Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / February 2006

   I'm trying to plan a trip to FWA this month.  I live closest to ONT
but I'd also consider leaving from SNA.  I'm trying to get a cheap
ticket AND arrive on the same day I leave and arrive by mid-evening.  So
I have a couple of questions.

My wife and I are booked to rent a canal boat in England at the end of
August. We have a week to spare at the end of our trip and were
wondering if anyone could reccomend a warm place to spend 4 or 5 days
at. We have looked at Spain, the Balerics and all appear nice. Any

http://feminist-reprise.blogspot.com/2006/02/screwed-by-southwest.html
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Screwed By Southwest
Ay-yi-yi! Remember that worry that I had, back in December, that I’d be

The flight is full.  Check your damn bags!  Carry on's should be
limited to purses and computer bags.  Your freaking underwear is not
that valuable.  Check it!
So what do I hear?

Before I get to the subject of babies' brains, I want to address a
message to new flight attendant applicants and hires at United and
Continental Airlines, both of which resumed FA recruitment after years
of inactivity.

Looking to get travel insurance for single trip to Europe in February, but
there are so many companies and policies to choose from! Anyone got a
recommendation? Looking for personal possessions, delayed departure, all the
usual. Particularly don't mind paying a few pounds extra if ...

'Having now reviewed the lastminute.com web page at least 20 times when
searching for hotels or flights, I can only conclude that their ENTIRE
business is based on a fraud.
In every case, when doing a hotel or flight search, they trumpet HUGE

Gentlemen, (& ladies):
As a frequent flyer, I've had my share of rough weather flying &
landings.  My most vivid memory is a flight from ORD to IAH a few years
back in Tropical Storm Alison.  As we started to touch down, we

No idea how we managed it and only on a short hop (Manchester UK -
Amsterdam) but we got one...so come on people, share your upgrade
secrets!  How did we manage it?
We are both mid-forties, no children, smartly dressed, we checked in

PHL Airport Reopens With Delays After Burning UPS Plane Lands
Philadelphia International Airport flight operations have resumed after
a fire aboard a UPS cargo plane shut down operations for nearly six hours.
The plane, enroute to Philadelphia from Atlanta, made an emergency

Did anyone catch this segment on the show "Airline" (A&E channel)?
This guy checked his cat in a duffle bag and was going to let it fly as
baggage.  Someone at Southwest happened to see the bag moving, opened
it, and found a cute torbie cat named Francine.

He jumped off of a jet at Fort Lauderdale airport a few weeks ago.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-mayocol07feb07,0,6185998.colu
mn?page=1&coll=sfla-news-broward

Northwest looks to foreign flight attendants
Bankrupt airline hopes move to some non-U.S. workers would cut costs
NEW YORK - Northwest Airlines wants to replace 30 percent of flight
attendants on its international flights with non-U.S. flight attendants,

Are 'a-la-carte' airfares the future for U.S. carriers?
Soon, say some of the industry's mavens, you'll buy an air ticket the
same way you buy a Dell computer online: Click off the individual
options you want—each priced separately—and "configure" your ticket

For my earlier query a kind poster,Wout, gave me the link
http://www.airlinequality.com/Forum/sri_lan.htm
One thing that troubles me is  overbooking/overselling! How does this
affect passengers? I know in fights within North America, they give a