Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / June 2006

I am a United 1K, usually travel internationally.  I need two
systemwide
upgrades, I am willing to trade four  North American confirmed
upgrades for

Are there any car rental companies that have return on-site at O'hare?
The only thing I have used is Enterprise and it's a PITA.  TIA for any
info!
-L.

I am taking my g-kids (8-13yo) to Tahiti on Tahiti Nui. Anyone know anything
about the economy class entertainment.
I was on a flight sometime ago and they had screens in back of the seats for
movies and flight camera, but they are asking about "kids games and kids

While attending the Linux World trade show in Manhattan, I decided to
check out the new, long-awaited Airtrain at John F. Kennedy
International Airport in Queens.  There is good news, bad news, more
good news and more bad news about this project.

Can somebody confirm if  "World Traveller Plus" is the same as Premier
Economy when booking
up with B.A.
.

 I can see from the very latest schedules from
Ultimate Traffic that jetBlue has cut back a lot of
its operations from Sacramento. Why did they
eliminate the red-eye flight from Sacramento to

Boeing sees Airbus aid ploy to build rival jet
The Boeing Co. is anticipating that archrival Airbus soon will seek
hundreds of millions of dollars in new aid from European governments
despite a pending case at the World Trade Organization challenging such

Usenet Public Service Announcement
The "mrtravel" psycho:
- suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- is a 48 year old unemployed loser, alcoholic, drug addict/dealer

I have noticed a series of threads giving reasonable details of airline
induced problems.  The last two involving United one eventually resolved
after much trauma and one in process.
What I find interesting is that the airlines do not appear to bother

I'm going to have an overnight layover at Heathrow. I really would like
to avoid paying for an overnight hotel. Do the authorities hassle
people sleeping on the seats or floor while waiting for flights the
next day? Anybody have any alternative suggestions for an inexpensive

I tried pricing a few flights from JFK with Jetblue and EWR with Continental,
and CO was coming up with lower prices (all non-stops).

Parking at the ATL airport itself has now gone to something
approximating $10 a day (plus or minus)  in the "economy" lots.
There are independent parking lots in surrounding towns of College Park
& maybe in East Point which have shuttles to & from airport.

Afternoon All,
Could somebody kindly post me a link so that I can find a seating
layout of a LH RJ 700 Aircraft as I am a pax on a flight from MAN to
HAM later this week.

Does anyone know if there are televisions at Stansted, but before
departures. I've got to drop someone off there on Sunday, but want to watch
the England vs Ecuador match.
(I know there is one in Wetherspoons, but that is in departures, and I'm

Anyone know best sites for flight offers?