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• Discount: Get a 20% discount on Aeromexico flights from the USA to Mexico, South America and Europe by buying tickets at aeromexico.com by May 17. Travel must be completed by June 15.
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• AirTran Airways Battles High Fares With Three-Day Sale
• One-way ride: Avis Rent A Car has special one-way rates, starting at $15 a day for a compact, for Arizona and Las Vegas-based customers heading for certain California and Nevada destinations. Customers going from Arizona or Las Vegas should request rate code "MN." Arizona travelers headed to Las Vegas or Reno should ask for code "GD."
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>WHERE'S JOHNNY JET?<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Greetings from South Florida! Johnny Jet has been in and out of airports all week (I think I've been on five flights since Friday).  I started my adventure off in NYC, where I went into the office and promoted one of our groups website: www.lmntmusic.com, check it out.
Then I flew on two airlines I normally don't (which means I had no pull and had to fly coach :-().  I can't stress it enough, if you fly a lot make sure you stick to ONE airline. Unless of course your preferred airline (as in my case) doesn't fly to where you are going, and if they did, it was waaaay over priced (you have to be wise if it's worth giving up the miles/priority for price/convenience). Believe me, I hate flying when I am not accruing double or triple miles.
The good news is I did learn a few rules and tricks while experimenting with other airlines. One is if you book a ticket with Spirit Airlines and you are a no show, you forfeit your ticket. UNLESS, you call at least an hour before to cancel. TRICK to getting your money back: If your forget to make that call before your departure, then call up afterwards and ask for a supervisor.  I don't condone lying, but when the rules are so ridiculous, you have no choice.  Tell the supervisor you called earlier and the agent you spoke to said "don't worry about it", and that they must've not made a record in your reservation, and it's not your fault. Got it!
The other rule, I learned involves USAir. My Dad and I went to Erie, PA from LGA (via PIT). My Dad shows up to the airport late (as usual) and says he couldn't find his license. I said "well have a nice drive back to Connecticut...... (just kidding)".  We went to the gate agent and the lady in LGA let him slide with just showing two credit cards. The gate agent in Erie said credit cards weren't good enough and made him show his Social Security card. If you lose your license, don't fret. Just make sure you bring some form of ID. The best advice I can give you is (not to lose your license, duh!) to empty out all your credit cards, passport, and what ever else you have in there.  Photocopy the front and backs, then store it some where safe. That way you always have back up!
You know when I'm traveling with my Dad I gonna have a good story to tell you, which I do.  While waiting for our delayed flight my Dad decides to have a hot dog (he's always hungry). He is going to kill me for sharing this picture/story with you but I have no choice, it's too funny to let sit in my computer and head. My Dad for the life of him could not open the packet of mustard, and he was pulling, twisting.... He asked me to open it and I said "yeah, give me a second, I'm on the phone".  Well he couldn't wait. He starts ripping it with his teeth, and yep, just as you guessed it went EVERYWHERE.  Good ole' Dad. I can't take him anywhere.
Well, after that ordeal we took the hour flight to Pittsburgh (I gotta tell you it stinks flying in the back of the bus, I was so crammed I couldn't even work on my computer. USAir needs to take out some rows!) and met Amber.  Then we all got on the short thirty minute flight to Erie. Would you believe a cosmopolitan guy like myself loves going to Erie? Well, I do. I find it real relaxing, they have awesome sunsets (3rd best in the world), thunderstorms (#1 in my book), golf courses (really only one good one, and it's private), and they have one of my favorite grocery stores in America (Wegmans has everything).  We went to Erie because my Niece was going to have a B-Day party there with some old friends.  She had a Princess and Prince party, and we all dressed up. I was Prince Charming of course!  The party was at the Children's Museum and it was amazing. For one thing they have the coolest make believe grocery stores around. They also had a ballerina to entertain all the kids, but I think my nephew stole the show. He was so funny up on stage singing a garbled rendition of "Row Row Your Boat". Cinderella had two of the nicest cakes I have ever seen, too bad Uncle Johnny was on a diet, NOT!.

Next week pictures from South Florida, and they should not disappoint.

Media Alert! We made the Fort Worth Star Telegram recently, and in case you couldn't open up the link to Access Magazine last week, here it is.

I need your help to keep pushing the media to write about Johnny Jet. Every week I am going to include emails to people/media who need a little nudging.
Can you take a minute  to Email Travel Savvy at USA Today?  I hope so! Her name is Mary Cadden and her email is mcadden@usatoday.com. Just tell her your favorite site is Johnny Jet.com, and she should include it in her next column!
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NEW JET TALK COLUMNS!

• Traveling with Teens Triumphs in Zero-G/ Making the Most of Nothingness with NASA by Scott Chase
• Giving the Green Flag to Social Diversity by The Bartender

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TIP OF THE WEEK:   By Chris McGinnis
Coping with Carry-Ons (part 1)
Recently, the airlines have gone to great lengths to lay the blame on passengers for carrying on too many bags. But why is it that travelers opt to carry on the majority of their luggage? Is it because they want to inconvenience airline employees? Hardly. Passengers have a well-founded distrust of the airlines' baggage-handling system. Most seasoned travelers have had a bag delayed, lost, pilfered, or destroyed at one time or another.

Over the past decade, the airlines have crammed as many seats as possible into each plane, removing any hint of legroom. Many have gone so far as to remove closets and shelves that were once used to handle overflow from overhead bins in order to install extra seats. And passenger loads are at an all-time high. That means there is precious little space for any carry-on.

NEWSPAPER OF THE WEEK: (INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE)

• May the Force Be With Alain Passard
• On the Back Burner
• Breathing and Eating Politics
• The World for Less
• 'Delayed Baggage' Cover
• Budapest: A Return to Sophistication
• Doha: Of Souks and Malls
• Florence: Where Spring Is Eternal
• More City Guides
• Paris museum strike suspended

• AN OPEN BRITAIN HOPES TOURISTS WON'T WALK AWAY
• Huge loss for UAL clouds merger
• DOING THE DALTON
• SUMMER ALOHAS
• ALL, ABOARD!
• WITNESS A SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH
• PERU, AUSTRALIA OR ALASKA ON THE CHEAP
• THE EARLY WRIGHTS
• THE VIEW OF EUROPE FROM A TOUR BUS
• TOURS FOR GRANDPARENTS AND THEIR GRANDKIDS
• RUN FOR IT!
• COLD-WATER SURFING SWELLS
• WHITNEY MUSEUM GETS DIGITAL
• A NEW YORK NIGHT WITH CHEESE ON TOP
• WOMEN ONLY
• MUCH ADO ABOUT ORBITZ
• BORDER CROSSINGS THEMSELVES CAN BE AN ADVENTURE
• ADVENTURE TRAVEL
• AS TRAVELERS CHANGE, SO DO TOUR OFFERINGS
• WHY IT TAKES MORE THAN 2 TO TANGO
• WELLINGTON? YES!
• SUNDAY'S TRIBUNE

• Bullock museum captures history
• Inside the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
• Museum map
• Oregon: Rafting, with fine wine and music
• Paddle-wheel boat cruises through Oregon's past
• York, Pa. The nation's waist basket
• Travel notebook
• Cozying up to the pandas
• Beautiful, remote Mekong area feels tourism pangs
• Tactics to combat jet lag
• Adventure travel: Avid surfers aren't deterred by frigid winter waters
• Tours

• Cool, Calm and Caribbean
• LAX Park and Stay for Less
• News, Tips & Bargains
• Group Tours Targeting a New Breed of Vacationer
• Nomad Finds 'More Than One Way to Do Life' By Traipsing the Globe
• A Sip of the Good Life in Healdsburg
• Readers Recommend
• Mexico Special Issue
• Your Favorite Travel Spots

• Travel Tips >From Readers
• Australia, Britain or Hawaii
• áA Sanctuary in the Yucatn
• Turrets, Terraces and Tea
• Retreats That Renew in Old Ways
• A Snorkeler Turns Diver on an Island Off Honduras
• What's Doing in Buenos Aires
• Luggage That Does Tricks
• When Nowhere Is the Place to Be
• Bedding Down With History
• Business Travel: Travel Industry Must Deal With Airline's Labor Woes
• Britain's Tourism Slogan: It's Really Quite All Right
• Travel Advisory: New Airport in Korea, Triple Crown Festivities and More
• Travel Tips From Readers
• Letters on Travel

• Manhattan in Action
• Going Native in France
• COMINGANDGOING
• New New York
• NEW NEW YORK: Boutique Hotels
• EXTREME TRAVEL TRIVIA
• NEW NEW YORK: Shopping
• NEW NEW YORK: Chain Hotels
• NEW NEW YORK: Info Sources
• NEW NEW YORK: Restaurants
• NEW NEW YORK: Theater
• Summer in Central Park: Star Power and Free Tickets
• NEW NEW YORK: Nighttime Diversions
• NEW NEW YORK: Daytime Diversions
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• MESSAGE CENTER

• 10 great places to fill up your plate
• Travel savvy
• 'Shepherds' ensure stars have hassle-free trip
• More empty rooms means higher rates at Marriotts
• 6 airlines report quarterly losses; fare deals spread
• Vacation plans turn on a dime

• Changes: United says it will cut costs by pulling out of some unprofitable markets beginning July 9. Fliers there will be served instead by United Express flights on smaller regional jets. The airports are Jacksonville, Fla.; Lincoln, Neb.; Memphis; Milwaukee; Nashville; and Saginaw, Mich. United also will drop its Palm Springs, Calif., flights, where United Express already has 17 daily flights.
• Ending this fall: American Airlines says it will discontinue non-stop flights from Los Angeles to Paris and Chicago to Rome starting Nov. 1 for economic reasons. It will continue non-stop service to Paris and Rome from other U.S. airports.

• EgyptAir Responds To The NTSB Draft On Flight 990

• First Ansett 767 cleared to fly
• Japanese airline introduces women-only seats

• Singapore Airlines Unveils Inflight E-Mail And Next-Generation Entertainment Systems

• AMR: TWA to Show Profits Later This Year
• Airlines Post Big First-Quarter Losses
• UAL No Longer Sees US Airways Deal Closing in Q2

• Joint map sales could help trip planning
• Planning summer hikes and camping trips could get a bit easier this year, using joint map sales sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Forest Service. Few delays as Germany launches new air system
• Mediators set meeting for Comair, pilots' union
• Delta confident pilot strike won't happen
• Extra police on patrol in St. Martin
• U.S. issues travel warning for Colombia
• Strike disrupts French flights
• Color images of czar's empire displayed
• Israel unveils virtual Temple display
• Experts: A few runways could ease air congestion
• More Americans choosing mass transit
• State tourism hotline answered by inmates
• Comair cuts 200 pilot jobs in mid-strike
• Carnival to make ships more accessible to disabled
• U.S. issues warning on travel to Colombia

• 800,000-square-foot resort features zebras, ostriches, ibis
• Comair, pilots union to resume talks
• U.K. fights foot-and-mouth fears
• Tea in the Sahara
• British Airways loveseat lounger has started business-class warfare with rival airlines who are looking to come up with their own reclining bed-seats and reclaim market share.
• Passengers were happy when American Airlines customer-service rep Jill Griffin answered their questions. American wasnt and it shut her down.
• AA takes customer service rep offline
• Palm Beach: clear winner for family fun

•  For Vegetarian Travelers, Finding Meatless Meals Can Be Tricky
• I bought my TWA airfare on Priceline and opted for e-tickets: What can I do to ensure that I can still fly after the American/TWA merger is complete?
• Her Bandana: Forty Travel Uses
• Where to Take a Volunteer Vacation, and More About E-Tickets
• Repositioning Cruises Offer Unique Values

 

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GOOD TO KNOW!
(From Newsweek & FrequentFlier.com)
Article: Seven Ways to Fix Air Travel
Here are Newsweek's 7 suggestions for fixing Air Travel:

• Build more runways
• Manage the airways
• Stop treating customers like cargo
• Allow "as the crow flies" flight routing
• Replace the FAA
• Stop the mergers
• Reward best practices

• UAL (United) $305
• US Airways Group 178
• Northwest Airlines 123
• Delta Air Lines 122
• AMR (American) 43
• America West 13

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