Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / October 2007

A mother and her young son were flying Continental Airlines from
Newark to LAX. The son turned from the window to his mother and asked,
'If big dogs have baby dogs and big cats have baby cats, why don't big
planes have baby planes?'

What the hell, you do a search, you get the price, you click on it,
and then it goes up $300. How annoying is this? What a waste of time.
Travelocity, you officially suck. SHAME ON YOU!!!! Why do you want to
alienate the people who are using your site? Why do you want to waste

These cheap hotels come with cable television (nice channels only),
continental breakfast, and a clean environment...
http://travelsguide.googlepages.com/how_to_find_cheap_hotels

I would like to introduce you to The Getaway Club.
This is a club basd on MLM marketing but you dont need to sell
anything. If you like to travel and want some discounts on that travel
then just join. Or if you do want to make some money on the side then

I travel internationally (live in the US) quite often but not exactly every
week.
I saw an astonishing new trend at NCL (Newcastle UK) Air France check-in the
other morning though.

This time today at 16:53 at CPH
http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/krimi/article.php/id-9133825.html
9th time since 09SEP - this has to be a record of mishaps for one
airline with same type of plane

HELP KEEP MARRIOTT SMOKEFREE
As a nonsmoking traveler, and a someone who became a Marriott awards
member only when Marriott pledged to be 100% smokefree in all its
hotels, I am outraged and very disappointed that Marriott has now gone

Craig Welch wrote:

some parents do a good job and have well behaved kids. Some do not, In
the confined space of an aircraft and on a long flight the continous
crying can drive any sane person crazy.  Would be nice if the "cone of
Silence" could be deployed to contain the sound.

Budget airline Easyjet has expanded further by buying UK carrier GB Airways
for £103.5m ($212m).
GB Airways currently operates services under the British Airways brand to
Southern Europe and North Africa under a franchise agreement with BA.

Bored old guy on a flight from nowhere to
nowhere starts dreaming up stories to post
a newsgroup.

Is there any information yet on how easy, or difficult, it will be to
transfer at LHR when T5 opens?
At present, I don't need to go through Security when transferring from T1
Domestic to any other Terminal, but I do have to go through Security when

For some reason, a drunken passenger began throwing peanuts at a
well-built man across the aisle. The man was sitting with his wife,
minding his own business. When the first peanut hit him in the face, he
ignored it. After the second peanut struck him, he looked up to see who

Low-cost airline Fly Monarch is to allow passengers to pay for flights using
online payments system Paypal, popular with eBay shoppers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7056929.stm
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I have two Romanian friends coming to visit me soon. I'm wondering if they
should buy travel insurance for their week in the UK?
When I travel I always get travel insurance. However if my friends became
ill in the UK, for example, will the NHS look after them or would they need