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Are IATA's guidelines mandatory for its airline members?
Recently I read this IATA article about new guidelines to optimize the accommodation of carry-on bags (that is, shrink carry-on's allowed size). It worried me. Should it ever be enforced, passengers ...
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How can I pay with both miles/points and cash for a flight on Delta?
I received 50K miles from the Delta Gold card signup bonus and would like to cash in. However, this particular flight would take me 3.5K to 5K miles over. Am I able to use my miles and pay the ...
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Do airlines really check whether battery packs for laptop/phone/tablets are less than 100 or 160 Wh?
From my understanding, the International Air Transport Association (IATA)
has some regulation regarding lithium-ion batteries that exceed 100 Wh. In theory.
Do airlines really check whether battery ...
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How do airlines determine ticket prices?
Based on the question How to find historical airfares?, I got curious. Is there a guide or resource that describes how the price of a ticket is determined?
When you search you often see curious ...
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Airfare historical data [duplicate]
I need to find international prices of airfare for specific locations in the years 2013 and 2014. Please help my boss will kill me if I cannot come up with this info soon!
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Which airline offer flying for unaccompanied children (below 12 years)?
If you search for cheap flights with some flights search engines the problem is that you cannot send children alone.
Is there a list of airlines accepting unaccompanied minors younger than 12 years?
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Is it OK to dress as a stewardess on a flight?
My client is not a stewardess. Her man has a stewardess-attraction, and normally it's no problem, but when they fly together she feels jealous. I'd like to advise her, "the attraction is part of him; ...
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What does "Baggage Allowance 1PC" mean on an SAS flight reservation?
I booked a flight through the Corte Ingles Viajes site, going from Oslo to Barcelona with SAS. It says in the confirmation email that I have a 1-piece baggage allowance. Does it mean that I am allowed ...
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Earning miles using hidden ticketing?
If you buy a 'hidden ticket' and fly from destination A to C with a stopover at point B (and you will leave the airport at destination B with a unused B to C leg), can you still accrue miles from the ...
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Can I skip the first part of a stop over? [duplicate]
I have flight booking
SIN - KUL(stopover) - CDG
Its on December 17. SIN - KUL is at 11am, Paris flight is 11pm so almost an 11 hour stopover.
Now I'm booking another flight. MLE-KUL(stopover)-SIN.
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Why don't airlines offer last minute empty seats cheap? [closed]
There are lots of empty seats out there. Why aren't airlines selling them cheap on the day of the flight?
I've seen a few anecdotal answers to this question. A lot of the answers come down to "...
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Changing Address to a US Address and Dollar Requirement
Suppose that as a non-US person, I have United Silver status. I thus have >25K PQM. However, what happens if I don't have $3K PQD but I change my address to a US address?
Do I lose the status?
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Europe to USA: How come a detour within Star Alliance cuts the price in half? [duplicate]
I just found out that going round trip FRA to SFO directly with Lufthansa is 1100 Euro, while Turkish Airlines (layover in IST) will charge only about 600 Euro.
On the flip side, going round trip IST ...
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Is it safe to knowingly buy an oversized (67-inch) suitcase? Are size limits enforced?
This question is regarding check-in, not carry-on, baggage.
I'm considering buying a very spacious suitcase measuring 31 x 21 x 15 inches, for a total of 67 inches. This is greater than the 62-inch ...
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Airlines and different passports
If a Bahraini citizen, who lives in Bahrain and holds a Canadian passport, wants to travel to Europe using his Canadian one; will the airline accept presenting his the Canadian althought he will ...
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What to do if airline persistently doesn't respond to complaint? [closed]
I had a problem with my Lufthansa flights, in my opinion that was completely the airline's fault. At the desk during the day of flights, they (naturally) didn't give me any proper response, just a ...
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Has United recently changed calculating miles based on distance to based on fare?
From United's page on earning miles, it seems that for most United flights, miles are awarded based on the fare rather than on the distance. As far as I've noticed, the miles I get from calculation ...
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One-way flight much more expensive than double-way: what is the official airlines' explanation?
Interesting questions and answers about how to practically handle that weird situation have been posted here and they helped me learn more about the subject. However I have recently been almost hit by ...
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Do the SNCF fidelity "points monnaie" expire when switching status?
I am currently a member of the SNCF fidelity program and I am a "Grand Voyageur", a status that lets you collect points ("points monnaie") for every euro spent. Soon, it will be the anniversary of my ...
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Finding full text of fare rules if I have the fare basis code [closed]
If I know the name of an airline and the exact fare basis code, where can I look up the full text of the fare rules? (I'm looking for things like change fees, restrictions on changes, refundability of ...
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Receiving a refund for AA Transportation Vouchers after using them for a flight paid with a credit card
I had to cancel a flight and American Airlines mailed me a Transportation Voucher Exchange Coupon.
I ordered new tickets that I wanted to pay with the coupons, put them on hold, called American ...
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Do you have to use the whole ticket [duplicate]
I have a round trip ticket from Mexico to London, this flight has a connection in Paris, we are currently in Paris. Do we need to go back to London or would we be able to board in Paris and just not ...
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Is India's Jet Airways considered a budget airline?
Is this airline run like a discount airline? Less legroom, restrictive baggage policies...? Or is it standard?
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Do code share flights yield less/more miles?
I'm a MileagePlus member (Premier Platinum level). I'm flying to India on United and have a choice of leaving from EWR on UA or JFK on LH (code share) to FRA and then onward on LH. Which option is ...
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How much should I expect to pay to declare goods I'm carrying, during check-in
I learned that if I'm carrying valuable goods in my checked baggage I should declare it to the airline, but I will have to pay for it.
How much should I expect to pay?
I'm traveling international ...
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How to change flight dates without paying a high price?
Recently I had to cancel a flight and rebook because changing the date would have cost more than getting a new flight, so is there any way/trick to change flight dates with low fees ?
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Why does luggage need to be rechecked across two American carriers?
I recently booked someone from HNL to XNA on one reservation (one PNR).
When he was at the airport trying to check-in his luggage with United Airlines to his final destination the agent told him that ...
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How is Delta's MQM minimum per leg affected by fare class?
Under Delta's SkyMiles program (both the old one and the new one that began in 2015,) Medallion Qualifying Miles (MQMs) are earned per mile flown, but earn a minimum of 500 per leg. Additionally, the ...
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Could I use American Express rewards points for Eurostar
Could I use American Express Reward Points to book my Eurostar from London to Paris?
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Compensation for flight change made by the airline
I have a flight from São Paulo (Brazil) to Auckland (New Zealand). It's a long flight but I choose Qantas because it had the best duration for the money.
This flight was going to take 19h40, and now ...
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Free Amtrak Lounge Access with No Ticket
Amtrak Select Plus and Select Executive statuses provide
Unlimited access to ClubAcela®, Amtrak's Metropolitan LoungeSM, First
class lounges and United Club lounges.
Can an Amtrak Select Plus/...
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Are there any ways to get American Airlines systemwide upgrades, apart from having Executive Platinum status?
I used to have American Airlines Executive Platinum status, which entitles one to eight systemwide upgrades each year. These are extremely valuable and were easily the best benefit (essentially they ...
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Why would I choose full service carrier instead of a low-cost one?
I just started flying recently and over the last two years I was on an airplane about once a month. All my trips were between European cities. I have been successfully using Ryanair, Wizz Air and ...
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Incentives to change flights
Reading this question I found out how changes in seat capacity are handled, which made me quite curious what kind of incentives are typically offered to people who volunteer to take a different flight....
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Can an airline really refuse to depart when overbooked?
I do not fly often, but when traveling home from vacation with my family yesterday, I encountered something I have never seen and I am wondering if what the flight attendants were saying was true.
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Buy a roundtrip ticket for two people, but second person only travels on return - is that possible [duplicate]
If I buy airline tickets for a roundtrip for two people, and the second person does not show up for the first part of the roundtrip, do airlines cancel the return ticket for that person, or can that ...
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Is there a way to find out specifically why a flight was delayed? [duplicate]
Is there some tool I can use to figure out why a flight is delayed?
Specifically I'm trying to see why the 2nd leg of the flight AI 951 is delayed by about an hour nearly every day, though it takes ...
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How much transfer time for domestic flight arriving in LGA, transferring to JFK for an International Flight?
I am planning a flight from Atlanta, Georgia to Manila, departing Monday, March 13th.
I want to catch the flight to Manila at 11:54 am out of JFK.
The earliest flight i could find getting into jfk ...
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How much can I claim in damages for a missed connection, on an EU airline flying through the EU?
On a flight from Asia to the US on British Airways recently, I missed the connection in London. The first flight was delayed because of mechanical reasons. London was chaotic and British Airways was ...
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How can I apply Disney Reward points toward a vacation that is several years out?
I have a Chase Disney Rewards credit card and some of my accumulated points are beginning to expire. Our family will likely not visit Disney for another 3 or 4 years. Are there any reward purchases ...
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Do I have a fighting chance trying to avoid $50 charge for miles credit with United MileagePlus? [closed]
I (actually a friend of mine, but I will use myself here for simplicity) have created for United MileagePlus account. I have flown twice in the past year with United and figured that it would help to ...
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What happens if my middle name is my last name on my airline ticket? [duplicate]
I am traveling JetBlue to go to Florida from Massachussets and I realized after receiving my confirmation code that instead of my name going first-middle-last it goes -first-last-middle ... will this ...
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Recalling the train/seat details for a SNCF ticket loaded onto your Voyageur card?
One of the advantages of the SNCF Voyageur program (as touched on in this existing question here) is VOTRE CARTE CONTIENT VOTRE BILLET. This means that when booking your ticket online, you can enter ...
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Airline pricing website with multiple destinations
Are there any airline pricing websites which displays prices to 5 airports from a departure location in just one search? I know I could try getting the pricing as 5 different searches, but would like ...
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How do oil prices impact flight prices?
At the beginning of 2015 we have seen an important drop in the cost of oil. While drivers could see a pretty fast difference when filling their gas tanks, I do not see any difference in flight prices. ...
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Can I see which seats are available on a British Airways flight before I book?
Some airlines (for example, American Airlines do this) offer a seat availability checker so you can see which seats are currently booked on a flight - there are limitations, since some seats might ...
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Why do airlines now charge for flying standby in the US?
Previously if you wanted to fly standby or arrived early for a connection you could put yourself on the Standby list for free. If there was room you could board in a win-win, i.e. the plane was ...
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Is there a site with all airlines carry-on restrictions? [duplicate]
Every time I look at a which carrier to book for a flight I wish there was a way to go to a single resource (without visiting each carrier's site) to know at a glance which airline gives me the most ...
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Best option to get cheap flights for flying Vancouver to Geneva return 10 to 15 times
For the coming 5 years, my fiancee and I will travel once a year (maybe even twice a year for my fiancee) between from Vancouver to Geneva and return.
I know nothing about how one can accumulate ...
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Refund value estimation for one leg of the return journey
I had booked an DXB-AMD return journey on Spicejet through Makemytrip.com. The total cost for the booking was INR 18,132. The booking confirmation showed that out of this, INR 300 was "convenience fee"...
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