Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / August 2007

Janet Fullwood: It seems that everyone at the airport is searching for
a plug
By Janet Fullwood - Bee Travel Editor
Published 12:00 am PDT Sunday, August 26, 2007

Pardon me.  
We in alt.comp.freeware have had the dubious company of a poster
called Hummingbird who posts obsessionally and falsely accuses all
those around him of all the things he does himself.

some baggage is overstuffed, or the zippers are either poor quality or
worn out... In some bags, if they are overstuffed, the bags often
explode, or rupture when they are tossed from cart to baggage belt or
from cart to belt loader. Stuff that was inside the bag winds up on the

only a 2 hour flight, but has anyone been on an MD88?
besides the 3-2 difference in seating plans, how different is it from
a Southwest 737?
Better? worse?

went through the "strip search agency" song and dance at two airports in
different cities. To some, a bottle of coca-cola is demed more dangerous
than the items I had with me. I had items the people should have
questioned in my carry-on or hand luggage (computer bag), nothing was ...

Arrgh.  I made a 'free baggage' weight chart:
Flight........... Airline..... Checked (lbs)... Carry-On (lbs).
1. Orlando-Frankfurt (Condor) - 51lbs(ea-2pcs)...13lbs.
2. Frankfurt-Santorini (Condor) - 45lbs.... 13lbs.

Seems 14 airlines were involved and it went far deeper in BA management than
was admitted.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/08/26/cnba126.xml
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20070823/tuk-british-airways-pleads-guilty-in-us-db
a1618_1.html
British Airways has pleaded guilty to price-fixing and has had its
$300 million (£150m) fine upheld by a US court.
The airline admitted colluding with rivals on surcharges on passenger

Within the last 2 years, I have had a TSA lock bent to the point that it
was no longer functional, a TSA lock that got snapped off, and 2 zippers
yanked off.  Why is luggage handling so rough?

Slightly off topic I know. Can anybody recommend a meet and greet service
for Gatwick please.
Hopefully, not too expensive.
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August 24, 2007
Ryanair passengers face check-in charge

does anyone know what airline is the cheapest to fly from buff n.y. to
las vegas

Do I have to put a pen into the ziploc bag?
After all, it contains a liquid.

Air travel is probably less harmful to the environment than rail
travel. Aircraft leave vapour trails which aid in the reflection of
the sun's radiation back into space. As these trails are at high
altitude their shadows cover immense areas. On the other hand vast