Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / August 2007

A fairly specific question, but might be of general interest.  I would
particularly appreciate Lansbury's well informed response:
I always thought that a passport and valid visa enabled a passenger to
enter the UK (perhaps together with a return ticket), since details of

was out on the ramp for an airline, a driver pulls up to the belt loader
 with his cart heaping with bags, he drops off a few bags for this one
flight , then abruptly drives to his next stop.
as he made a sharp turn, about 3 bags fell off the cart and first got

Am looking at flying from New York to San Francisco on American, plane will
be a 763, does anyone know if these planes have flatbed seats in
business/first class ?

Is it possible to use Delta Skymiles I have purchased from someone
else without transferring them to my account?  I don't think it is
since the miles will still be under the person's name.  I'm trying to
avoid transfer fees.

PRACTICAL TRAVELER | CROSSING THE ATLANTIC ON A 757
The Flights Are Long. The Planes Are Cramped.
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
The New York Times

a division of delta, they are preliminarily picketing at jackson-
hartsfield, as i see on the tv news

If we arrive at Buenos Aires Int'l Airport (EZE) from Miami at 7 AM
and plan to go on to Santiago Chile, how much time should we allow for
baggage claim, customs, etc.?  I'd like to book a 10:30 flight out of
EZE for SCL, or is that too close?  (there's a 12:45 flight we could

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/06/business/EU-FIN-COM-Germany-Lufthansa-
Sleeper-Cabin.php
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Lansbury (Retired)
www.uk-air.net

Tips To Enjoying Your Flight
Air Travel - Today air travel is one of the most widely used modes of
travel.  With the latest terrorist scare, many flights no longer
permit you to travel with your laptop and other electronic devices. So

I will spare you the gory details.
Suffice to say that on Saturday I got to the airport 2 hours 5 mins
before the flight and queued up, checked in, went through security and
arrived at the gate to find it closed. Of course they wouldn't let me

PRACTICAL TRAVELER | CROSSING THE ATLANTIC ON A 757
The Flights Are Long. The Planes Are Cramped.
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
The New York Times

In Spanish and German, they capitalize the word "you." In English, we
capitalize "I."  - from the American Language section of www.odd-info.com

OK,  the time has come once again to book a flight away for the summer
winter.
Where's the cheapest place at the moment?
Airline Network always did look good to me but people are saying that

IranianSwine <Imam@filth.ru> posted some
news:nWJQg.52$UJ2.48@fed1read07:

flew TWA a few years ago, was trying to fly them again, can't find them,
where did they go ?
I know TW was bought by carl Ichan then declared bankruptcy... what
happened to them ???