Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / March 2007

Kanye West gets $3,900 meal (chef travel extra)
LONDON, England (AP) -- If Kanye West were to walk into the British
Raj's dining room and order dinner, it would cost the rapper about
$17.50. But since the restaurant is delivering -- from Wales to New

I've been a frequent flier for a long time. There is a process that has to
take place in the lifetime of all services and products for them to remain
commercially viable. This process centers around making all
products/services/technologies "accessible" (more easily usable,

Yesterday I was commenting on the large number of babies and stroller
children on our Jet Blue flight from Fort Lauderdale to Oakland, yet I
didn't hear one kid crying on the whole trip.  My friend said he noticed was
his ears weren't popping on the way up, and checked his fancy ...

...can bring cars to a halt, has there been any case of poor fuel getting
into a commercial airliner? What checks are there to ensure that all engines
aren't going to barf over something up with the fuel at a rather
inconvenient moment?

flying LHR - YVR in a couple of days, and 2 choices at the low end of
the price scale.  AC or UTD, both are indirect, so no choice there.
In terms of comfort and convenience, which wins out??
TIA

What's the difference between nonstop and direct flights?
Dear Editor,
Is there a difference between nonstop and direct flights? If so, which
is cheaper?

I recently traveled on Cathay Pacific on their 747-400 which is supposed to
have laptop power in their economy section. On both my outbound and inbound
journeys I could not get any power from my seat or another seat that I
tried. The crew was of no help. I know my adapter was ...

Tuesday February 27, 2007
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