I like trains. When we were little we used to take the train from California to Nebraska to visit our family. It was fun. My brother and I would play hide and seek or hang out in the lounge car and play games or watch TV.
zoney! said:So, you are more likely to die from a SNAKE ON A PLANE than the plane going down!
nozomi said:Gosh, I'd give almost anything to fly.
Earnie Shavers said:95% of aircraft crashes happen within the first 2 minutes after take off.
zonelistener said:
Why give "anything" when you can fly Minneapolis to Chicago-Midway on AirTran for less than $125.
It's is cheaper than driving.
anitram said:
Considering I paid 14 pounds to fly from London to Amsterdam, this still seems outrageous.
corianderstem said:But anyway, it was interesting hearing about the procedures that take place on the corporate end and what they do for the families of the victims.
zoney! said:
A nice promotional fare (14 pounds), but it hardly pays for the fuel that it will take to taxi a few hundred yards.
We'll leave simple economics out of this thread though.
anitram said:
That may be true, but these promotional fares are available essentially 365 days a year on some airline in Europe so that the days of paying a couple of hundred dollars for such a flight are long gone.
Vincent Vega said:
Well, yeah, that's the price for the one seat, and the guy sitting next to you may have paid 150 pounds.
You have to book the right flight at the right time with the right airline (low cost carrier), but should make sure what the charge you extra, i.e. food and beverages, entertainment, and more importantly, baggage. Some of these airlines charge you for every baggage you have, while with others 20kg are free.
anitram said:
That may be true, but these promotional fares are available essentially 365 days a year on some airline in Europe so that the days of paying a couple of hundred dollars for such a flight are long gone.
zonelistener said:
For YOU maybe...but not for everyone. Many people rather pay for something more than bus transportation in the air. That's why you have business-class airlines out there.