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Had an interesting experience last night. Was flying from CLT
(Charlotte, NC) to TLH (Tallahassee, FL) on a USAir Canadair 700.
We were all on board on time, the AC about 80% full. For good 20
minutes nothing happened, and then the captain announced that we had a

Snoop Dogg Banned From UK
Snoop Dogg has been permanently banned from entering the United Kingdom, after
a brawl in London's Heathrow airport in April. Snoop Dogg and an entourage of
almost 30 people were en route from Los Angeles to Johannesburg, South Africa,

I'm planning a vacation for my family (two adults, two teenagers) this
summer, and I'd be happy if I could get some advice on the following (or
handy references).
We're taking 2 weeks in late August. Flying from Toronto. I'd visit the

The guy at the front of the queue when I checked in for
my EZY flight at MUC yesterday was severely disabled.
When he was brought up to the plane I overhear his
helper complaining that the ariport staff had to carry him

KILLER BUG AIR SCARE
By Stephen Moyes  20 May 2006
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/tm_objectid=17105921&method=full&siteid=
94762&headline=killer-bug-air-scare--name_page.html
A WOMAN who arrived in London on a flight from Africa yesterday is

Hey all
My parents are thinking of bringing my niece back from Okalahoma with
them after a visit there this summer. She is 6 years old and would be
flying home by her self after her stay in here in Wyoming. I do

   I'm looking to fly my mom out from Florida to visit us for Thanksgiving
here in California this November.  What I'm wondering is, would it be more
likely that the ticket prices would be better now (with gas prices fairly
high already), or in September, after the summer season ...

I want to spend my onepass miles - 17k of them - on a store item.
Anyone know where this can be done?  Or are the only options, for
travel items?  
Thanks

I have 29K miles with United, which seems to be enough for a free ticket.  Do I have to get a true round-trip ticket (like IAD to SEA and then SEA to IAD), or can I get a ticket where I go from IAD to YVR and then SEA to IAD?  I'd like to fly in to Vancouver, then take a bus or ...

Some time ago I scheduled a flight whose last leg was MSP>DSM. For some
reason, NWA didn't let me select a seat assignment at the time. My trip
starts Thursday, so I've just checked again to see if I could select a
seat. It now turns out that all regular seats on this CRJ are ...

In four weeks' time I will be transiting ORD from GLA en route to TUL, and I
will have approximately five hours to kill at ORD until my onward flight.
I am a Star Alliance member, though just your common-or-garden variety, and
as such I don't qualify for access to any lounges on ...

I'm planning a vacation for my family (two adults, two teenagers) this
summer, and I'd be happy if I could get some advice on the following (or
handy references).
We're taking 2 weeks in late August. Flying from Toronto. I'd visit the

Flew Continental last night from IAH to SNA. Across the aisle was a
skinny little punk with a big carry-on bag and a laptop case. He
managed to fit his bag into the overhead bin, but there was no space
for his laptop - poetically, there were already two other laptop bags

Has anyone here dealt with this?
-I'm flying from Frankfort. Germany to Kiev, Ukraine...and Lufthansa says
your carry on can weigh no more than 8kg...with only ONE carry-on is
allowed.  That's only 17+ pounds, and my small Lowepro Backpack is going to