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| Full Body Scans at Airports | 20 Nov 2008 04:08 GMT | 76 |
"TSA's New Scanner Gets Up Close and Personal
Modesty sacrificed to security in new see-through scanners"
"http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2008/06/tsa_scanners.html"
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| American Airlines Defends $15 fee for Luggage by claiming that it would cost up to $230 to ship a 45 pound bag from Texas to New York | 20 Nov 2008 04:08 GMT | 9 |
AA really needs to get a new PR agency, and a new spokesman.
"The airline defended the fee, saying it was a bargain compared with the
cost of shipping a 45-pound bag overnight on a package-delivery company.
A spokesman for the airline said the cost of sending a bag from Dallas
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| Notebooks in flight | 20 Nov 2008 03:04 GMT | 28 |
Why exactly are you not allowed to use a notebook computer during take-
off and landing? The radio power emitted by a notebook should be too
weak to cause any problems to the plane electronics.
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| Continental, the airline without a heart | 19 Nov 2008 22:36 GMT | 20 |
We recently had a bad experience in Palermo, Sicily where my husband got
very ill and had to be taken to a hospital from the cruise ship. When he
was finally able to travel the insurance company had to provide a
nurse/companion for him because he needed oxygen in-flight. The
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| So what ABOUT those fuel surcharges? | 19 Nov 2008 01:31 GMT | 5 |
Good News: Oil is dropping like a stone. Not So Good News: U.S.
airlines aren't dropping their fuel surcharges much at all, beyond
some cuts on international routes. And here's why: the airlines
don't have to drop fuel surcharges -- not as long as they can find
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| Can you bring a sealed can of soda on a plane? | 18 Nov 2008 20:38 GMT | 32 |
I know there are restrictions on liquids, like water bottles, toothpaste
tubes, shampoo, etc. What about soda cans? Since it would be a
challenge for most of us to put something into a soda can and then seal
it so that it looked factory-sealed, I'm wondering if this is okay to
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| ? on upgrading on American at the airport | 18 Nov 2008 04:48 GMT | 9 |
I bought a coach ticker for AA, but while doing so online I was not
allowed to purchase an upgrade. I called American but I could not
understand the person on the other end with an strong Indian accent. So,
can someone please explain to me how this upgrade thing would work at
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| Reducing noise complaints | 17 Nov 2008 18:44 GMT | 15 |
I was wondering, how do I learn more about how airports try to reduce
noise complaints? I presume that in figuring out operational stuff about
when to land which airplanes on what runways, and figuring out flight
paths for takeoff and landing, they must look at things like, where ...
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