Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / March 2007

are you safer now that you are paying more for what is termed security...
I don't think so...
 more expensive equipment, but having unskilled and untrained people
operate them

i'm looking to get to an area that lies between two airports.  I can
fly to Airport A for $100 less than to airport B. However, to get to
airport A I have to have a 2 hour layover in airport B.  In that two
hours, I could rent a car and be at my destination.  The final

I have a swiss army knife on a pen...
great for tightening the pins that hold video cables to the backs of
monitors and computer systems....
at some airports I have no problems with my pen... It's a pen with a

so I'm flying JAL to asia soon and a lot of what were are packing.
mostly all clothes is going in spacebags.
Is the TSA going to open these once we get to the airport? Obviously
that completely defeats their purpose.

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Recently miscommunication and denial between Delta Airlines, Air
Jamaica, Expedia and Berkley Travel have set us back over $2,500.00 in
airlines tickets, hotel fees, lost wages, international phone calls
and miscellaneous expenses.

((( WARNING ))) Pass it on if you have the courage. †
American Soldiers are being killed in Iraq by our own [[[Coverment]]]
9/11 was a inside job, The Iraq War is staged !!!
They need a excuse to stay in Iraq to steal the OIL.

All the talk is of LHR where media reports suggest any airline from within
the EU can operate in competition with BA and VS on lucrative transatlantic
routes. Will BA/VS really be forced to give up LHR slots? BA's share price
continues to rise despite this news which suggests ...

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/19032007/344/pilot-smelled-strongly-alcohol.html
Pilot 'smelled strongly of alcohol'
The Press Association Monday March 19, 02:49 PM
An airline pilot turned up for work while almost six-and-a-half times

Howdy. :-)  I'll be leaving the UK soon to take
care of paperwork back home in the US (I'm
currently a tourist in the UK), but I would dearly
like to re-enter the UK on a tourist visa (well,

BA places corpse next to first-class passenger
By Ruth Elkins
Independent on Sunday
Published: 18 March 2007

Does anyone know if United Airlines stocks bicycle boxes at Sydney airport ?
A friend who does not live near Sydney will be flying in may. It appears that
United no longer accepts to pass request from pax to the airport staff for a
call back with the answer. (Or so I was told). Is ...

[crossposted to rec.travel.europe, rec.travel.air]
 Howdy!  Planning a week-long honeymoon in London at the end of
August.  Yes, I know that's peak season, no the dates are not
flexible.  That said, what's my best strategy for airfare?  Prices

Great deals on international tickets to Asia in May 2007 starting
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Shanghai:        $1,250 onwards     (return fare)
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