Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / June 2007

The New York Times
June 14, 2007
State of the Art
Headphones to Shut Out the World

    [ Found this originally on /. but thought the original article
     would be better served here. Rather backwards, this current
     US government... -Ed. ]
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/15/news/visa.php?page=1

I am flying with BA from LHR to PHL next week in World Traveller. I am a
Ruby oneworld member (thru Royal Jordanian).
I believe I am entitled to check-in at the Business Class desks due to my
Ruby status.

A friend is about to purchase a new laptop and wonders if anyone knows the
size dimensions including laptop case that airlines now allow aboard?
I understand there are metal frames at check-ins that your laptop and bag
have to fit inside in order to be allowed to carry it as hand ...

http://www.sys-con.com/read/387624.htm
HOUSTON, June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Continental Airlines'
number one flight attendant on the system seniority list, Norma Heape,
will celebrate 50 years of service with the company on a flight

Assumption is that you only have the receipt of passport application
(no passport), photo ID and no birth certificate.
Ron Lee

Pay no attention to these "Christian Gays" and "Wiccan Transsexuals"
and all the other self deluded fudgepackers.  They are twisting and
misinterpreting the Bible and other scriptures in a sick perverted
attempt to force their sodomizing agenda on the American mainstream

Our board of directors voted this morning to book all business travel
for the company outside of Hilton branded establishments due to the
perception it did not reflect our social & ethical values. This
applies to all levels of staff & will affect some 5000+ person nights

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2007-06-10-air-abuse-usat_N.htm?csp=34
Flight attendants feel wrath of fliers
By Gary Stoller, USA TODAY
Flight attendant Jackie Hamilton was stunned in March when a passenger

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/skynews/20070608/tuk-booze-fuelled-mile-high-club-man-j
ai-45dbed5.html
Booze-Fuelled Mile-High-Club Man Jailed
SkyNews
By Sky News SkyNews - 21 minutes ago

Earlier today I was reading at story about a company that sells meals
for air travelers (sorry don't have the URL) called Sky Meals or
something similar to that. The story talked about them selling gift
certificates and then giving the proceeds to charity. At the same time

I have a question regading deliberately missing a connecting flight. I
saw several threads on this topic in this group, but I think my
situation is a bit different.
I bought a round trip ticket a year ago from Europe to US through

How long is the walk between the middle area of Gates B and the middle
area of Gates D.
Im looking at flights into LAS with Southwest Gates B and Delta out
Gates D

A German court has awarded 207,000 Euros in damages against a 32 year
old student who caused a hoax bombscare at Düsseldorf airport in 2003.
The action for damages was brought by the Düsseldorf airport as
compensation for the loss of business caused by the evacuation of the

I have tibia rod in my left leg but did not have ID card for airline
security check.  Some time ago, I went through metal detector many times due
to 9/11 but it did not set alarm off.  That is so weird.  Are metal
detectors at Airports more senstive to detect tibia rod?