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• Summer savings: Fly for $150 round trip between Indianapolis and Fort Lauderdale and Indianapolis and Fort Myers, Fla. Purchase tickets at www.delta.com or www.flydlx.com. Travel through Aug. 31.
• Fare wars to continue in Australia
• Summer savings: AirTran Airways cut online fares until May 22; travel May 26 to Sept. 27. Sample round trip: Atlanta-Orlando, $140.
• London for less: Virgin Atlantic Airways cut online fares between the USA and London, and Canada and London. Travel dates vary; restrictions.
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• Major US airlines cut first class fares
• JetBlue Makes Getting to "The Big Easy" Easier
• National Airlines and National Airlines Vacations Celebrate Anniversary 2001 With Sizzling Deals
• AA.com Memorial Day Sale Fares Make It Easier To Takeoff For The Holiday On American Airlines And American Eagle!
• Why Drive When You Can Fly US Airways With Fares as Low as $139 Roundtrip?

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>WHERE'S JOHNNY JET?<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Greetings! For some strange reason I don't have a lot to tell you (It must be writers block).  Remember a few weeks ago I tipped you off that if you are going to be seeing a show in NY, to go to TKTS for half price tickets? Remember? If not click here. Since most of you probably won't click that link, I will sum it up. I told you to go to the TKTS ticket office that no one knows about in the world trade center, not the one in Times Square because (as you can see) the line wraps around the ticket booth. I didn't have a picture for you that week to prove my point, so when I walked by the other day I couldn't resist snapping it. Now you know I wasn't lying :-}.
Speaking of last minute, I decided to go home to L.A. and relax for a long weekend. It was great. I had nothing to do, NO weddings, NO dinners, NO luncheons, and NO appointments. NOTHING!
We took a taxi to and from JFK because I'm fed up with the car services (shocker). We arrived on time with no hassles and had my bi-weekly arm wrestling match with the Bartender at the Red Carpet Club.
The flight was smooth, and quick. We landed late, and took a taxi home. It's funny, I don't have a problem with taxi's in NY, but I do in L.A..  I am not sure if you live so close to an airport, that when you tell the taxi driver where you live they get irate. If you live in one of the beach cities in LA, you know what I mean. Every time, I jump in the taxi from LAX the dude starts yelling, swearing and slamming doors. Without fail they say (with an accent) "I stand in the taxi line for two hours, for what? A $15 ride to Manhattan Beach?". I am so sick of hearing them complain, that now I mess with them (NY is definitely making me harsh). Once I give them my bag I tell them what they want to hear: "Hollywood please" (that's a $40 cab ride). Then I get in, and say "never mind, I think I will go to Manhattan Beach instead". That drives them nuts. If you really want to see them go berserk, try my favorite: After telling the driver your going to MB (and they freak out), say you are lucky, the guy behind me was going to Orange County".
The highlight of the weekend was going to my favorite breakfast place; Uncle Bill's Pancake House. The line is always long on weekends, but it's nice just to sit there, relax, read the paper and say hello to friends who walk by. You also have to watch out for the crazy guys who are still drunk from the night before.
The weekend went by quick, too quick in fact.  The next thing I knew I was back at LAX, waiting for my flight to NY, and this time I had a friend drop me off.

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TIP OF THE WEEK:   By Chris McGinnis
Ten Ways to Know You Have too Many Carry-Ons
According to Southwest Airlines, you know you have too many carry-ons when...
1. Other customers keep asking, "So, where are you moving?"
2. It takes you longer to load your bags than it would to charter your own airplane.
3. You actually packed the kitchen sink.
4. You need two cars to get to the airport.
5. Your carry-on bags are bigger than you are.
6. You are told your carry-ons alone exceed the baggage weight for the entire plane.
7. You can't walk down the aisle without knocking out other passengers.
8. Your luggage takes up the entire side of the plane.
9. You have more bags than arms.
10. It takes you longer to get your bags off the plane than it does for checked luggage to arrive at baggage claim.

NEWSPAPER OF THE WEEK: (BANGKOK POST)

• TRAVELLING IN AND AROUND THAILAND
• DOWN WHERE SAILORS LIKE TO DRINK

• UNITED AIRLINES: Union seeks release from talks as step toward strike
• The art of San Miguel de Allende
• Blind leading the blind
• Civil War museum opens
• Wayside areas offer other faces of Wisconsin
• It's about time
• Where to go for new thrills and chills
• Here's where to get state tourism information
• Freighters offer cruise alternative
• A tapas taste of the magic of Granada
• Mission to Germany: Driving and dining in the Black Forest
• A family-friendly cruise bargain
• In Africa, a humble pilgrim tries to leave a good mark
• Learning to surf
• FLYING HIGH
• The Met pays homage to Jackie Kennedy
• Start summer with a little time travel
• Casinos not welcome
• E-mail newsletters for travelers can be helpful, but . . .
• Culinary travel
• Use half a ticket? Airlines say, `No, no'
• Diamonds are for dining
• Keeping up with Illinois heritage
• SUNDAY'S TRIBUNE

• Click and go
• Portland's tunnels hold dark history
• Titanic treasure: Intriguing items from sunken ship raise awareness
• Small museum flushes out the plumbing trade's history
• St. Louis beer giant offers low-cost family outings at Grant's Farm
• Critics circle shark-feeding excursions after attacks
• Travel notebook
• Festival attracts banjo enthusiasts
• Best fares: Flights to Europe offer discounts
• Adventuring: Trekker's project expands horizons of Pakistani children
• Hotels log record spending on tech-enhanced amenities
• Want less air rage? Limit alcohol served on flights
• Frequent fliers skirt baggage rules
• Where in the world? Formula explains bonds between cities
• Tours

• Poland's New Crowd Pleaser
• Disney Cruise Vacation for $114 per Day
• News, Tips & Bargains
• Economic Gloom Brings Good News in Discounts
• Filling the Empty Hours Between Getting There and Being There
• Solana Beach: Shop Central
• Readers Recommend
• Web Travel Guide
• Your Favorite Travel Spots

• Hanging Out With Butterflies
• 19 Days in Turkey
• Uneasy Being Green: Tourism Runs Wild
• Rio's Squatters, by Guided Tour
• A Sleepover in Free Soweto
• Nai Soi's Long-Necked Women
• Stendhal's Florence, With E-Mail and Pucci
• Where Icebergs Are Born
• What's Doing in Oporto
• When in Rome, Do What You Always Do
• A Boost for Booster Seats
• Business Travel: Airlines Create Bargains in Leisure Fares
• French Trains: Fast and Faster
• Another Civil War Battle: Buying Hallowed Ground
• Travel Tips >From Readers
• Travel Advisory
• Travel Q&A

• The Guilt! The Guilt!
• Beep & Beach in New England: In New England, a Few Roads Less Traveled
• COMINGANDGOING
• Hit the High Seas: Hawaii, Europe
• Upper West Side Story
• EXTREME TRAVEL TRIVIA
• IT CAME IN THE MAIL
• FLY BUYS
• Invasion of the Moomins
• Microclimate: Oui. Riviera: Non.
• Details: New England Drive
• MESSAGE CENTER

• Civil War sites
• Cool rides for hot summer fun
• Dispatches from the battlefield
• Charter industry siphons executive fliers
• Comair cancels all flights through mid-July
• Airlines, hotels coax frequent travelers with offers

 

 
 
 
 
 

Business Travel Today

• E-mail alerts: Northwest Airlines passengers can now obtain information on flight cancellations and alternative flight arrangements by e-mail or phone. Travelers only need to register once while purchasing a ticket.
• JetBlue hub: JetBlue is expected to name Long Beach Airport as its West Coast hub today, starting with flights to New York JFK in August. The airline zeroed in on Long Beach after it was featured in a USA TODAY story on underused airports.
• New Orleans: JetBlue Airways begins flights between New Orleans and New York JFK on July 25.

• 9 Million Hotel Guests Travel With Furred (Or Feathered) Friends
• LAX Converts Food Waste Into Energy

• Three held for US 'air rage'
• BA expects Concorde to fly by late summer
• US hotel energy surcharges spread
• No more LH strikes for now
• New TGV line to speed Paris trains to south