Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / March 2006

Lufthansa are asking a very steep (to me) US$815 (approx) for a one-way
upgrade to BC from Economy on the 10.5 hour flight from Frankfurt to Bangkok
in August. Is it likely that if I turn up at  Frankfurt a couple of hours
before take-off and ask Lufthansa for the price of  the ...

BA puts IT at heart of growth
Online technology has already cut costs and check-in times
Sarah Arnott, Computing 16 Mar 2006
British Airways says technology is critical to its plans to increase

Does anyone know how American Airlines assigns seating groups like
Group A, B etc. Do they assign it in the order of check-in time or
something else?

Those of you who love the low-cost airlines, you need never endure a
full-service airline again.  You can now fly all the way from London to
Auckland on a series of low-cost carriers.  For details, see
http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com/messagepost ...

Anyone have any experience with these new all-business-class low-cost
airlines, such as MaxJet? Any other clever suggestions - two 6 foot+ small
business owners need to visit the eastern US, in April, would like the
flexibility of being able to economically book one-ways or ...

Apparently O'Leary has as good as agreed to place FR under the British
flag, following pressure from UK authorities, meaning it would come
under the regulation of the CAA rather than the much smaller Irish
Aviation Authority.

then why did the leaseholder say....
"I remember getting a call from the, er, fire department commander, telling
me that they were not sure they were gonna be able to contain the fire, and
I said, 'We've had such terrible loss of life, maybe the smartest thing to

If anyone has a points.com membership, please post the current exchange
rates (any of them) here.
In particular, I'd like to know what Esso extra --> Aeroplan goes for.
Thanks,

I first put in $200 for a flight from Oakland to Orlando then I went back
and went down to $50 and each time they quoted a price for a round trip
ticket that I could purchase.  It doesn't sound right to me.  I did not
proceed further in the process (to actually put in credit card ...

NEW DELHI: In line with the global trend of airline mergers, the civil
aviation ministry is planning to bring Air-India and Indian together to
create a giant carrier that could take on rivals like Singapore
Airlines, and Emirates.

I read the reviews in
http://www.airlinequality.com/Airports/Airport_forum/lhr.htm
and I am panicking. I will have 3 hrs and 35 minutes to catch my
connecting flights, if both flights are on time (ha! ha!).I've looked at

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060313/asp/nation/story_5962372.asp
Pakistan weekly spills 9/11 beans
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
New Delhi, March 12: The Pakistan foreign office had paid tens of

MSNBC / NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE:
full article: http://tinyurl.com/5q282
EXCERPT:
Alleged Hijackers May Have Trained at U.S. Bases.

I got a good deal on Opodo for a return flight to Cyprus with BA, but
they have not issued me with a ticket, apparently they use an E Ticket.
What exactly does this mean?
Also a closer look at my booking reference I noticed i,m flying with GB

Trying to find flight availability LHR to Melbourne via Hong Kong dep around
13/14/15 Dec and returning via Hong Kong 8/9/10 Jan flying Club Class
(prefer to fly BA as we have already accumulated quite a few miles on our
Exec Club and they have the best flat beds in the sky for ...