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Originally posted by idoru It's not exactly abundant when you're 30,000 feet above the earth in a solid metal tube, is it?

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Originally posted by fbgdavidson http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._attendants.jpg

... with a limited, therefore not abundant, supply.

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Originally posted by ******** http://www.cheapoair.com/travel/pro...avZoo&FpSub=199 sweet deeals verrry sweet. http://airfare.travelzoo.com/north-.../Travelzoo/Text

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Originally posted by ******** If you don't need a car at your destination, train and bus are easily more cost effective than flying...

Not necessarily. Lets look at a trip from Seattle to Los Angeles, and back.

Amtrak: $98 one way, for a total of $196 prior to service fees.
Virgin Air: $59 one way, for a total of $139.20 after service fees.

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In places like mexico though I think that taking the bus or cabing can be more cost effective than taking your own vehicle unless it is a very rugged vehicle. (I lost three tires etc.. while driving in mexico..)

Don't get into a cab in Mexico.

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Originally posted by idoru Don't get into a cab in Mexico.

why not? i took cabs all over south america.. no problemo amigo

I was always under the impression that it was a high risk for tourists.

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Originally posted by idoru I was always under the impression that it was a high risk for tourists.

I think the primary risk is dying in a wicked car accident. Friggen Mexican cab drivers are lunatics. Seriously, 150KM on a regular street is a little overboard IMO. Otherwise, it's not that bad as long as you negotiate how much you are going to pay them before you go.

Anyway, the train is not necessarily more cost efficient, ESPECIALLY inside of Canada.

It really depends on where you're going in Canada. If you're going from LAX to BC or Alberta, then it's not that bad of a drive. If you're going from LAX to Ontario or anywhere out East, catch a flight.

It all comes down to where you're coming from and where you're going to really, but I honestly wouldn't suggest taking the train inside of Canada at least, and would never suggest taking a bus from the U.S. to Canada, but only because that would be the shittiest trip imaginable.

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Originally posted by ******** http://www.cheapoair.com/travel/pro...avZoo&FpSub=199 sweet deeals

LOL it only appears sweet because the taxes are not included in the first price they show you.

once you add taxes and shit, its the same price range as orbitz/expedia/travelocity.

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Originally posted by idoru Airport security can suck my left nut. The day I was told that, even though the small water bottle was CLEAR, the liquid inside was CLEAR and you could see directly through it, I needed to place a water bottle through the x-ray machine "so that it [could] be examined for safety reasons" was the day that I lost all faith in the FAA.

haha. I made a mistake last october in gran canaria. Our flight was 4:30am out and we got checked through at 2am. walking through security I forgot totally that i'd bought a new bottle of water to drink in the airport/plane and this really butch woman stopped me & I wondered what was up. she muttered something and i tried to walk on and she screamed at me & pointed to it. half asleep I kinda apologised, downed about 1.5l of water in a minute or so and threw the bottle in their designated bin. Sleep deprivation isn't good when mad security people don't speak english

I had a 430am layover in Atlanta with another 8 hours of flying ahead of me, so as I shuffle towards the security point I decided to chow down on a chocolate bar. I had pretty much just woken up only a half an hour before, so I wasn't really thinking about anything but getting back onto the plane and going to sleep. Still eating the chocolate bar, I walk through the security point.

The security guard steps in front of me and I'm sort of confused so I try to walk around him. He steps in front of me and says "You can't take that bar of chocolate in here." I looked at him confused and I was like "seriously? You're not going to let me taking something I bought at the duty-free store and am actively eat (which means its safe) into the airport?". Even though I showed him the receipt he took the chocolate from me, grabbed a bin and ran it through the x-ray machine.

The unwrapped part of the chocolate (including the moist, freshly gnawd on part) had touched the bottom of the bin and he couldn't understand why I didn't want it back afterwards.

Bunch of idiots, I tell ya. I don't think I am going to eat my own bar of explosives, no matter how delicious it is.

I've always heard american airport staff are amongst the worst ever. One author here wrote in his book about a time he was asked at some big airport "any fruit or vegetables" and they were taken aback when he responded that he'd appreciate a couple of bananas and a mango.

Hahaa, I'm going to use that line this summer when I leave for Europe: "Why yes, I'd love some strawberries!"

My worst experience I ever had was in Chicago in 2005. Some moron in Sweden only checked my bag as far as Chicago instead of checking it all the way to Louisville. My bags combined easily weighed almost 150lbs (keep in mind I'm about 105lbs), and this wouldn't have been a big deal to recheck my bag...if the plane hadn't been two hours late arriving, and its the eve before Christmas Eve, so there are a shit-ton of people.

On the way over I ended up getting my period and didn't have anything to use but some toilet paper I would keep stealing from the bathroom. I only had 40 or so minutes to make my connection (recheck bags, go through security, then to the other terminal), so I am hauling these bags that weigh more than my body weight, blood dripping down my legs from the applied force (TMI I know) but I had on a coat that went to my ankles so it wasn't obvious, I'm jet-lagged as fuck and frantic to get home.

I get my bags checked no problem. I go through the security check point and I'm impatient, just wanting to get my bag and shoes and run to the end of the terminal. But oh no, nononono. I get selected for a fucking pat-down. So the woman takes me to the side of the line and pats me down. She then asks me to remove my coat. I was like "Uh, no. You've pat me down, you've checked in my pockets. Please let me leave, I have to make my flight in fifteen minutes." She told me again to take my coat off, and I won't, because I know my pants are stained with blood and I didn't want an entire line of people seeing this. I tried to tell her why (that I had my period) and she was like "I don't care, take your coat off." At this point I started to cry and told her I wasn't taking my coat off because I had blood all over my pants, and that she's wanded me, pat me down and everything else, what more does she want?

She calls security, who lead me into a room to the side. They were nice guys and were like "Whats the problem, why won't you take your coat off?" I'm still all kinds of crying from the stress, the fact I have five minutes to catch my plane, and just being freaked out, and I told them that I didn't feel comfortable taking my coat off because my pants were coated with blood from getting my period over the Atlantic. The guys (ironically) were like: "Oh, thats it? Okay you can go."

While I was inside someone (I'm assuming se-cunt-ity) had went through my carry-on and shit was strung out everywhere at the end of the conveyor belt. Nothing (that I know of) was taken.

Fucking bitch.

gd ban

thats almost as long as the last book i read

lol I have a messed up habit of reading only a sentence near the end of long text. I just read the whole pack backwards from bottom to top

when I saw the word blood I HAD to know what happened before

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Originally posted by Banora Hahaa, I'm going to use that line this summer when I leave for Europe: "Why yes, I'd love some strawberries!" My worst experience I ever had was in Chicago in 2005. Some moron in Sweden only checked my bag as far as Chicago instead of checking it all the way to Louisville. My bags combined easily weighed almost 150lbs (keep in mind I'm about 105lbs), and this wouldn't have been a big deal to recheck my bag...if the plane hadn't been two hours late arriving, and its the eve before Christmas Eve, so there are a shit-ton of people. On the way over I ended up getting my period and didn't have anything to use but some toilet paper I would keep stealing from the bathroom. I only had 40 or so minutes to make my connection (recheck bags, go through security, then to the other terminal), so I am hauling these bags that weigh more than my body weight, blood dripping down my legs from the applied force (TMI I know) but I had on a coat that went to my ankles so it wasn't obvious, I'm jet-lagged as fuck and frantic to get home. I get my bags checked no problem. I go through the security check point and I'm impatient, just wanting to get my bag and shoes and run to the end of the terminal. But oh no, nononono. I get selected for a fucking pat-down. So the woman takes me to the side of the line and pats me down. She then asks me to remove my coat. I was like "Uh, no. You've pat me down, you've checked in my pockets. Please let me leave, I have to make my flight in fifteen minutes." She told me again to take my coat off, and I won't, because I know my pants are stained with blood and I didn't want an entire line of people seeing this. I tried to tell her why (that I had my period) and she was like "I don't care, take your coat off." At this point I started to cry and told her I wasn't taking my coat off because I had blood all over my pants, and that she's wanded me, pat me down and everything else, what more does she want? She calls security, who lead me into a room to the side. They were nice guys and were like "Whats the problem, why won't you take your coat off?" I'm still all kinds of crying from the stress, the fact I have five minutes to catch my plane, and just being freaked out, and I told them that I didn't feel comfortable taking my coat off because my pants were coated with blood from getting my period over the Atlantic. The guys (ironically) were like: "Oh, thats it? Okay you can go." While I was inside someone (I'm assuming se-cunt-ity) had went through my carry-on and shit was strung out everywhere at the end of the conveyor belt. Nothing (that I know of) was taken. Fucking bitch.

wow. I'm glad I get to use small regional airports mostly, they're way more helpful as a rule.

now inspector banora, find me a house

I'm actually flying to New York on May 7th, and I am SCARED! lol
I haven't been on an airplane since I was like 8

it sounds like some of you people just don't know what to expect when you go through airport security.

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Originally posted by l�cid it sounds like some of you people just don't know what to expect when you go through airport security.

I FUCKING HATE PEOPLE LIKE THAT

"dude, the TSA guy says you have to take off your coat"
"my what?"
"your coat - take it off"
"but why?"
"cause the TSA guy said to - and put it on the conveyer belt"
"does it go in a bin?"
"NO PUT IT ON THE FUCKING BELT"
"do i have to take my belt off?"

HOLY FUCK PEOPLE GET WITH THE GODDAMN PROGRAM.

virgin fliers are worse than regular virgins. HONESTLY; just do what the fucking TSA people tell you to; and move!

in the summer, i wear next to nothing while flying. no belt. no shoes. sandals come off in 1/2 a second. you take all your shit out of your pockets, put it in your carry on; and put the carry on on the belt and walk through.

it is NOT that complicated.

flying in the winter time sucks ass especialyl when people have on like 4 layers. fucking hate it.

People who are scared of flying deserve to go down in a plane.

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Originally posted by tubularbills its become a bore for me. meh

fly on one of your AF planes... you did join the AF for a reason right??

the weather is just a cover, you really wanted to fly

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Originally posted by Zewad fly on one of your AF planes... you did join the AF for a reason right?? the weather is just a cover, you really wanted to fly

not really :/

although they are giving away incentive rides on the T1s and T38s. would be cool to pick one up here.

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Originally posted by l�cid it sounds like some of you people just don't know what to expect when you go through airport security.

+1

Some people really don't think when flying. I'm lost for words when I see people at security with lace up boots that go up to their knees, or a thousand piercings, or that wear tons of jewelry...especially when they are in front of me.

I swear the general public are morons enough but when it comes to flying it's about 1000x worse.

People who piss and moan that security is a complete bitch just don't think logically about it...or have insufficient equipment to deal with periods on transatlantic flights

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Originally posted by fbgdavidson or have insufficient equipment to deal with periods on transatlantic flights

Bah, this was back when I was a teenager and my period cycle was way out of whack and could not be mapped, so I never knew when it was coming. Besides that and the chocolate bar incident, I've never had trouble flying.

Still, you'd think a woman would understand the "I had my period and my pants are covered in blood" dilemma. My coat was open and she patted me down and checked my coat pockets. It was Christmas eve eve, she was probably sick of everyone and wanted to go home. I still say she's a bitch and I hope she gets stuck at work sans vagina-plug.

I actually find airports so much fun. There's always the dickhead who does something that you take offence to and end up arguing with them, then find out they're in the same hotel or something when you arrive, the stupid parents trying to appease their kids who aren't upto the flights in the first place by plying them with sweets, ice cream and cake then having to take them to the bathroom on the plane 10 times and the woman who is wearing so much fake tan you can't help but laugh.

oh and the girl on her period shouting at security. I'm gonna look for that one this time.

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