Forum: Air travel
November 8th, 2006, 05:43 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,288
Stop overs
elliot wrote:
anyone have any positve experience with other airlines and
using stopovers they would care to share with us , please do..
On a couple of flights from PDX (Portland,...
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Forum: Air travel
November 8th, 2006, 05:35 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 3
Views: 664
Holiday airfares surge
Not many breaks so far but NWA did drop some
fares last week and United started a minor
sale over the weekend. It helps that I'm
not flying a typical warm weather/holiday
destination route, PDX-ORD...
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Forum: Air travel
November 8th, 2006, 05:26 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 11
Views: 693
United - new(er) A320's?
Beavis wrote:
Independence Air *never* had a single A320. A few A319's, yes.
Thanks for the update. Come to think of it,
I am seeing more A319's show up on United's
flight schedules since...
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Forum: Air travel
November 4th, 2006, 06:38 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 11
Views: 693
United - new(er) A320's?
John Doe wrote:
Not sure UA is interested in growing its domestic fleet at all.
I know, but the newish (refurbed) flight the other
night had me thinking that they were replacing old
757's (end...
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Forum: Air travel
November 4th, 2006, 06:34 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 11
Views: 693
United - new(er) A320's?
Steve wrote:
Is it just my imagination or are Airbuses planes quieter
inside than Boeings? I really like the A319/A320/A321s
Actually, I feel the same way. Plus on United,
they have the...
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Forum: Air travel
November 3rd, 2006, 04:55 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 11
Views: 693
United - new(er) A320's?
wrote:
nobody wrote:
Q: Is United picking up more A320's,
Unlikely they have purchased new planes since exiting from bankrupcy.
Oh I don't know, is Airbus...
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Forum: Air travel
November 1st, 2006, 04:08 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,218
Complaint Letter to UAL CEO
Binyamin Dissen wrote:
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:44:10 -0800 "Gary L. Dare"
wrote:
:Sorry to hear about your bad experience. The first
:reply covered some...
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Forum: Air travel
November 1st, 2006, 04:04 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,218
Complaint Letter to UAL CEO
wrote:
These are obviously "last ditch" kind of considerations,
but if the choice is a route like that, or some 5 hour
delay, or worse overnight, it can be an...
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Forum: Air travel
November 1st, 2006, 08:49 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 11
Views: 693
United - new(er) A320's?
nobody wrote:
Unlikely they have purchased new planes since exiting from bankrupcy.
A good point on the major maintenance, this plane
had the new white with blue stripes livery.
On the other...
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Forum: Air travel
November 1st, 2006, 05:58 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 11
Views: 693
United - new(er) A320's?
UA 321 ORD-PDX, October 30, 2006: the first thing
that I noticed was that the windows were crystal
clear! None of the fine scoring that one usually
finds on the acrylic window panes. Chicago...
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Forum: Air travel
November 1st, 2006, 05:44 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,218
Complaint Letter to UAL CEO
Sorry to hear about your bad experience. The first
reply covered some important points already so I won't
repeat them. A couple of things to add from a frequent
flier ...
When a flight is...
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Forum: Air travel
September 27th, 2006, 05:18 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 2
Views: 516
Fedex getting 90 Boeing 757-200's
Fedex is upgrading their fleet of 727's to 757-200's.
They anticipate getting 90 of them, used ...
Any thoughts on what their sources will be? My best
guess is that many of them will come from...
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Forum: Air travel
September 27th, 2006, 04:27 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 3
Views: 392
United E+ Upgrades, Chapter II
Dick Locke wrote:
When I got to the gate, I told the agent that if she had an aisle or
window E+ seat, I would like to upgrade. She said "sure" and handed me
the boarding pass for the exit...
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Forum: Air travel
September 27th, 2006, 04:21 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 6
Views: 809
Profiling for security
Most demands for profiling are based on race and religion
a la Archie Bunker rather than behaviorial a la Israel's
Shin Bet (and El Al staff affiliated or trained by them),
the FBI, etc. There have...
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Forum: Air travel
September 2nd, 2006, 03:31 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 3
Views: 296
sorry, it's over )-;
It looks like this was a Friday sale, I just
had a look for departures later Saturday and
on Sunday, back to the old prices ($658 for
PDX-ORD, $1025 for PDX-IAD).
As for my friend now winging to...
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Forum: Air travel
September 2nd, 2006, 03:23 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 3
Views: 296
United hidden Labor Day sale
mrtravel wrote:
Gary L. Dare wrote:
The subject line says "hidden"
Do you mean it is "hidden" with a visible link on the front
page at United.com, and also sent to United's email...
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Forum: Air travel
September 2nd, 2006, 04:32 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 3
Views: 296
United hidden Labor Day sale
I couldn't post this from work so sorry about
the delay ...
I gave up on Labor Day plans (PDX to ORD) because
of other business travel commitments as well as
my friend's schedule being up in the...
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Forum: Air travel
August 27th, 2006, 06:36 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,156
US Immigration - bad attitudes
Dick Locke wrote:
Never came into the US at Portland (Oregon) but when Delta tried
to do a Pacific hub there it became known as "DePortland."
The former INS was not accountable to the...
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Forum: Air travel
August 27th, 2006, 06:03 AM Posted to soc.culture.israel,soc.culture.islam,rec.travel.air,uk.politics.misc
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Replies: 13
Views: 916
Britain May Profile Muslim Air Passengers
Oliver Martin, one of the accused in the liquid
bomb plot, looks and dresses like a member of
Coldplay. So how would profiling based on your
prejudices discover him?
Profiling based on behavior and...
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Forum: Air travel
August 27th, 2006, 05:51 AM Posted to rec.travel.air,soc.culture.usa,soc.culture.british
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Replies: 3
Views: 444
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Forum: Air travel
August 27th, 2006, 05:45 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 6
Views: 343
Ice packs?
Fliers out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
are now having their lobster preserved by
packages of McCain frozen veggies, corn
or french fries!
(previously ice or gel paks, both are...
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Forum: USA & Canada
August 27th, 2006, 05:42 AM Posted to rec.travel.usa-canada,rec.travel.air
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Replies: 70
Views: 1,795
pilferage of checked baggage contents
George Max wrote:
What's the deal now with the safety of the contents of checked luggage
as relates to air travel? What I'm talking about is theft.
Check this out ... members of the Chicago...
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Forum: Air travel
August 27th, 2006, 05:42 AM Posted to rec.travel.usa-canada,rec.travel.air
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Replies: 76
Views: 1,923
pilferage of checked baggage contents
George Max wrote:
What's the deal now with the safety of the contents of checked luggage
as relates to air travel? What I'm talking about is theft.
Check this out ... members of the Chicago...
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Forum: Air travel
August 27th, 2006, 02:22 AM Posted to rec.travel.air,soc.culture.usa,soc.culture.british,soc.culture.indian
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Replies: 62
Views: 2,262
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Forum: Air travel
August 27th, 2006, 02:18 AM Posted to rec.travel.air,soc.culture.usa,soc.culture.british,soc.culture.indian
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Replies: 62
Views: 2,262
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