Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / January 2007

Think back a number of years. Some Sherriff of Podunk boarded an Amtrak
train passing through his jurisdiction, and the a.shole arrested the bar
tender and took an ax to Amtrak's bar car facilities.For a while  Amtrak had
to close the bars while passing through the area, until ...

Not being employed any longer I don't have easy access to some of the
information I had at work.
Looks like I'm going to get a free trip back to the UK during the summer to
give evidence in a murder trial. I seem to recall a web site were you can look

The Times      January 30, 2007
Cobra Swamp is reclaiming Bangkok's showpiece airport
Andrew Drummond in Bangkok
Bangkok's showpiece international airport, opened last year, appears

Is it true that in India there is no round-trip or point-to-point fare,
but whatever all the individual flight segments add up to?

I am about to go overseas.  Should I bother "unlocking" my phone?  I
don't exactly know what that means, and I don't know if that will be the
easiest way to communicate to family in the states.

Sent to Delta:
Your web site said that EmPower socket would be available on all
classes of service for my 767-400 flights *****, but it was not
available on that plane.  I had purchased an adapter based on the

I have a friend who has a position in a large organisation in the 'City
of London' as an organiser of 'Corporate Business Travel'
She has been instructed by her CEO that if there is an alternative
carrier to the destination, to cease making any bookings either for

I am moving to the Dubai region and fly in next friday (2nd). I
understand that  can bring in 4 L of alcohol. Does anyone know where I
can find the details ( a web site perhaps??): do I have to purchase it
at the duty-free in Dubai after I get my passport stamped with my

I am booked round trip ORD-LHR on American and LHR-DEL (India) on
British, which is an AA partner. I was thinking of taking this
opportunity to register for AA's gold/platinum challenge and earn a few
extra miles during the coming year.

My wife & I would like to go to Paris this coming Fall from Seattle where we
live.  The trouble is, I was in a car accident a number of years ago and
have back problems, this and the fact I am about 6'4" makes regular cattle
car coach seating VERY uncomfortable for me for any ...

I had a total hip replacement on December 12th.  Am flying on Southwest
from Sacramento to Kansas City in five days.   The doctor said I should
request a bulkhead aisle seat.  If he writes that I did indeed have
surgery, and that it is best if I have a bulkhead aisle seat, is there

I may be on a fools errand here, but, does anyone know if any luggage
manufacturer has yet launched any new items to fit the new (UK DfT) hand
luggage size rules?   Specifically, a bag capable of carrying a laptop *and*
an SLR camera body with two lenses.   I'm not even sure that ...

I'm planning a family vacation.  We're traveling from DTW to Hawaii and
I'd like to take a 747 if possible.  Are there any carriers that use
747's anymore?
jp

Just back from a trip to Africa where Air France lost my tool kit on the way
there about three weeks ago.
Been told to wait until 5th Feb before it is officially declared lost. The
tools were worth about 1000 Euros and weighted 12 KG as i've listed on the

check out number 4
http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1287.html
and then
http://download.guardian.co.uk/sys-audio/Guardian/news/2007/01/23/vomit.mp3