Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / April 2006

forgive me for my ignorace, but I have been looking at a holiday leaving UK
to NYC for 2 days, then onto MCO and back to the UK
The travel agent has came up with a fare with Delta, now having only flown
Virgin over the pond, can anyone tell me of experiences they have had with

I will be arriving at FRA on DAL (hopefully) in May and connecting
immediately to a Tarom flt. to OTP.  DAL is T2 and Tarom is T1.  Assuming
carryon only what is the drill?  Must I leave airside and reenter?  Any
other interesting caveats?

Was at the premier tonight at the Zigfeld theatre on 54th St., of the
movie "Flt. 93"
People were given free tickets in order to fill the theatre, from what
I understand by speaking to people waiting in line to get in. It was

LOL!  At http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-1889199-517456 you can buy one
share of American Airlines stock (I see their picture still has the old
logo) for $85.00 (instead of the $25.22 plus fees it would cost from a
broker).

Not quite red-hot news, but as nobody else has commented- a German court
has ruled (11th April) that frequent flyer bonus miles accrued on
company business trips are company property. An employee can only use
them for private flights if the company expressly permits him to do so.

We are flying from LBA to ATH with KLM
We only have 40 mins transfer time in Amsterdam, will both flights arr and
dep from the same terminal, or will we have to walk a long way to transfer ?
Also do we  go through immigration there or in Athens ?

at Austrian! The benefit to you? Far greater flexibility. For example,
you can now book Economy Class for the outbound leg of your journey and
Business Class for the return trip. On the internet, you´ll be able ...

The Aerobidet (c) uses but 120 cc water per cleansing.  Unique and compact
attachment fits to standard heads; warm aerated mist does the duty in
seconds.  Totally eliminates the expense, waste and bowl clogging due to
toilet tissue.  The bidet speeds turnover of heads, cuts back on ...

Contrary to the belief of some, airlines are not required to compensate
passengers for "damages" when flights are delayed or canceled.
Compensation is required by law only when you are "bumped" from a
flight that is oversold. Airlines almost always refuse to pay

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Looking for ideas and recommendations for flights, non-stop, between
either PHL/EWR and CUN, departure date 4 Nov 06 return 11 Nov 06.
Originally wanted US Flt. 745 / 746 and the prices doubled overnight,
from $314 r/t to $594 before taxes and fees....

Californian aviation comes in for a landing
By Gary Gentile
ASSOCIATED PRESS
April 27, 2006

We are travelling to new york in december for abour 5 days.  Anyone
know of any cheap accomm. in manhatten? thansk

We will be flying from Halifax Ns to Toronto and then connecting to Houston
TX. I know we need to change from Terminal 1 to terminal 2 for the Houston
flight . We only have 1 hour to connect . Will we need to pick up our
luggage at term 1 and take it on the shuttle to terminal 2 ...

During the past year or two, me and my family are buying the cheapest
fares available, and so why am I not surprised by this write-up about
Air Tran's success.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/22/business/22airtran.html