Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / February 2006

I have over 116,000 BA miles which I have accumulated over many years
flying with BA. I am experiencing extreme difficulty redeeming these
miles on a two week return flight to Cape Town for two people and
thought I would post here for some advice.

Pal is off to India next month anyone got a leads(s) and routes to the
internal low cost airlines that have started up?

It was 31", than they had the more room in coach and increased it to 35".
They then put back the seats they had taken out and are now claiming, on their
web site, their seat pitch is 33"-34". Is this an accurate figure or has it
gone back to the original 31".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/4683470.stm
Closed due to private jet overshooting runway - that'll bugger up the low
costs......

Odd little note here, but may interest someone . . .
The pencil-shaped electrostatic dischargers widely used on the wingtips
of aircraft to discharge static electricity were developed some decades
back by a group of scientists in the Applied Electromagnetics and Optics

I'm just back from a quick trip to New York with United. Flight was ontime
both ways and food and service was good. The aircraft was a 777 which was
about 2/3rd's full going (I had the entire 5 middle seats to myself....).
Returning I upgraded at the self-service check-in and ...

I've got an economy return booking with British Airways (which I
believe is non-refundable, non-transferable) Brussels > London Heathrow

Now I've heard that I need to be in London the day before I fly out. As

We just flew US Airways through Charlotte to Knoxville. Food not as good as
other airlines but ok. The pasta was strange but the chicken was very nice
and tender. Nice pretzels. going over the crew were brusque and unfriendly
but on the return trip they were lovely! Plane was ...

Last July, we made plans to spend a week in Orlando with two other
couples. I started looking at airfare in October, checking, literally,
daily (I'm a conference planner, it's part of what I do anyway...). Not
being within the 90 day window meant that the 'sale fares' weren't

Cna anyone recommend a website where I may obtain airfares between
countries other than the one I am departing from?
For example, I live in Australia and would like to know the current
airfare between Cairo and Istanbul.

Any opinions of Sri Lankan air? I've taken Singapore air many times, but
it is a very long trip with one night layover in Singapore; I am tired
of that route. This will be my first trip with Sri Lankan air; all the
horror stories are welcome.

Well... I have IAD-STN tickets on MY, departing 1930.
How safe am I flying UA shuttle/express/whateveritis from LGA to IAD
with arrival at 1600?
I remember trying to fly UA express LGA-BUF and every single freaking

It used to be 2 bags, 70lb per bag and it has gone down to
2 bags, 5olb per bag for most of the countries. Any idea why?

There's a new memoir out from Warner Books. Miss New York Has
Everything by Lori Jakiela (a former flight attendant). It's hilarious
and let's people know what it's really like up there. The author has a
website, too. www.lorijakiela.com. Check it out!

The Transportation Security Administration announced a plan Friday
allowing frequent fliers to go through security lines more quickly if
they pay a fee and pass a background check.
Brock N. Meeks