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Best airline to/from the U.S.
Of all the airlines you’ve flown between the U.S. and a foreign country in the last three years, which airline’s flight(s) did you most appreciate? That’s what we asked readers to write about, using the following parameters. Compare only the airlines’ flights on which you traveled in the same class of service. Rate only the in-flight ...No match, no miles
My wife and I took a Singapore Airlines flight, in business class, from Delhi, India, to Singapore on April 5, 2007. Although Singapore Airlines is a partner of United Airlines, United refused to give me mileage credit (3,229 miles) for the flight because my name on the electronic ticket and boarding pass was truncated: “Alan ...Legroom medical concerns
In the letter titled “Economy Class Syndrome” (July ’07, pg. 16), the reader’s recounting of her husband’s pulmonary embolism demonstrates the dangers of the airline’s present policy of cramming more and more people into less and less space on their flights. One of my coworkers died of a pulmonary embolism last November immediately following a ...Luggage lessons
We were booked to take United Airlines flight No. 899 from Los Angeles to Narita, Japan, on Oct. 16, 2006. We checked our luggage, then checked in for boarding. Just before boarding, it was announced that the flight was overbooked and that anyone who would take Singapore Airlines flight SQ11 a few hours later would ...The Discerning Traveler » International bereavement fares
by Philip Wagenaar, M.D. “I know, you just saw me two months ago,” my favorite aunt, Lenie, said. “I am in the VU hospital in Amsterdam now. My doctor says that I don’t have much longer to live. You think you could see me again? I would rather have you come and visit while I am ...China & Tibet with Uniworld
My husband, Buddy, and I, and our two nieces took one of our best tours ever, the 16-night “China, Tibet and the Yangtze River,” with Uniworld (17323 Ventura Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 91316; 800/733-7820, www.uniworld.com), Aug. 19-Sept. 5, 2006. Including fights New Orleans-Chicago-Beijing, with return from Shanghai, plus all meals, insurance and visa, the price was ...Australia & New Zealand: “Blogging” our way through a trip Down Under
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