Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / May 2006

Andrew Clark
Friday May 12, 2006
The Guardian
Sir Michael Bishop has strengthened his control over BMI by buying out the two

I'll be flying into Paris, then getting a Eurrail pass. Not interested
in the ferry from Italy (puts me on the wrong coast), but I'm wondering
what cities / countries in Western, Southern, and perhaps Central
Europe.

get to Britain.  I admit that I'm a total slacker and look for the most
convenient routes.  If it were me going I'd try out the new Maxjet
all-business class.  But it isn't me going; it is my impoverished

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4980364.stm
Arrests after air upgrade mutiny
The passengers were detained by police upon arrival
A group of irate economy air passengers were arrested after storming the

Hey everyone!
This summer my girlfriend and I are planning on making a trip around the
world (by plane for about a month). She's been talking about it for a long
time and now that we can do it I hope she would never forget it!

Judge allows hijackers to stay in UK and attacks ministers
By Lee Glendinning and agencies
Nine Afghans who hijacked a flight to Britain have won their six-year
battle for permanent status in the UK today after a judge accused the

First two days of the month and already psycho troll "mrtravel" is ahead with
FOUR times as many posts as the next poster.  ***FOUR TIMES***.
If you take all the hundreds of thousands of troll posts this psycho has posted
to usenet they don't equal in substance to one single post ...

I've taken two Air France bonus tickets using miles earned with Air
France and Skyteam Alliance.
I've asked for Business class tickets.
They took me away from my account many miles as for business class

I have issued tickets by Qantas on their Aussie Pass "idea"  The trip is
a round trip to OZ and back with several stops in OZ. I will be
bicycling from Cairns to Darwin and between Junee (NSW) and Yass
(NSW)/Canberra, then returning to Canada.

Letter written to UA about a "mistake that was made"...too nice?  not nice
enough?  waste of time?
To whom it may concern:
I am writing in regards to an incident at the Hong Kong airport on Sunday

Hi there fellow travelers! Long time no see..I've been spending some
quality time with the family, and by now you should know quality time
can only mean one thing: traveling!
Who said traveling with a child is difficult?

I don't fly much.  
On a recent flight, somebody had a small dog in a bag on the floor.
The crew didn't even look twice.
Probably a good thing for the animal - which I guess would've been terrified

United airlines has just totally screwed its most loyal business
flyers by changing their entire reward system from miles to "Choices".
Plus they took every purchase I've made this year on my United credit
card and retroactively applied them not to miles but to "choices".

Arrests after air upgrade mutiny
The passengers were detained by police upon arrival
A group of irate economy air passengers were arrested after storming
the first class cabin of an international flight in mid-air, it has

Does anyone know which satellite at Stansted Airport do Air Berlin
normally use for their flights to Germany?
Apparantly, the business lounges are only available to passengers
leaving from Satellite 1 (the first stop on the transit thingy), but