Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / May 2006

Probe finds air marshals at risk
A two-year investigation found that Federal Air Marshal Service
policies undermine marshals' anonymity, and it indicates terror groups
have done reconnaissance of in-flight security, says a congressional

Just ridden a bike 420km up to Edinburgh (overnight in one go). I had
booked a flight and bike place back, and carried a wheel bag all the
way up (the bike bag was too heavy). On arrival at EDI I got the brush
off as my bike was not fully enclosed. Result, missed the flight, had

What is the point in getting to the check-in early if you have to barge your
way onto the plane ?
We woke at an ungodly hour to get to Granada airport more than 2 hours
before flight time (Ryanair), only to find that even though we were called

We are a middle aged couple travelling in North Antrim area in early
September 06. Have narrowed search down to above 3 areas. Any comments
on how accessible these locations are and for travelling around the
Causeway coast without a car from these locations? Is Portrush ANYTHING

Barely ONE WEEK into the month.........
This month's top posters
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How much is cost of transport (daily, return) from O'Hare to Downtown /
McCormack Place? May do this over a number of days to overcome expensive
downtown hotel rates. Will stay at hotel close to ORD. Prefer coach / bus.
Are there websites where I can check for information?

I was somewhat surprised to discover that the online boarding card
produced by this process was in the lowest possible priority class (D)
and I was therefore amongst the last to be allowed to board (rather than
one of the first) despite being one of the first to check in! (Weeks

When a person arrives 44 minutes before their flight is scheduled to
depart and they are informed at that time that their seat was just
awarded to a stand-by passenger one minute earlier, is the airline
making any additional monies from this procedure?

Dying comet to offer space spectacle
Wednesday 17 May 2006, 13:48 Makka Time, 10:48 GMT
The comet could create a meteor shower
A dying comet is to pass close to Earth on Thursday, becoming the

I heard the last part of a radio interview this lunchtime that implied BA is
increasing its hand luggage limts.
Does anyone know anything about this ?

Has anyone ever used a TSA-approved lock on their luggage, and then had
it broken by TSA?
I just read a review by someone who had purchased TSA locks for his
bags.  He said that at one airport, TSA only had one set of keys to

NEWS!
911 inside job ...
Ahmadinejad plays hard-ball with Bush. in his letter he says:
"September eleven was not a simple operation.

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About four hours into a flight from Lima to Dallas I started getting
queasy. Four  hours later (two hours after I landed ) I had severe
diarrhea. How does one go about reporting it to an airline or seeing if
other passengers reported the same thing. (It`s possible I  picked up

Does anyone know how reliable this airline is.  A couple out
ofSanfordhave gone belly-up. Thanks