Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / July 2006

I dont want others to be burnt by this  - there are bugs in Orbitz.com
hotel booking site where if you search for a hotel using address (city,
state) - you get  a list of hotels with distance from city center. The
link to their map also shows it where you would like it to be but ...

Hi all. Air Canada lost my luggage in the Calgary Airport (BEFORE it
even got on the plane; my flight was cancelled and the baggage was
supposed to be returned to us since it never made it on the plane, but
mine didn't arrive before I had to leave on the last flight to the

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060710/ap_on_re_us/pilot_arrested
Another one. How long before the airlines start requiring mandatory
breathalyzer tests before the pilots are allowed to board the plane?

My wife needed to visit home (Zimbabwe) urgently.  Yesterday morning I
managed to get a return BA ticket going out on BA0153, lhr-hre, this
evening at the bargain price of GBP599.99  The previous evening the best
BA price I could get was GBP838

What are some of the best travel agencies in India? This is for buying
India->UK and India->USA tickets; they will be paid for in India in
rupees.
Web sites, online booking, phone numbers etc will be greatly

I have not flown since 1999 and I realize much has changed.  I had a
question about food but you have anwered that question for another
poster.  I will be flying United out of Baltimore.
I am going to my class reunion,  Probably the last one I will be able to

I am interested in air tickets from Chicago to Kenya (just tickets, no
safari or other tour packages). Who are some of the best travel
agencies for this market? (Chicgao agencies preferred but I will deal
with others if they are the best.)

Its nice having Ryanair flights from Blackpool Airport which is only
minutes away from home.
For our last flight, to Dublin, we found they had finalised the
procedure for online boarding card

It seems that if I pay $10 I immediately (within a couple of days) receive $25
credit that can be used as partial payment for any ticket purchased on-line.
What is the down side (or the catch) that I am missing?

Earl constantly posts irrelevant (to RTE) things, so I will too.  This
post is the evil cousin to "Draconian vacation policies for US slave
workers."  We usually have American wannabe robber barons
posting here that American policies of only 1-2 weeks vacation is

I wonder if anyone could advise on what I should do about my ticket. My
wife and I have are due to fly to Maldives by QATAR airlines at the end
of the month. I received my tickets last week, and found they spelt my
first name wrong. I emailed the agent who told me that she spoke to

    [ FYI: The airline isn't made up: IATA: FE, ICAO: WCP.
     Website at http://www.primarisairlines.com. Pictures
     of their plane are at airliners.net. -Ed. ]
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/276553_boeing06.html

After years of having virtually all the UAL Frequent Flier miles I could
use, a job change has finally brought me back into the wonderful world of
paying for air travel.  Consequently I'm flying the family from Midway to
RSW on Southwest in a couple of weeks.  Our first trip ever ...

Read an article recently on arriving passengers at certain airports
being denied rental cars by major agencies without advance warning and
despite confirmed advance reservations (and club memberships), based
entirely on unpublished age restrictions (at the upper, not lower, end

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