Excellent report! I too absolutely love the feeling of a big international airport at night - even in this day and age it seems very special to be boarding a transoceanic flight amongst all the busy passengers heading all over the world. I can only imagine what it must have been like in the heyday o...
Jump to postI have done several trip reports before and never had trouble posting photos - you just encase the url in [img] and[/img] right? What am I doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Jump to postTaking advantage of an opportunity to attend a conference in Singapore, I got to spend last week exploring southeast Asia and enjoying its amazing sights, smells, and tastes. My trip began with a very early departure from <acronym title="Nashville - International (Metropolitan) (BNA / KBNA), USA - T...
Jump to postWanted to share my whirlwind trip of Russia and the Baltic Countries last week. Purpose was to visit friends in the Baltics, tour Russia, and attend a business meeting in London. A fairly packed itinerary that had me fly <acronym title="Nashville - International (Metropolitan) (BNA / KBNA), USA - Te...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/burj" class="quote" target="_blank">burj</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>How did you get selected? Did they make a general ...
Jump to postAn opportunity to attend a conference in Nairobi, Kenya brought with it several exciting potential routings from my home airport in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Fly to <acronym title="Dallas / Fort Worth - International (DFW / KDFW), USA - Texas">DFW</acronym> then try Emirates with a stopover in Duba...
Jump to postTickets on Real Journeys were about $350 USD if I remember right - that included a cruise on the Sound and lunch - all and all pretty good deal considering the scenery. Trip was about 5 hours - with about 50 minutes in the air each way. The pilot told me he used to fly for <acronym title="Air New Ze...
Jump to postI had the privilege of visiting New Zealand's South Island last August. One of my favorite places on earth. I was in Queenstown (which by the way is the coolest winter sports resort around) and planned to take a bus to Milford Sound via Te Anau on my last full day in the country. Unfortunately (or, ...
Jump to postThe high speed train was very cool - seemed faster than other high speed TGV and Thalys trains I have taken in Europe before - but unfortunately I did not get any photos of the inside. Glad you enjoyed the report.
Jump to postI have been reading and enjoying other people's trip reports for quite some time - figured it was about time to add one of my own. A conference in London allowed me a week to explore a new European destination thanks to <acronym title="Ryanair (Ireland)">FR</acronym>'s low fares. Flew <acronym title...
Jump to postI think you can go to the Star Alliance website and put in scenarios to see whether they will work with the RTW ticket. I know the main restriction is that you cannot double back, i.e. all travel has to be in the same direction.
Jump to postDo any airlines currently fly to the Russian Far East from the US? I know Magadan Airlines used to but don't think they do any mroe. Wikipedia states that Dalavia will begin service from <acronym title="Anchorage - Ted Stevens International (ANC / PANC), USA - Alaska">ANC</acronym> to Petropavlosk-K...
Jump to postI flew <acronym title="Frankfurt am Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym>-<acronym title="Charlotte - Douglas International (CLT / KCLT), USA - North Carolina">CLT</acronym> last week and flight took almost an hour more than scheduled because of strong headwinds - pilot kep...
Jump to postI haven't heard of Ryanair doing that, I think that would be a great idea though.
Jump to postI am just curious -- with all the new all-biz "low fare" start ups, could a low fare/low cost model work in all economy to Europe? i.e. cram a 744 full of economy seats and fly between, lets say, Southwest hubs at <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA ...
Jump to postThanks for the info. Am I right that SAA's A346 service from <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD</acronym> to <acronym title="Johannesburg - O.R. Tambo International (Jan Smuts) (JNB / FAJS), South Africa">JNB</acronym> has to stop (I think in the Cana...
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Jump to postI assume cabotage laws prevent <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> and <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> from carrying local pax from <acronym title="Sao Paulo - Guarulhos International (Cumbica) (GRU / SBGR), Brazil">GRU</acronym> to <acronym title="Rio de J...
Jump to postI have flown on a <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> "fifth freedom" flight from <acronym title="Tokyo - Narita International (New Tokyo) (NRT / RJAA), Japan">NRT</acronym> to <acronym title="Beijing - Capital (PEK / ZBAA), China">PEK</acronym> - what other fifth freedom flights ...
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