Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / August 2008

Caveat reader: I sincerely apologize if my speculation or thinking
publicly here is in bad taste.
This is the overall point, question or issue that first came to my
mind upon reading this article.

I have a Southwest Airlines confirmation code worth $256 (from an
cancelled air-ticket) which is expiring on Sept 4th. If you / anyone
you know wishes to travel before Sept 4th using Southwest Airlines,
this code could be used to buy the tickets on southwest.com. Let me

http://www.ng2000.com/fw.php?tp=air-travel
08/21/2008: LONDON - Air travellers may be fooling themselves with a feel-good green glow from offsetting their carbon emissions, according to critics of the system.

JetBlue just eliminated their San Jose to Boston route. Apparently it
was related to the bad publicity they received regarding Marilyn Parver,
the woman that they had dragged off the plane in handcuffs for doing
nothing wrong.

I am looking at booking a flight for myself and my family for cruise
out of LA in February. I would like to fly out of my home airport CPR,
but the fares are more than I want to spend. May fly out of DEN and if
so I go with Frontier or Southwest. Not sure what Frontier fees are

I just booked a roundtrip flight with Allegiant Air. Below is their
suggested check-in time at LAS. Just wondering if I really need to be
at the airport at 4:30am for a 7:00am flight.
Check-in: In Las Vegas. Please check-in at the ALLEGIANT AIR ticket

Somebody told me that more tomato juice is drunk on airplanes than
anywhere else - I just tried to Google this, but couldn't find a
reference, although there are a few sites that confirm that yes, gosh
some people really do only think of drinking tomato juice when thy're

A stylized red bird... but I can't find the airline.
http://volcanoseven.com/Aviation/MiscPlanesHelp/Plane9.JPG
Thanks for any help.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/BusinessTravel/story?id=5510621&page=1
Sleep Tight: JetBlue Now Charging $7 for Pillows
Airlines Are Now Charging Extra for Everything — Even That Once-Free
Soda

At least 45 dead,,breaking news

My son is flying out of Gatwick this Sunday morning (3 August).  Check-
in closes at 8.50; take-off is at 9.30.
How long is he likely to need to get from the railway station to the
check-in desk and complete the process?  Would a train timetabled to

Is there a website where Air TRavellers can share their experiences and
advice(Good and Bad) about Air Travel. This could be about problems with
 other pax, rude flt attendants, obese pax taking up two seats, etc, etc.

As far as I am concerned, if you can not fit into a plane seat, then you should
pay double for an extra seat.
If you are just a fat slob, even if a kid, then why should normal people have to
suffer, either from your surplus blubber occupying THEIR space, or from your