Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / August 2006

Anyone flown from there recently and have any tales to tell or
experiences to share, good or bad? Just wondering how things are there
at the moment as I'm off to Granada with Ryanair next week.
Peter

Muslims face extra checks in new travel crackdown
By Ben Webster, Transport Correspondent
THE Government is discussing with airport operators plans to introduce a
screening system that allows security staff to focus on those passengers

Right now, most threat to air travelers comes from Muslims, but
everyone from Swedish grandmothers to Japanese monks is searched and
inconvenienced so the governments can appear politically correct.
In discussions here and elsewhere, I have noticed that quite a few

Is it possible to carry only powdered products (face powder, tooth
powder, rouge, powdered drink additives etc.) and then mix them with
the airline-provided water?  Even to the point of crushing one's
headache remedy tablets into powder before the flight?  Seems to me

Just wondering when British Airways and Air Canada usually have seat
sales for the off-season?  We are looking to go in February... right
now the prices are approx. $800 Canadian inclusive each round-trip
(varies depending on day of travel).  Are they likely to get much lower

We are looking to fly from Toronto (must be Pearson, as dropping off a
car)  on the 1st oct to any NY airport, returning on the 3/4 th Oct.
ALL of the flights found are within £20 or so of £300 for the both of us
($630CAD or $566US)

Anybody like to make a guess as to what the cabin baggage restrictions
will be by then?
Flying from the UK to the USA on Continental Airlines....

British Home Office advice line tells my HR department this is not
required... though I think I`d feel better approaching US immigration
with a letter of this type in my possession.
Any advice or pointers to official info stating this is a good thing to

We flew MAN to Paphos (Cyprus) with First Choice last Wednesday.
When Mrs B packed the cases on Sunday - the rules were, that you could have
no hand luggage, so we stuffed all we could into the cases.
When we checked in, we were 14kgs overweight (between the four of us) and

Is it allowed to solicit miles, by posting some kind of wanted miles ad
at your company? It seems airlines allow free transfer of airline miles
so I dont see how there could be anything wrong with this? How do they
know you bought the miles or had a friend transfer them?

Perhaps someone who has flown recently can answer this question: all
liquids/gels etc. are now banned at the security checkpoint.  But on the
secured side, can you still purchase a bottle of H2O to carry on?   Or take
an empty bottle in your carry on & fill from a water fountain? ...

Got this in the email today.
Courtesy of Spirit's "Lucky 7's" sale, you can fly between Atlanta and
Las Vegas for just $7.77 each way. At time of publication, there were
still seats available on the dates listed below, but they are expected

A friend pointed that when he tried to book a One World award with AA,
7-8 months in advance mind you, AA kept telling him seats were
unavailable and kept nudging him to buy this or that leg extra either
with cash or as a separate award.

RyanAir, the discount airline that's threatened to sue the UK
government over new security procedures has posted this provocative
image
http://newnimproved.blogspot.com/2006/08/nudity-new-airport-security-procedure.html

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Coalition_of_conservative_groups_believe_hotel
_0822.html
Coalition of conservative groups believe hotel porn may be
prosecutable
08/22/2006 @ 8:44 pm