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Are there any airlines that offer WLAN?

Numerous airlines worldwide have inflight WiFi. … Within the US, Wifi is available on at certain flights from (at least) the following airlines : Air Tran (All planes), Alaska, American Airlines, Delta, JetBlue, SouthWest, United (p.s. flights only), …
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Would I delay flights, when not showing up for part of the journey?

Most airlines start this process ~10 minutes before departure, so any delay would normally be closer to 5-15 minutes. … Depending on the exact situation some airlines may delay the flight by a few minutes whilst they page the passenger, but that's becoming more and more unlikely. Now, back to PPBM. …
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How are safety standards enforced in an airline which is not IOSA certified?

In general the EU will not directly police foreign airlines (although they can if they have specific concerns, and they do carry out random safety checks on airlines at EU airports), but will rely on the … airlines home country enforcement, and the results from the ICAO audits to determine if an airline is safe. …
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Airline schedule flights to arrive at the same time its scheduled to depart

You are looking at the aircraft scheduling at a single point of time, which won't show the full picture. Most likely the aircraft that was planned to fly flight UA263 was delayed, or for some other r …
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Odd vs even flight numbers

Some airlines will have published or unpublished standards for how flight numbers are allocated - sometimes these will be strictly followed, whilst other times they will only be loosely followed. … United Airlines does not follow an even/odd flights number rule. For example, the two UA flight from San Francisco to London Heathrow today are UA901 and UA948 - one odd, the other even! …
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Do any airlines issue boarding passes online on US-bound international flights?

United Airlines will absolutely let a US Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) check-in online for a flight to the US - although it is not always successful. …
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What tools exist to compare airline rules for a given route?

Several other airfare booking tools also display fares rules, including sometimes the airlines website themselves - but again these will only show rules for the fares returned in their search results. …
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Why does Ethiopian Airlines have flights between Tokyo and Seoul?

Depending on the laws of the countries involved, airlines running flights like these may or may not be able to actually transport passengers only on the 'tag' section of these flights (eg, NRT-ICN). … The flight stopped in Johannesburg between those two cities, and whilst new passengers were allowed board, none were allowed to get off, as Turkish Airlines didn't have permission to carry passengers between …
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Is there information if a given airline at a given airport is using a jetway or a bus to board?

Unless you're traveling in First/Business class (in which case many airlines will run a separate bus or even use cars to get you to the plane), then the few minutes of being on a bus to get to the plane …
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Claiming air miles for Air Alaska with codeshares

Alaska Airlines (AS) is a Qantas partner for mileage earning. … There a list of airlines that you can claim online for (not including AS!), and at the bottom of the list are the instructions for other airlines not listed. …
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How to decrypt fare conditions?

In addition to the change fee, most airlines will also charge you for the "fare difference" for your new flights. … If the new fares turn out to be cheaper, some airlines will give you a refund (minus the $75 change fee), whilst others will not. …
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What is ticket reconfirmation and why does it exist?

With far more computerized systems, with e-tickets, and with airlines now having websites where you can check your booking the need for re-confirming your ticket has disappeared and no major airlines still …
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How can you take advantage of an airline needing to bump people?

Unfortunately the specific questions you've asked are hard to answer, as they vary between airlines, and often even individual airports/staff. … In general all airlines will announce that they are looking for volunteers at the gate. …
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Is there a way to find prices from departure city to multiple cities or countries at once?

Kayak Explore does exactly what you're after. The results are based on historical data (ie, from the past few days) so occasionally you get results that aren't currently available, but it's a very go …
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Do airlines prefer closed loop itineraries to Open Jaw ones?

Some airlines will charge you a little more for a stopover along the way whilst some will allow a single stopover for free - but even if you have to pay for it it's generally going to be cheap. …
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