Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / March 2008

Am I the only one feeling a bit miffed at having to provide photos and
fingerprints coming back into my own country-----not just once but
twice going through LHR?
I  understand foreign nationals having to ( we travel to the USA a lot

The jetfuel cost is wreaking the not unexpected helle
They'll merge or hang separately <i am dumb & glib, yet it's seemingly
unhappilythe  reality>
Would Microsoft be better off buying a coupla airlines rather than 15?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080325/ap_on_re_us/passenger_rights
A federal appeals court has rejected a law requiring airlines to provide
food, water, clean toilets and fresh air to passengers trapped in a
plane delayed on the ground.

There was something about the run-up to Terminal 5 that made me think
that all BA flights would operating from there. But this is not the
case:
27 March: Domestic and most European flights move from Terminal 1 to T5

Travelling on Wednesday
MAN - LHR
LHR - Miami
Need to get from Terminal 1 (landing at 08.10) to Terminal 3 (departing at

We have a group ticket for 10 of us on USAir leaving Albany to Orlando in a
couple of weeks.  I noticed that their online checkin policy is only for
tickets upto 8 people.  Our flight leaves at 6am and since we are an hour
from the airport we are getting rooms the night before ...

Interesting article...
http://KnowmoreArticles.googlepages.com/truth_about_cheap_cruises

Disney cruises,
What happens when you combine the best possible family vacations, with
the most beautiful cruise destinations in the World? Well, If your
answer was "You get Disney cruise vacations", you were 100% right.

A federal appeals court Tuesday struck down a state law requiring
airlines to give food, water, clean toilets and fresh air to
passengers stuck in delayed planes, saying the measure was well-
intentioned but stepped on federal authority.

That's the name of the TSA's blog.
http://www.tsa.gov/blog/
Thieving bastards stole my hunting
knife out of checked baggage.

new checklist item for some pilots
flaps----check
fuel--check
gun safety on and locked  ???

Hey all
I just read about Aloha Airlines going into bankruptcy.
http://www.forbes.com/2008/03/21/aloha-mesa-update-markets-equity-cx_lal_0321mar
kets13.html?partner=yahootix
I have a flight with them in this coming May from Hilo to Honolulu. I

NO, I am not a troublemaker...
it's that airport security is not a pleasant experience... though in
some areas it's getting better....
seems when I travel and have not slept for the previous 18 hours I

now with fuel being way too expensive, airlines are making people more
than ever with heavy bags pay more
having loaded baggage and cargo on aircraft this past summer, I often
joked about having passengers with heavier bags pay...

Full article:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120595060047549077.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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