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June 30, 2007
How Safe is the Safe in the Hotel?
That is what FlyerTalk member flyer121 wants to know in the How secure is my hotel safe? thread.
There is a combination of FlyerTalk members that have locked in on posting different thoughts, experiences and opinions in that key thread.
If you do not feel that the safe in your hotel is safe, you can put the safe in the safe - but how safe is the safe in the safe? Is the hotel safe? If so, how safe is the safe in the safe in the allegedly safe hotel?
I believe it is safe to say that I have used the word safe too many times at this point...
Posted by Canarsie at 12:05 AM
June 29, 2007
How long is too long?
How long spent in an aircraft toilet is too long? What are they doing in there? On second thoughts, don't answer that.
Posted by Kiwi Flyer at 6:36 PM
June 28, 2007
Important change to One World Explorer (and possibly other products)
From 1 July (ie this Sunday), the rule limiting number of flights will change to number of segments - ie including surface segments.
This is a major devaluation of the xONEx (and similar) product. Read about it and FTers' reactions here.
Posted by Kiwi Flyer at 9:40 PM
Five FT Finds
An FTer birthday this week - wish surturminn a happy 40th birthday on 1st July.
Jenbel and chrissxb have set up a fantastic consolidated do thread. So I am looking for 1 more new find to showcase each week. Any suggestions please by PM (click here)?
New news - EU air safety committee reccommends a ban of all Indonesian airlines from flying to/from EU. Not that any currently fly scheduled services to EU, but the usual consumer warnings will have an effect on the airlines.
Something from the talking heads, err Talk Board - a proposal to move the Germany forum made less than a week ago has turned into a vote to restructure all the destination forums, and which seems to be a done deal (although not yet published). Perhaps I should post latest Talk Board happenings more often than weekly? PM me your thoughts (click here)
As a result of this vote, a suggestion has been made for Talk Board to change the notification and voting timelines. Meanwhile, discussion continues on the proposal to create a Finnair forum.
Something random - One World will have a new connection between Europe and Asia with the launch of Finnair's Seoul service next year.
Posted by Kiwi Flyer at 6:51 PM
June 27, 2007
There is No Bull About Vegetarians and Vegans
If you are a vegetarian or vegan who travels, the Vegetarian and Vegan Food: The Definitive Thread is for you.
I already used up many puns in that thread, so I will spare ribbing you here.
Get it? Spare rib?
Ahhhh - forget it...
Posted by Canarsie at 10:39 PM
June 26, 2007
Do you care about your seat?
Not only between cabins but also within a cabin there can be a big difference in seats. Do you care about which seat you get allocated?
Posted by Kiwi Flyer at 5:08 PM
June 25, 2007
House About an Exchange?
Would you trade your home temporarily with someone else instead of booking a hotel room when you travel?
Initially, this sounds like a good idea. If you own a home or are able to sublease where you live, why pay for a hotel when you can stay in the home of someone else at your destination as someone uses your home while you are gone. This seems like a fair exchange, especially for the budget traveler - but is it a good idea?
Find out in the Home Exchange -Good idea ? thread.
Posted by Canarsie at 10:04 PM
June 24, 2007
Reverse mileage run
What is the most valuable award?
Posted by Kiwi Flyer at 5:35 PM
250 American AAdvantage Miles, Free and Easy!
Please see the 250 AA Miles (very short survey) thread for additional details.
Posted by Canarsie at 8:58 AM
June 23, 2007
Woman: "I Need To Get This Off My Chest"...
...literally!
Keep abreast of the heated discussion by pumped-up FlyerTalk members of the Woman Says Breast Milk Kept Her Off Plane thread, where a woman allegedly attempted to board an aircraft with three ounces of breast milk but without a child with her.
Be certain that you are lactose-tolerant before reading the thread and going with the flow.
Okay, I do believe that I have milked this topic for all that it is worth, so I will spare all of you pour people from further puns...
Posted by Canarsie at 8:41 AM
June 22, 2007
Fuel for Thought: Rent a Hybrid at National Car Rental...
...as it can be a gas!
FlyerTalk member IceTrojan recently spotted Toyota Priuses - or would the plural be Toyota Prii?!? - at the Emerald Aisle at a National Car Rental location at the airport in Santa Ana in Orange County, California.
If you have spotted hybrid fuel-efficient vehicles at another National Car Rental location, please report them by posting in the FYI - I see hybrids... thread.
Posted by Canarsie at 8:26 AM
June 21, 2007
Five FT Finds
An FTer birthday this week - wish fromYYZ_flyer a happy birthday on 28th June.
Jenbel and chrissxb have set up a fantastic consolidated do thread. So I am looking for 1 more new find to showcase each week. Any suggestions please by PM (click here)?
New news - CAAC asks pilots to improve English skills.
Something from the talking heads, err Talk Board - a snap poll to create an Alitalia forum was passed, as were motions to add an Italy destination forum and rename the Paris forum as France. A new forum for Finnair has been proposed by Q400.
Something random - b8b has just learned of the existence of mattress runs.
Posted by Kiwi Flyer at 6:20 PM
Your help please in the battle of surcharges
Unfortunately only ex-UK, but it is a start. spotwelder is compiling information on airline surcharges to forward on to officials. If you can help, please do so.
First UK then the world. Ahh I can but dream.
Posted by Kiwi Flyer at 2:09 PM
June 20, 2007
Influence of FT
I'm sure DallasAudioGuy isn't the only FTer to find new habits since becoming a FTer. How has FT changed what you do?
Posted by Kiwi Flyer at 4:18 PM
June 19, 2007
Where can you walk to the airport?
or stroll or jog or crawl or ... (you get the idea)
Please share in this thread.
Posted by Kiwi Flyer at 11:55 PM
June 18, 2007
One Point. All You Need is One Single Point.
What would you do if all you needed was one single point to top off your frequent guest account?
This is the exact situation that FlyerTalk member Vader is currently experiencing in order to accomplish adding one measly point to top off his or her Hyatt Gold Passport frequent guest account. Is this even possible? If not, what is the point?
Find out by pointing your Internet browser to the How can I get 1 Point thread.
Posted by Canarsie at 5:51 PM
June 17, 2007
Earn American AAdvantage Miles with triprewards!
If you find yourself staying at such lodging chains as Days Inn, Ramada, Knights Inn, Travelodge or any other member of the triprewards frequent guest loyalty program, now you can earn American AAdvantage miles.
Of course, as always, you can choose to earn miles from your choice of six other airline frequent flier programs or Amtrak.
For additional details and information, please see the tripRewards (Super 8, TraveLodge, Days Inn, etc) now gives AA miles thread.
Posted by Canarsie at 11:21 PM
June 16, 2007
Cash in miles just to fly?
Help UNITED959 understand why you do (or don't) cash in miles just to fly.
Posted by Kiwi Flyer at 5:36 PM
Which City in Alaska?
Juneau that FlyerTalk member Nobbi has been over a Barrow looking for advice as to Which city in Alaska? one should fly for a long weekend?
In all Fairbanks, I believe that the Anchorage of an Alaskan vacation should be based on what one likes to do and see, although there has been Nome mention of other Alaskan cities.
If one can affjord to go to Seward, I would recommend that location, although one may want to Homer in on other Alaskan locations.
Do you believe that I have been Whittier lately with what I have been posting in The Gate?
Posted by Canarsie at 1:39 AM
June 15, 2007
Car Seat for Children On-Board an Aircraft: Yes or No?
FlyerTalk member Jon Maiman is not kidding around when he says that he wants to know whether or not to put his one-year-old daughter in a car seat as they travel on three flight segments in each direction aboard aircraft on their itinerary when they travel to Hawaii this summer.
What do you think?
Buckle your seat belt and post your advice in the To Car Seat or Not To Car Seat, That is the Question... thread.
Posted by Canarsie at 10:17 PM
June 14, 2007
Five FT Finds
An FTer birthday this week - wish MACH81 a happy birthday on 22nd June.
Jenbel and chrissxb have set up a fantastic consolidated do thread. So I am looking for 1 more new find to showcase each week. Any suggestions please by PM (click here)?
New news - read a whimsical piece on the Battle of the North Atlantic.
Something from the talking heads, err Talk Board - two new proposals in the destination forums, add an Italy forum and rename Paris forum to France.
Something random - the thread with the funniest name I've seen in a while (or saddest depending on your point of view), how do you rationalize flying on this airline? (Before you ask, it isn't in the Southwest forum!)
Posted by Kiwi Flyer at 9:52 PM
When is a First Lounge not a First lounge?
For the answer check this British Airways thread on the new T5 terminal at London Heathrow.
Posted by Kiwi Flyer at 8:02 PM
The Search for the Perfect Search on FlyerTalk
In the Using the Search Feature on FlyerTalk: The Definitive Thread thread, FlyerTalk member jcherney offers a creative, time-saving method of searching the entire FlyerTalk Internet bulletin board site while avoiding select threads of the choosing of the person conducting the search.
For more information and details, please click here.
Posted by Canarsie at 9:52 AM
June 13, 2007
Seat dilemna
For shorthaul (regional product) - which is better? Middle seat in business class, or aisle seat in economy? Help Swanhunter decide.
Posted by Kiwi Flyer at 1:57 PM
What's on the menu?
Many trip reports contain menus (particularly in business and first class). But did you know that some airline forums have threads containing a library of menus? See what's being served now and how that has changed over time.
Click below to see the list of threads:
I haven't included threads specific to a certain route, or threads with no recent posts.
Air Canada - business class
Air France - all classes
Air New Zealand - all classes
American Airlines - trans-atlantic
Asiana - business class
Austrian, Lufthansa, Swiss - first and business classes
Cathay Pacific - first class 2007
Cathay Pacific - first class 2006
Cathay Pacific - business class 2007
Cathay Pacific - business class 2006
Cathay Pacific - economy class 2007
Cathay Pacific - economy class 2006
LAN - business class
Lufthansa - first class
Northwest - business class
Singapore Airlines - first class
Singapore Airlines - business class
Singapore Airlines - economy class
Swiss Airlines - first and business classes
Thai - first class
Thai - business class
Virgin Atlantic - upper class
I'll happily add to the listing if anyone PMs me with the thread link (click here).
Posted by Kiwi Flyer at 12:58 PM
June 12, 2007
Women: How to Dress for Business Travel to the United States
Ladies, please try not to skirt this issue when traveling to the United States on business.
FlyerTalk member QMConsultant, who hails from Zurich, Switzerland, asks in the Business travel to US - clothing question thread about how to dress when traveling to the United States.
Hoping that she does not get hosed, other female FlyerTalk members post off-the-cuff advice that would simply make men pant.
If you have any advice to offer, please do not shoe away from posting in this thread and keep valuable information buttoned up underwear it will not be found. I do not believe anyone will bra-beat you or belt you if you are mistaken, so please participate in the thread.
I hope these puns kept you in stitches.
Posted by Canarsie at 10:14 AM
June 11, 2007
Something I hope to never experience
On boarding Stinky123 found the seat was wet (one can only hope with water and not other fluids) and the aircraft full. What would you do?
Posted by Kiwi Flyer at 2:55 PM
Short mileage with rental
In some places it is cheaper to hire a car for a short trip between airport and destination than to get a cab. But some of the short mileages put on rental car are ridiculously short!
Posted by Kiwi Flyer at 2:52 PM
June 10, 2007
Boeing 747-400 Aircraft on Northwest Airlines
Would you care to speculate on what will eventually replace the Boeing 747-400 aircraft once they are eventually phased out from the fleet of Northwest Airlines in the NWA's 744 replacements? thread?
Is the plane truth being posted in this thread, or are FlyerTalk members simply winging it? Will what has been posted in this thread actually fly?
Please read the thread and find out.
Posted by Canarsie at 10:47 AM
June 9, 2007
Train Yourself to Relax
FlyerTalk member ALW wants to compare Amtrak service between New York and Washington, D.C. in the NYP-WAS: Acela vs. Regional, FC vs BC vs Coach thread.
Is ALW for rail?!?
Are the FlyerTalk members who posted advice and information in that thread on the right track? Should ALW switch from regional service to Acela service on Amtrak? What is the signal that prompted the final decision?
Please do not worry about crossing other FlyerTalk members if you have any advice to post to that thread, nor should you be fit to be tied if someone disputes your advice.
Posted by Canarsie at 10:38 AM
June 8, 2007
The Pitch from a Not-So-New Frontier
You may not be able to sit back and relax as comfortably as before when you find our that 2006 Freddie Awards Best Award - Americas winner Frontier Airlines intends to reduce the seat pitch by approximately 1 to 2 inches aboard its aircraft.
This is hardly an occasion to pitch a little woo here...
Please read the Frontier to reduce seat pitch thread for additional details.
Somebody may wind up getting im-pitched by this announcement...
Posted by Canarsie at 10:30 AM
June 7, 2007
Five FT Finds
An FTer birthday this week - wish Doc Fraud a happy birthday on 14th June.
Jenbel and chrissxb have set up a fantastic consolidated do thread. So I am looking for 1 more new find to showcase each week. Any suggestions please by PM (click here)?
New news - passport rules modified for US -> Mexico & Canada after complaints about processing backlog.
Something from the talking heads, err Talk Board - a discussion on the operation of Coupon Connection.
Something random - have you experienced a bag shift? are you a bag shifter? For baggage handling of a different kind, check out this thread.
Posted by Kiwi Flyer at 9:18 PM
Are Special Lines for Elite Members of Airline Frequent Flier Programs Unfair?
One of the perks of being an elite member of the frequent flier program of an airline is to be able to pass through a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint using a special line at select airports around the United States.
Usually, there is a shorter wait at the line reserved for elite members of airline frequent flier programs. However, I can assure you from personal experience that that is not always the case.
Regardless, is the practice of lines especially reserved for elite members of airline frequent flier programs unfair?
Please weigh in at the NYTimes Ethicist: Elite TSA lines not fair thread - or, at least, find out how others opined.
Posted by Canarsie at 12:57 AM
June 6, 2007
Do Passengers Seated by a Window Have a Right to be Shady?
Let us shed some light on this issue: does a window of opportunity exist for a passenger seated elsewhere on an aircraft to dictate whether or not a window shade should be up or down, or does the passenger seated next to the window see right through that request?
What if one who is not seated next to a window wants to look outside? What if one has a splitting headache or is watching a movie and wants the window shade closed?
Reading the Yet Another Airline Etiquette Question: Window Shades may be a pane, but it could be curtains for you on your next flight if you are blind as to what is the proper etiquette.
Posted by Canarsie at 11:46 PM
June 5, 2007
20% or 50% discount on AA
Paid with Mastercard and booked through UK phone number. More details here.
Posted by Kiwi Flyer at 3:32 PM
June 4, 2007
Hungary In October
Most Americans are Hungary in October, which is why many of them eat a lot of Turkey basted with Greece and served on China during the Thanksgiving holiday in November.
Actually, FlyerTalk member farci is seeking budget travel advice pertaining to Hungary in the Hungary In October thread.
Please do not feel like you are a Budapest if you constantly post excessive advice in that thread, as any advice would be helpful.
Posted by Canarsie at 10:01 PM
June 3, 2007
A nice FF problem to have
Am I jealous? Maybe a little. What a nice FF problem to have.
Posted by Kiwi Flyer at 5:53 PM
June 2, 2007
Award Travel to Russia and Obtaining a Visa
If you are looking into award travel to Russia and need to obtain a visa, you may want to refer to the award flight to russia - need russian travel agency to get visa ? thread, in which FlyerTalk members offer advice on information, costs and other details.
You may also want to offer FlyerTalk member gaschurman and other FlyerTalk members valuable advice if you have any to offer.
Posted by Canarsie at 10:08 AM
June 1, 2007
This is Not Small Potatoes...
...rather, it is all about Your favorite potato salad?
Whether the style of potato salad is German, Southern, French or even New York, the eyes have it: you will come down with a severe case of tuber-culosis after reading this thread.
Read about all the different recipes for potato salad. It is the spud-ly thing to do.
However, if the thread does not ap-peal to you, it is no skin off of my potato.
Will you enjoy reading that thread? Idaho, but the only way to find out is to read it...
Posted by Canarsie at 11:37 PM