Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / November 2006

I prefer to bring my own water than pay hotel prices for it, but
since I can't bring a few bottles in carry-on luggage anymore, I'm
wondering if it's safe in checked baggage. I have two concerns in mind:
1.  If baggage compartments aren't heated, the water might freeze and

www.eastravel.co.uk specialises in Asian routes.   If you want to avoid
their 3% surcharge for using plastic, you have to send a cheque.   If
you don't give them 10 days to clear it, i.e. your flight is due soon,
they ask for a credit card number as well,  "Just in case the cheque

AirportWatch News Bulletin No. 9 for November 2006
** A Stern Warning
People are saying that the debate on climate change may have been
altered forever with the publication of the Stern Review last month.

For more Information .......
http://www.freewebs.com/nukso/safetravel.htm

I have been collecting for years postcards showing the capitals of the
countries of the world. They are sent or given to me by friends
travelling around the world.
I have now 101 postcards, and I think I'll need your help for the 93

As I merge the flight plane files from FS2002, FS2004
and FSX into one large traffic file for FSX, I do find
that there appears to be two airports in both Nagoya
and Bangkok, as there were some airport codes in

I'm about to take a trip that uses Reagan National.  I'm guessing
many experinced travellers here have done this, so I have two questions
please.  How busy is this airport, if I'm trying to decide how long to
give for checkin and security screening?  If I want to take the Metro

More airline security drivel.........
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_319220004.html
Snip:
(CBS) CHICAGO Threats on one major air carrier are raising concerns

I have blood pressure pills in a small plastic container for each day
of the week.
Am I allowed to take this plastic container aboard the flight?

Traveling with other people of various nationalities, what is usually
acceptable in regards to going through passport control?
For example, I have an EU passport, and my wife an American one. We
go through together the citizens lane at America and EU.

http://new.continental.com/web/en-US/content/travel/baggage/carry-on.aspx?SID=05
CD22AC834045A89CFB9E09F69787F2
Hmmmm. I never knew overhead bins needed any TLC!!!!
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I've read that baggage handles pilfer the contents of bags (obviously
a generalization but...).  How concerned should I be about that?  That
is, what shouldn't I put in my checked baggage?  Or, what is most likely
to disappear?

For most of the 20th Century the conventional wisdom for people who
drove convertible automobiles (cars with soft tops) was to never lock
the vehicle.  Thieves would simply cut the top to get what they wanted.
Then you still lost the item(s) and you had to repair the top.

I need 415 miles to get to CO Onepass gold by December 31th.  But I
don't have any travel plans to the end of the year.  Is there a way to
get there?