
The offence was pretty serious--Nguyen was carrying $800,000 worth of
heroin--and no doubt deserves punishment.
But something about the case bothers me. Nguyen was a transit passenger

"Bankrupt United Airlines said on Monday it received about 7,500
applications for flight attendant jobs on Sunday, the first day of a
round of hiring that will add 2,000 jobs at the carrier.  A spokes-
woman for the airline said the number of applications on Sunday

My Ryanair booking states somewhere that I must confirm flights 24 -
72 hours before departure? Is this essential? I never confirmed
flights when I flew with BA or Lufthansa? Can they stop me from flying
(rebook my seat) if I fail to confirm?

Best airlines for flying from San Francisco or Oakland to Thailand for beach
vacation?

My friend told me that they are extremely cautious about their cash and
passports, but there was one time that they were swindled. At some
European airport (I forgot which one, I want to say Amsterdam), the
husband was wearing the money wallet around his neck, and he was about

I am travelling with them next week. I received an e-mail from them on
5/12 which said:
"Passengers travelling on the same reservation can share the checked in
baggage allowance e.g. 2 passengers can check in one bag weighing 30kg"

Neighbors, family stunned by Alpizar's violent death
Maitland man is remembered as a loving husband who 'was always nice.'
Henry Pierson Curtis and Willoughby Mariano
Sentinel Staff Writers

What can I do now?

My daughter is 9 years old.  She has a problem.  She is constantly
rubbing herself between her legs.  We've tried everything imaginable
to get her to stop but it's no use.  She just won't stop.  At home we
send her to her room and tell her she can only come out if she stops.

I had a flight out of LGA,it came in and they announced it would be a 30
minute delay due to mechanical problems.  It was sheuled for 747am
departure. They later said they were waiting for a mechanic ( he was
being flown in) They put the passengers on stand by for a flight at 10