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April
25, 2001 Travel Newsletter
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Live
Web Cam's Of The Week
NORWAY SKI CAM / ST.
LOUIS ARCH
Web
Site Of The Week
AIRPORT MAPS
Bonus
Mile Offers Of The Week
*AMERICAN,
DELTA, AMERICA WEST AND MANY MORE....
Special
Offers Of The Week
LUFTHANSA / AEROMEXICO
/ AND MANY MORE....
Where's
Johnny Jet?
ERIE, PA / NYC / MIAMI
Tip
Of The Week
COPING WITH CARRY-ONS
Newspaper
Of The Week
INTERNATIONAL HERALD
TRIBUNE
Chicago
Tribune
HUGE LOSS FOR UAL
MERGER
Dallas
Morning News
BULLOCK MUSEUM
Los
Angeles Times
DESTINATION: CARIBBEAN
New
York Times
WHAT'S DOING IN BUENOS
AIRES
Washington
Post
MANHATTAN IN ACTION
USAToday
TRAVEL SAVVY
BestFares
EGYPT AIR RESPOND
TO CRASH REPORT
Other
News
JAL INTRODUCES WOMEN
ONLY SEATS
Yahoo
SINGAPORE AIR HAS
EMAIL
ABCnews
AMR/TWA SEE PROFIT
CNN
NO DELTA
STRIKE
MSNBC
TEA IN THE SAHARA
SmarterLiving
VEGETARIAN OFFERS
Weekend
Specials
LOOKING TO GET OUT
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WEBSITE
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AIRPORT MAPS!
View terminal maps for major airports throughout the world.
*BONUS
MILE OFFERS*
SPECIAL
OFFERS*
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Spring fares: American offers
ticket bargains on www.aa.com through Wednesday for travel through May
25.
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Summer deals: US Airways offers
special fares for travel through Sept. 10. Buy tickets by May 24. Samples:
Phoenix-Hartford, Conn., $198; Chicago-Orlando, $198.
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Lufthansa
Offers Sale Fares, A New Auction & Intra-Europe For $89 Jewelry
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AeroMexico
Offers 20% Online Fare Discount for Travel Originating in The United States
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AA.com Offers
Low Fares To and From Florida!
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Sale: Delta Shuttle offers fliers
up to a 5% discount for certain flights between Boston, New York and Washington.
Tickets must be purchased by May 16 on www.delta.com.
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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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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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National Airlines
Extends Fare Sale and Lowers Prices
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AirTran Airways Battles
High Fares With Three-Day Sale
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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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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.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>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!
Thank You!
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JET
CAPTAINS
QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
HOW
HIGH AN ALTITUDE CAN U FLY? AND HAVE U BEEN UP THAT HIGH?
SKYGIRLS
QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
How
can I join the "Mile High Club"?
SKYGUY QUESTION
OF THE WEEK:
Why
do they seat people next to each other when there are complete rows empty?
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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)
CHICAGO
TRIBUNE
DALLAS
MORNING NEWS
LOS ANGELES
TIMES
NEW YORK
TIMES
WASHINGTON
POST
USA TODAY
Business Travel Today
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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.
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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.
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(From Newsweek & FrequentFlier.com)
Article: Seven Ways
to Fix Air Travel
Here are Newsweek's 7 suggestions
for fixing Air Travel:
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Build more runways
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Manage the airways
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Stop treating customers like cargo
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Allow "as the crow flies" flight routing
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Replace the FAA
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Stop the mergers
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Reward best practices
The red ink flies: First-quarter losses
in millions
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UAL (United) $305
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US Airways Group 178
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Northwest Airlines 123
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Delta Air Lines 122
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AMR (American) 43
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America West 13
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