Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / September 2007

I've never flown Business Class on BA until a few days ago -- in fact,
I rarely flew BA (coach) because of the stringent limits in check
luggage (1 bag of  23 Kg) as well as carry-on luggage (6 Kg).
For reasons unrelated to this discussion, I had an occasion to fly

My flight out from ORD to ARN was cancelled on Sept 1.
I was rerouted via Warsaw on LOT Polish.  Horrible airline, BTW
- bad seats, bad service.
The return flight on Sept 9 was also cancelled.  I was

I'm going to be making a round trip JFK-Mumbai on Delta. The equipment
is a 777.  I notice that flight is only 200 miles shorter than EWR-HKG
which used to tax the range of a 777.
Does anyone know if Delta takes steps to assure a light load or often

I have been complaining for years about BAAs advertising prices being
the same as in the High Street. Which High Street? Certainly not the
ones I shopin. The prices at BAA shops are way ABOVE High Street
prices. Even their Duty Free / Tax Free are above the normal High

WikiScanner discovered that American Airlines changed their Wikipedia
entry to state that Flights 11 and 77 never flew on 9/11.
Original entry was:
Two American Airlines aircraft were hijacked and crashed during the

The truth about deceptive airline practices
The Extra Mile
by Tim Winship - September 4, 2007
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The TSA site said something about "reasonable" amounts of water over 3 oz.
being allowed onboard.  But this site says no water is allowed:
http://blog.my-random-thoughts.com/2007/05/atrocious.html
So can I bring a half-liter bottle of water on the plane or not?

I just returned from flying Continnetal from Newark to Hamburg and
returned from Copenhagen to Newark.The planes are not wide bodys but
still rather large.Check-in and ground service was good.The in-flight
service was better than usual.Movies stupid and silly as usual,food

Never send out your personal website address via an autoresponder and/
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So far no law suit against the airline.
Full article:
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/081907/loc_20070819025.shtml
Snip:

when they do an outstanding good deed, they deserve recognition-
applause
http://www.examiner.com/a-915613~Delta_sends_flight_to_Honduras_to_help_customer
s_escape_hurricane.html

Important!! Read it!! Good to know.....In general, car is hired as the
result of a need for a replacement vehicle for a period of time. Many
people do not hire cars on a regular basis and also do not know facts
in the rental contract. There are some very important steps that

I was comparing the airframes of the Concorde and the XB-70 aircraft;
Due to the advanced design of the GE YJ-93 engines - the XB-70 is
faster and carries more payload, has more interior volume, has greater
range - with about the same fuel per payload mile!

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