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Jump to post1) Customer Service Agents. Talking to real people and not the computer will slowly and surely disappear. 2) Free use of the lavatory onboard. Keep an eye on Ryanair - if this dumb idea of on-board pay toilets is successful, it won't be long before it's instituted around the globe. 3) Inclusive tick...
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Jump to postHey Chi-Town, welcome in advance to San Diego! From <acronym title="San Diego - International / Lindbergh Field (SAN / KSAN), USA - California">SAN</acronym> to 10th & F should be under $20. Too bad your rental car company doesn't have a shuttle to their site!! The convention center is just down Har...
Jump to postFinally the system is working - I got my trip report finished and posted with no further trouble.
Jump to postAloha to all!! One of my best friends in the world lives on the big island of Hawai'i, and recently I had the opportunity to go visit him again, thanks to the good people at Hawaiian Airlines. I have been to the big island twice before, but even in a short weekend trip (left on Friday, came back on ...
Jump to postI've got it re-written, but the six hours later and the same problem is occuring. It will not save, and it will not preview. Only the error message. I have never seen that error message before - any word on what is going on? Has anyone else been able to post a trip report today?<br><br>[Edited 2009-...
Jump to postSo I worked for over an hour on a trip report, only to hit "preview post" and have the screen reply, "The website cannot display the page HTTP 500 Most likely causes: The website is under maintenance. The website has a programming error." So I've lost more than an hour of work. Two hours later, only...
Jump to postThank you to all for your quick replies!! Here is what I was missing - I was only clicking on "profile" in the forums. Apparently, that is only for editing my profile. That explains why no pictures were appearing. <b>To see the full profile, you must click on your username on the homepage, which wil...
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Jump to postThe pictures I have uploaded to the a.net database need to be deleted so that I can upload new ones. Unfortunately, I cannot find the information on how to delete these pictures - I can find lots of information on how to <acronym title="Addis Ababa - Bole International (ADD / HAAB), Ethiopia">ADD</a...
Jump to postFor the first time traveller, San Diego should be included in that list, especially if approaching from the north, and doubly so if arriving in an EM2...
Jump to postIn terms of the people doing the scanning, my experiences have only been positive. As for the overall implementation and enforcement (as well as the lack of any attempts to improve efficiency in the slightest for the average traveller!), they are not doing anything to improve at all. I save my venom...
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2) Flight times - does the itinerary work with what I have planned?
3) Type Of Plane - something "unusual"? Something new? Something I haven't flown on yet?
I am delighted that the "thread-compression" feature has been restored to what it once was; however, I am encountering an odd situation that I need assistance with. Since the restoration of this feature, my home computer compresses all threads in all forums without any problems. My school computer, ...
Jump to postMy decision to move to San Diego happened many years before it happened - I knew, from when I was 17, that this was where I was going to live. I would never willingly choose to live elsewhere, but if I was forced for some odd reason, I would choose a city served by all major airlines. I lived in Bak...
Jump to postIn various threads at a.net over the years, there have been many discussions about the rules of carry-on luggage, and how airlines have turned a blind eye much of the time to those passengers that go "above and beyond" what the rules state is allowable. However, since the almost nation-wide implemen...
Jump to postGoing by Aloha73G's example, American had a "different" livery for their A300's vs. the rest of the fleet: <br><table align=center border=0 width=500><tr><td><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/1445581/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href=...
Jump to postMost of the time when I fly I am attending a rodeo (I am a member of the organization and I can ride a horse, but I do not compete), so my usual attire is what I call "cowboy formal" - meaning dress black jeans (Wranglers, of course), boots, formal long sleeve shirt, and my black felt Stetson cowboy...
Jump to postAny chance of doing one of each? That'd be a GREAT way to see both!! Unfortunately, I have no knowledge of either, but here are some interior shots: <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/1287135/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/ope...
Jump to postI would recommend that your friend go with an airline in an alliance that offers multiple choices of one-stop itineraries. Star Alliance, for example, offers NYC-<acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD</acronym>-KWI, NYC-<acronym title="Frankfurt am Main (...
Jump to postEight years old and I remembered all but one of the planes and all of the itineraries and airlines!! December, 1974: My mom, baby sister, and I started the trip flying <acronym title="Bakersfield - Meadows Field (BFL / KBFL), USA - California">BFL</acronym>-<acronym title="Los Angeles - Internationa...
Jump to postYou have the evidence to back up your claim - and if an employee "cannot be bothered" to do what the website says, then that employee should be written up/disciplined (at the VERY least) or fired (at the worst). However, I bet you will ALWAYS be getting confirmation of the changes from now on!! &nbs...
Jump to postStill all domestic, but some GREAT travel plans have opened up for me: February, 2009: <acronym title="San Diego - International / Lindbergh Field (SAN / KSAN), USA - California">SAN</acronym>-<acronym title="Honolulu - International / Hickam AFB (HNL / HIK / PHNL / PHIK), USA - Hawaii">HNL</acronym...
Jump to postI am fortunate that I got one L1011 ride before TWA retired them. N11005 was a tired old bird, but she was still graceful. I've been on zillions of MD80's, but ironically enough, not a single DC-9. I will be flying on my first 717 in February, 2009, intra-island, so that can be crossed off the list....
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Jump to postAvoid transitting at <acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</acronym> at all costs - it is a FABULOUS airport for O&D, but it can a hell on earth for connecting during periods of hot, cold, windy, still air, rainy, or dry conditions. I'm being facetious, but...
Jump to postTDub, I'm going to strongly disagree on both points. Being a flight attendant now means that instead of welcoming aboard passengers, you have to explain to virtually every single passenger entering the plane why they can only put one bag up in the overhead, one thing under the seat in front of them,...
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Jump to postI think the winner would be Delta's <acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfield-Jackson International (The William B Hartsfield) (ATL / KATL), USA - Georgia">ATL</acronym>-<acronym title="Honolulu - International / Hickam AFB (HNL / HIK / PHNL / PHIK), USA - Hawaii">HNL</acronym> flight at 3912 nm. <acrony...
Jump to postAt the current time, I believe <acronym title="San Diego - International / Lindbergh Field (SAN / KSAN), USA - California">SAN</acronym> has no more 767 service from <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym>, but that seems to change all the time. <acronym title="Hawaiian Airlines (USA)">H...
Jump to postSo exactly how does one enter the date into the search engine? It keeps telling me that there are no pictures from April 18 or 1966.
Jump to postIt's not my closest, but my former home airport of <acronym title="Bakersfield - Meadows Field (BFL / KBFL), USA - California">BFL</acronym>: <acronym title="Bakersfield - Meadows Field (BFL / KBFL), USA - California">BFL</acronym>-<acronym title="Guadalajara - Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla Internationa...
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Jump to post<i>Welcome to Super High Intensity Travel (S.H.I.T.) Airlines! Home of the lowest fares - guaranteed!! We absolutely positively guarantee that we will be the lowest fare on any route we fly, and we promise to (eventually) refund the difference if you find a lower fare on another airline. To ensure t...
Jump to postIn response to the airlines' desperate attempts to "encourage new revenue", many things that used to be included in the price of the ticket are now extra (with one airline a noteable exception). Virtually all airlines now charge for booking a ticket over the phone, checking a bag, and in the case of...
Jump to postSAN-<acronym title="Miami - International (MIA / KMIA), USA - Florida">MIA</acronym> on <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> (I can NOT understand why we don't have this!!) <acronym title="San Diego - International / Lindbergh Field (SAN / KSAN), USA - California">SAN</acronym>-<acr...
Jump to postThanks to the tip from a fellow a.netter about Frontier's fall sale, I booked a ticket for myself and my mom to see my uncle in northern Minnesota. She has not seen her brother-in-law since my dad passed away several years ago, and we were finally able to get everyone's schedules synchronized to go ...
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Jump to postI doubt Tower Air would have lasted long in any event. Its idea of maintenance was literally to pray that the plane would hold together, and incessant delays of hours - that literally could turn into days - became the norm. With everything else that can be heaped upon Tower Air, they did something t...
Jump to postGofly, that has to be the most well-written post I have EVER seen here!! You intelligently responded to everyone of my questions in a logical, concise, and unemotional way...two big thumbs WAY up!! I know when there was the transfer of airliners.net to the new server, there had been issues of memory...
Jump to postIn this day and age with computer memory space being a serious limiting factor, why do we have a non-aviation forum? If people wish to spend their time complaining about candidates, issues, people, their likes and dislikes not related to aviation, then shouldn't they be on another website? It strike...
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Jump to postOn an episode of "Laverne & Shirley" from the 1970's, Laverne & Shirley were on board a charter aircraft from Milwaukee to (I believe) Baltimore, having won the Shotz Brewery company raffle for tickets to a Green Bay Packers game. In the ensuing chaos that could only happen on a sitcom, the pilot is...
Jump to postAs far as direct routes go, <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym>-<acronym title="Rio de Janeiro - Galeao International (Antonio Carlos Jobim) (GIG / SBGL), Brazil">GIG</acronym> overflies Phoenix, then follows the Rio Grande, the Yucutan peninsu...
Jump to postThere is no such thing as a "direct" flight USA-Lebanon. A direct flight would be one keeping the same flight number and airplane, merely making a stopover in a third country. You can, however, take a <b>one-stop</b> flight, changing planes in one of several European locations, such as <acronym titl...
Jump to postThere are SO many rental car lots, so from whichever lot you rent from, ask for directions to Lincoln Parkway and Sepulveda Blvd. It's not really a maze, but since there are so many locations, this might be the smartest thing to do.
Have a GREAT trip!!
Crimson, if you're European, you'll know how to deal with a NYC winter. It could be clear as a bell, or it could be the middle of a blizzard. It's a gamble, but the tourist crowds will not be anything NEAR what you find in the summer. As for going in spring, this is thunderstorm season in the midwes...
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