Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / August 2006

Got bumped from a Delta flight from Rio recently and Delta put me onto TAM.
This is one of those unknown airlines (at least to some of us) which was
about as
good in economy as Delta was in business.

http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix/pagesix.htm
KATIE PULLS STRINGS IN COCKPIT
By RICHARD JOHNSON with PAULA FROELICH, CHRIS WILSON and BILL HOFFMANN
July 29, 2006 -- KATIE Couric had fellow passengers aboard a New

An international ticket costs $1200 at aa.com or 75K miles. Let's say I
have enough miles and enough fdollars to go either way. I am trying to
figure our which is the better deal and why?
Are miles bes used for tickets or upgrades?

Which laptops in the market today are preferred by you experienced
travelers?
I'm looking for a good laptop for normal use, such as web surfing, Microsoft
Office programs, listening to music, viewing pictures, etc. Nothing too

I am beginning to wonder if Southwest's policy of not assigining seats
isn't some sort of massive sociology experiment. It certainly seems to
bring out all sorts of ill-manneredness in people.
First of all, the gate areas were never designed for "first come,