Boeing 737 around the Face of the world a new review

 The Thailand has a crown prince. Do the Presidents of the Peru and the Chile. The Chinese Air Force relies on it, as do the airlines in Russia, Indonesia, Australia and Romania.

The Boeing 737 is a workhorse of international aviation. And the accident in which the roof of the Southwest Airlines jet ripped open at 34,000 feet made a thorough review of hundreds of the old model 737 s around the world who may be also vulnerable because of tiny stress fracturesdifficult to find in the aluminum skin.

The aircraft will now be subject to repeated reviews the problem revealed by the crack of fuselage on the flight from the Southwest resonates through fleet 737 in the world for years to come.

Many of their owners are now giving the aircraft a more thorough after which arrived April 1 in Arizona when a section 5 feet of the torn fuselage and pilots forced to make an emergency on a landing base desert military. Passenger dizziness were beaten in the cabin and had to quickly overhead oxygen masks as drivers made a rapid descent.

The incident has airlines and Governments around the world to take rapid action.

The Governments of the Japan, Indonesia, in Korea in the South and others ordered airlines to inspections of beef. Scandinavian airline SAS performs similar checks on some of its 737 s. Qantas Airlines in Australia is verification of four of its aircraft and Air New Zealand is seeking 15. Airlines said that inspections were disturbed not air transport.

Southwest and Continental Airlines have the most aircraft on the list of s 737 - 300, 737-400 and 737-500 prone to failures of fuselage, but a large number of aircraft is held by foreign carriers. UTAir in Russia, Garuda Airlines in Indonesia, Air New Zealand and three major carriers in China are among the biggest. Alaska Airlines has 17.

Southwest ends inspect all its aircraft affected by Tuesday. They found five which had cracks in the same lap joint which tore open during the flight of the last week and worked with Boeing to make repairs. Alaska Airlines goes a step beyond a directive from the Federal Aviation Administration this week ordered inspections when the aircraft reaches a 30 000 takeoffs and landings; the airline will inspect all its aircraft in the coming weeks.

"We are not required to inspect the right now, but we thought that it was the prudent thing to do and to help the industry to determine the interval appropriate," spokesman Paul McElroy said.

There are approximately 6 000 737 s in operation around the world, and an FAA Tuesday Emergency Ordinance covers only 579 who have the type of "lap joint", which has not during the flight of the last week. Lap joints are used in many places on the fuselage of the aircraft and get their name because it is the place where skin of overlap aircraft aluminum and is secured with rivets. The order of la FAA emphasizes design joint Boeing made aircraft between 1993 and 2000.

Experts say that all aircraft around the world will be covered by the order of the FAA due to international agreements between the regulation of civil aviation on a global scale. Many of inspection orders issued by foreign Governments mirror one issued by the FAA.

How to battle Soaring price of the ticket

 Over the weekend, one of my colleagues has paid $3.70 for a gallon of regular gas in Los Angeles.

"It could have been worse," she noted. "A station in West Covina, California sent $4.60".

"Despicable," she added. I guess I should be grateful that she did not drop a bomb f of Melissa Leo Oscar speech on me.

Speaking of a scenario "could be worse", imagine that your vehicle is an aircraft. Say it is the massive Airbus A380, which can accommodate more than 800 passengers and a gas tank which holds 80,000 litres.

Devour smaller aircraft refuelled too. To the Southwest, for example, figures that its fleet of 737 s consumed approximately 1.4 billion litres in 2010.

So now that the price of oil has cracked and keeps flirting with the barrier pester inducer of $100 per barrel, which means for us, travellers?

If you have purchased an airline ticket recently, you know already - just, we saw the fifth ticket collecting hike of the year. If you keep the score, see this: in all 2010, there are just four tickets hikes; in 2009, only three; in 2008, there are 15, and it has 17 increases in tickets in 2007.

Notice a pattern here? The pace of recent hikes in domestic air transport reflects the pace of 2007 and early 2008, when the price of oil jumped above $90 per barrel. There is a difference today, although: airlines also have fresh and generalized bag "peak travel day" supplements that add to the passengers of total tickets.

Jet taxi to Airport International in Los Angeles in this photo of file on 21 December 2009, in Los Angeles, CA. Experts predict some of the higher years for summer gas prices. Close

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When it comes to the increase in the cost of air transport, Facebook the most recent comments on my Web site full of words such as "scandalous" and "absurd" and course perennially popular "OMG!"

With all of this to consider, the question is whether we should return to bad-old-days of the so-called "travel"? No.. And I would also suggest travellers become oil price day-traders.

However, the shopping sloppy habits will cost you, so instead, be a smart consumer.

Here are some hard figures on average cheaper price of the roundtrip airfare (including the fees and charges) between major US cities (from historical data of FareCompare.com): August, 2007, $262; July, 2008, $319; February 2011, $318.

If you think that it is wrong on flights to the United States, take a look at the transatlantic voyage. Some long-haul flights are also expensive that they have been in a decade. For example, we have supplements fuel right Europe now average roundtrip $360, not to mention the tax on these flights that another $ 120 on average. Bottom line: you will pay $480 for a trip to Europe before adding in the real plane ticket!

What will happen? Airlines will keep testing you, to see how much you are willing to pay, and this means more rides tickets are underway. If the full aircraft stay, excursions will continue until in enough to tell us, "you know, sailing to the sounds of this garden year as vacation perfect." Who will fall rush prices.

And what does mean to you? Be smart.

Here are some things to do and the rules for making purchases of tickets:

Be not attempted to buy too early. In 2008, where the price of the ticket seemed to climb on a daily basis, people bought tickets for Thanksgiving during the summer lock prices, then he looked with horror, as oil crashed and last minute holiday buyers got incredible deals. If your purchases at the start, but not too soon: I expect ticket price-basis points for travel June to mid-March.

Differences between the United States and European passengers rights

 Periods recent really bad weather in Europe and the United States resulted in a considerable number of flight delays and cancellations. Apparently, many travellers have noticed that airlines has done much more for travellers in Europe than in the United States.

Why is this?

A reader has asked simply:

"European travellers have more rights than the travellers U.S. theft major delays and cancellations?"

Short, the answer is, "Yes, European requirements are much higher, but the application seems to be a bit inconsistent."

In February 2004, the European Parliament and the Council of 11 established "of the common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denial of boarding and cancellation" or long delay of flights, and Regulation 261/2004 resulting in detail requirements. Here is a summary of key provisions, with highlights the differences between the requirements of American and European.

Application

The regulations apply to (1) passengers on any Flight departing from the airport in the European Community and (2) the passengers of flight on an airline based in the European Community of any other country to an airport in the European Community, unless offset in the country of origin. As the United States, passengers must comply with check-in and ticketing requirements.

Passenger on board an aircraft are served champagne

This is different: the American rules apply in General, not for flights to the United States of other countries, even on U.S. airlines. And while European regulation does not apply to travellers moving "for free", more specifically applies to travellers on the tickets of loyalty.

Denied boarding

When an airline expects passenger "Pearl", the airline must first call for volunteers in exchange for everything the airline and the passenger may agree on. If not enough passenger agreement, the airline must reroute them or compensate them. Compensation scale ranges from $300 to about $825, depending on the distance to the final destination of travellers.

This is different: limit U.S. rules displacement compensation cases of overbooking, but European regulations apply to bumping for a reason any. It's a big difference - a major weakness in US demands, but it seems the Department of transportation of the United States is not correct in the new rules he intends to publish in April. Also, U.S. compensation varies depending on the amount of delay rather than distance.

Cancellation and delay

If a flight is cancelled, an airline is required to provide "assistance", including a refund of the ticket or as soon as possible, or at a later date of convenience of the traveler of diversion. If a traveller selects a refund, it will be either (1) la part unused ticket or (2) the full price of the ticket dans the event where the completion of the journey would more serve the purpose of the trip. And the regulation guarantees the right to a refund even if an airline advises travellers to cancelations two weeks or less before departure expected unless the airline can ensure arrival alternate hours schedule.

Airlines must also provide and refusal of compensation of boarding, as specified above, at least for the airline to advise travellers of the cancellation at least two weeks in advance or if she cannot arrange alternative transportation will travellers to their destinations in the two to four original schedules hours (depending on the specificities) (of cancellation).

Revolution fighters redefine the adventure travel

Forgive passenger as Ali Caldicott, who see in the country in turmoil compelling adventures.

Egypt, Somalia, Afghanistan, you have the choice. More turmoil, more tempting, with respect to these travellers of the adventure.

"Curiosity, mostly," Caldicott, 33, said calmly, explaining its risky travel preferences. "."

Among his destinations, he climbed in a series of books of some of the most difficult places in the world: Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, Palestinian, parts of the Colombia territories and Myanmar, to name a few.

"I wanted to see and experience for my part I had read about places and seen on television... experiences are the true wealth of a life fully lived," he said meetings which included a run-in with the Afghan Taliban who he believed were trying to enter his hotel room.

"It can be very easy to find reasons why we cannot do or cannot go to certain places, but my attitude is largely one of why not simply go?".

Caldicott navigates a world where travellers are more tempted to run towards the type of civil unrest that shook the Middle East and Africa this month, instead of below it. But the pursuit of authenticity and oversized for risk tolerance can become a dangerous mixture, hence the need to travel of Department of State and industry warnings of blogs and books of travel warning.

Ali Caldicott stands with Colombian soldiers on the archaeological site of an ancient city. Passenger as Caldicott see the country in turmoil as compelling adventures.

It is a combination that requires discipline and the consciousness of itself, a country college President warned.

"When it comes to risk, I believe that various people, because of various things in their lives, have different levels of risk they are willing to engage in," said Roger Casey, President of McDaniel College in Westminster, MD. and a study of the media expert who travelled in 70 countries itself.

"I must insist on the fact that people know where the limits of risk are themselves." I think that you have to really pay attention in these environments when you have enough knowledge on the culture itself. ?

The Epiphany for Caldicott is when it is "truly uncertain how or if you never come out in one piece on the other side." I had this feeling in all these places, "il said of facing the Taliban, in particular, and the witnesses of a violent earthquake in the mountains of Pakistan."

He said, has also found its way to the Venezuela in 2002 attempting to overthrow President Hugo Chavez and Budapest during a similar uprising.

During this time, the resident United Kingdom which is currently in Colombia account Yemen among the countries on its list of to - explores; where the Government conducts its own battles against the demonstrators.

But same Caldicott has its limits, resisting any request urges to follow the Egypt and the hunters of revolution possible warning to think twice, if not three times.

"It looks like a sort of adrenalin entertainment, as when people stop to gawk at car accidents," he said. "But you are required to stand as an outsider and your presence in the end would be counterproductive if operated in the wrong direction.".

Unlike Caldicott, Joey Tafuro, recently graduated from the University of South Florida, is relatively new to adventure travel, spending his final semester in College his travels more risky planning so far. If the response of his family and friends when it examined the plans did not come as a complete shock.

"watch out for pirates," a member of the family itself.

More high building of Hong Kong is the world highest hotel

 If you climb the shady trails of Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island, you will eventually find look you in the distance, the level of the eye with the top ranked third in the world.

Dominating the skyline of Kowloon relatively calm West, across the Victoria Harbour, is the tallest building of Hong Kong, International Trade Centre of $-foot, which finished construction in 2010.

For the complementary point of view, looking south, you'll have to visit the new roof bar the ICC the new Ritz - Carlton Hong Kong, scheduled to open March 29.

Last week, in an army of construction and home workers sounded with enthusiasm centered on opening day, regional Vice President and Director General Mark DeCocinis ABCNews.com offered a tour of the luxury hotel, which occupies the top 16 floors of the Tower of 118-story.

"With the incredible hardware in place", DeCocinis said, "what happens here until the opening would be training, the education and training."

Indeed, during the tour, test meals were prepared and served and groups of workers huddled together in the sessions of the strategy, the suspension of elements of blithely "Hello" to DeCocinis as we strode past, dodging vacuum and wet paint cords.

DeCocinis mirror the shredder of his staff readiness, beaming like a proud father as he showed off the coast of key design in fine hotel facilities to eat, which include the Chinese Restaurant Tin Lung Heen, Tosca restaurant Italian and a fair on the theme of chocolate named the library in chocolate.

But the place with the most buzz, said DeCocinis, is on the roof of OZONE bar, featuring a tapas Asian, sushi and lounge outdoor.

"Our friends in the offices below lie ahead for this open", he said, laughing.

Although DeCocinis is proud of the aesthetic flourishes, he stressed the fact that the defining strategy of the Ritz-Carlton is focuses on the service, and that this creed is responsible for which allows the chain to expand quickly in Chinadescribed as "the most dynamic and economically aggressive region in the world.".

His insurance is well deserved. its mandate at the Ritz-Carlton began in 1989 and since then he has contributed to the opening of all the locations of Ritz-Carlton 7 in mainland China, and hotels in Jakarta, Tokyo and Krabi de Berger.

"We believe that the service is the DNA of the Ritz-Carlton brand," he said. "It's what makes our guests keep returning to our hotels."

However, there is a potential problem. The Ritz-Carlton, billed as more top of the world hotel, will likely lose that distinction in 2014, when J-hotel opens near the top of the Tower of Shanghai 2 073-foot.

When he approached with this bit of trivia, DeCocinis smiled warmly and repeated his mantra. "It is not height." I don't know there is another hotel which is still higher under construction somewhere. What is most important is service. ?

If you want to judge by yourself, the hotel opens next Tuesday and is now taking reservations at ritzcarlton.comFrom. Their level of service comes at a higher price, with rates of rack starting at about $770 per night.

If you want to save a little money while struggling with the ICC, the observation deck 100th floor, Sky100, is starting in April. For more information, visit here.

And, for a completely free view with fortunately fresh air, you can't go wrong with Victoria Peak.

Air Fare Deals: How Ticket Game Research Sites

 During the last decade, airlines have shared a completely unofficial motto: "Never be one dollar more or less than its competitors."

If you do not know what that means, you should, because you are responsible for you and everyone who steals. And if you do not understand the motto, you may be insufficient whenever you buy a ticket.

What difference can make a dollar to an airline? Perhaps the difference between solvency and more empty aircraft flights - or at least airplanes are not packaged as their owners like them. Years, this difference of dollar did not matter so much; in fact, a difference in the price of airline tickets for $10, $20 or sometimes even hundreds was not a big problem. You call your favorite airline, or relied on a travel agent who knew what you wanted and paid the asking price. Internet then came along.

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Research of ticket sites has helped revolutionize the air transport industry, because you can easily compare prices. Airlines were initially enthusiasm on these new shopping direct-to-consumer channels because it their has helped to reduce the human costs of travel agents of the food chain, but the carriers have not provided an unexpected consequence of price comparison ubiquitous : the death of loyalty. Consumers embraced joyfully comparison prices online and sold themselves to the lowest bidder, miles be damned.

Fast forward to the present time - the generation of air transport costs - where research sites for comparing prices called Vasa (for "online travel agencies") and METAs ("multiple site search") give airlines new headaches. In most cases, sites of research of today give fliers access to the "extras" so dear to the hearts of the airlines, and by extras, I mean the money-makers as more legroom (for a fee) or beginning of boarding (for fee). You get the picture.

But where the dollar difference really matters is in the section of the meat and potatoes of sites of today: the list of the actual airline. I recently watched round-trip nonstop flights from LA to NY and saw lists for Continental, United States, and JetBlue, in that order, for $516. Alaska, with tickets for a buck, made two of the inscriptions. And poor American, only five bucks higher (and it is not much for a ticket which is you cost already more of 500 bucks) appear only on page 5.

It is quite common on a 10-pack display Google search results, most clicks go to elements of the first place, the number two spot - and the number ten. Ten? Yes. It chalk up to human nature. We trust the first two choices, and then we like to scroll to the bottom, after which us bored and click the last on the list.

Can you tell me: would you look after identical tickets page or pages which show tickets for a few dollars more - or would you buy the first ticket see you at the lowest price? Okay, perhaps seek you through a page or two if the carrier with your miles program is registered to see, but beyond that, many of us just do filter causes much.

Now as to why there are so many identical price, he did y no mystery: airlines have a set of markets up or pairs of cities which are their silver key decision makers and they manage the prices of these roads closely. With the lesser routes, airlines want to sell their fair share and that means being in the so-called "competitive balance." in other words, they keep the close appears on the first page of results.

5 Things new passenger Protections are not for you

 It of hard to argue bon great good part of the rules of protection of passengers recently expanded Ministry of transports--une bon meaning customer service guidelines update.

And it is difficult to argue that the Department, notably in the person of activist Secretary Ray LaHood, is not in there swinging for us passengers. He has done a lot of good, but I would like to highlight a few areas where these "protections" are poor.

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Examine five areas - tarmac delays; bumping of compensation; pricing transparency. hold 24 hours for tickets; and, most importantly, new reimbursements of expenses baggage, which accords much attention - to see where passengers still get at least a little fined.

1 Reimbursements of expenses of bag may be too little, too late

This sounds good: airlines are required to repay your baggage fees if they lose your bag. Some airlines already do that if you put in a request, but it is important to note that "delayed bag of a man is baggage of another man". In other words, how long should bag disappear before it is considered to be "lost"? Do not say the rules. You say: is your bag went as good as if it has been AWOL for a day, a week, a month?

Something else you should know: compensation of the airline for the content of your missing bag remains unchanged, but don't expect to receive if you had an iPad or jewelry or important documents; even cash in the bag most airlines only cover everything. Indeed, you are violating the rules of some airlines, like American Airlines, if you pack all these objects of value in a checked bag.

Reminder: Keep all valuables on your person, never in a bag (don't forget, when the bin space is a premium, even your carry-on baggage may be checked).

Air passengers will have to pay to save money?

Do you know how to save a bucks 50 quick on air tickets? Simple. Simply use a carry-on bag.

Or fly JetBlue or Southwest, where you can still get a free verified bag. Most other companies charge $25 (and the agile spirit to Spirit Airlines charge you for checked baggage and carry-ons, so look at your portfolio on this discount carrier).

If you follow my savings tip and then supposedly you and everyone in the brigade of carry-on baggage will be liquidating the Transportation Security Administration 260 million costs of $ more per year is screening costs. And that you think that's going to pay? We will, one way or another.

A rapid dive in this amount heavy has scratching me my head.

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Today airline passengers do the smart thing to packing light and luggage. This trend picked up steam after American Airlines became the first of the old school airlines to start charging for checked bags in 2008 (a mere $15 back then).

But Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said now that all of these carry-ons create more work for TSA, at the rate of a quarter of a billion dollars a year.

Travelers with their luggage are visible in a line of check-in at the airport to Chicago O'Hare International, Illinois. Secretary of security inland Janet Napolitano said that all of these carry-ons create more work for TSA, at the rate of a quarter of a billion dollars a year. Close

"There is more to inspect the door and so on," Napolitano said recently a Subcommittee Senate appropriations on Homeland Security.

Wait a second. I have a few questions - that is where this astronomical figure comes from?

As TSA reminds us more and more, all bags are screened - checked and carry-on baggage. Ms. Napolitano suggests that more eyeballs are required to carry-ons screen as checked baggage?

Said the TSA Web site it has 48,000 screeners at American airports, although Rep. John Mica, R - Fla., of the Standing Committee on transportation & Infrastructure CITES 67 000 employees; It is probably including federal marshals of the Air, the management and similar of the TSA inspectors. This sounds like many people, and after all, the Department of Homeland Security is the third largest Cabinet Department (after the defence and veterans).

This brings to mind a quote from Thomas Macaulay: "Empires which branch widely are often more thriving for a bit of pruning in a timely manner."

Pruning apparently not in the cards, although the logic requires a simple change of personnel in the region of bags less (checked-baggage) in the region of bags more (carry-on lines) right?

At least, Ms. Napolitano, show us some good old Ross Perot charts that justify the difference in these expenses of hand work.

And you might want to set aside a sum of money for remedial training after incident embarrassing last week, involving a passenger who succeeded in boarding her flight to JetBlue at JFK with knives in his carry-on luggage.

Question: more people use luggage, Yes, but are there total bags today? Consider that in 2007, there were 835 million air passengers at US airports. But, by 2010, this number was reduced to 719 million, down 16%. Certainly all these extra flyers in 2007--116 million of them who are now lighter packaging - required more time of door that today ' hui thinned on herd.

Last question: who would pay for additional funds for the TSA and the Enigma of their carry-on baggage? Secretary of homeland security that there is no affect if the AP quoted a Senator asking if airlines should help offset some of the additional costs, perhaps from "the profits of these charges".

Are Legit Big discounts on the seats in class Affairs?

"In-class business - up to 75% off!

Of course, this offer is tempting for those seeking to flee the cramped seats and non-service you get on most long-haul flights overseas. But these claims are just a racoleuses or for real?

Has asked a player who has recently fallen on a claim like this:

"I saw a website offering rebates on the class big business, but it looks like a sort of travel coupon broker who buys miles unused frequent flyer, then a certain way sells tickets in price of class business to customers." I've never heard of this agency, and this seems suspicious to me. Is it OK or not?

In short, the answer to this drive is, "It is suspicious."

The site displays the signs of a broker of coupon: a notice of "we buy miles." But not all organizations who claim big business class discounts are suspicious. Instead, probably most of them is the basis ticket sales points. If you are interested in cheap business and first class travel - or even in economy, you need to know the difference.

What, precisely, is a "broker coupon." Basically, this is an organization that buys and sells travel loyalty awards. And the market prices and schedules of mileage Awards, almost all of the action of coupon is intercontinental travel business or first class.

Contrary to some reports I have seen, brokers coupon not to buy and sell and loyalty credit Miles. Nobody can do that without paying the transfer fee which often cost more than the credit is a value. Instead, a coupon broker buys and sells awards flyer in a three step process:

A person interested in the sale of excess miles contacts a broker, specifies the amount of credit available for sale and negotiates a price. In General, vendors receive 1 to 1? cents per mile, depending on the number of miles involved and the airline. The seller then expected the broker to find a market for some or all available miles. A person looking for a travel contacts not expensive a broker for a specific price, the Broker provides a price, and they strike an agreement. In General, buyers pay 2 to 3 cents per mile for credit required for the price. Once a deal is agreed, the broker pays the seller and request the seller to have issued on behalf of the purchaser price. Sometimes, the buyer made reservations. Sometimes the seller or broker does. In any event, the buyer moves under its own name.

Almost every writer of legitimate travel I know warns that travelling on brokered awards is "risky". All major airlines prohibit expressly "sale, barter or trade" their price loyalty.

Over the years, airlines have been able to close a batch of coupon brokers, apparently using fraud laws. Other hampered the process by limiting transfer pricing for members of the family and perhaps requiring that mileage holder and the person of flight appear at an airport set counter. Despite the opposition of the concerted air company, a few hardy brokers seem to remain in business.

Usually not a good idea

Overall, I recommend against the purchase of a price per broker, for three compelling reasons:

Airlines apply rules anti-broker, at least from time to time and if you are caught with a purchase price, the airline may cancel your reservation, cancel your award, require you to purchase a replacement ticket at the full rateconfiscate your own frequent flyer miles, or a combination of people.

How Cope with tight airline seat space

 Tight economy class seats continue to be major air travel hassle. It is quite wrong in ordinary circumstances, but an oversized neighbor can sometimes make travel unbearable. A reader writes:

"What bothers me as far as the seats narrow in the economy is the invasion of another, more corpulent people in space, I have a ticket to occupy.". I do not think it's fair for people to have their precious space seat stolen by other flyers that do not correspond between the parameters established from their seats. Why do airlines establish rules for people? ?

In short, the answer is, "most airlines have rules, but most of the rules are vague and most is misapplied." And no rules are designed specifically to protect the real victims: travellers stranded beside or between oversized seatmates.

The current rules: what they say?

Tight economy class seats continue to be major air travel hassle.

Most of the U.S. lines say something about oversized travellers, either in terms of customer service or the contract of carriage, but commitments vary considerably: Southwest is unique in that it indicates clearly that "clients who are unable to lower the two armrests and/or trespass on any part of the adjacent seat" should be proactively the number before the seats need to travel "." When passengers buy two seats, and the flight is not complete, Southwest reimburses the cost of the second seat. Alaska States: "For the safety and comfort of your own, as well as your fellow travellers, you may be asked to buy a second seat on your flight if you cannot be accommodated by the seat below measures." American said it "requires passengers be able to sit in a seat with armrests down and attached safety belt." Travellers who are not can buy a second seat for the same rate as the original seat when they reserve. At the airport, travellers will sit next to an empty seat if available. If this is not the case, passenger have to buy a second seat on a flight available. Continental, Delta, Hawaiian, JetBlue, United and US Airways are less precise, saying that they can refuse to transport any person unable to sit in a seat with the seatbelt fastened.

Of course, anyone who stole recently knows that airlines often ignore even these modest "rules" in their haste to dispatch flights, and clear the lobbies. They dump the problems on the crew, who may or may not be able to organize a good solution.

… And what they say

I couldn't find anything in the contract of any line clearly indicating that a passenger with a reservation invalid, and the ticket is entitled to 100% of a seat. And if you're stuffed by a neighbour oversized on the same side, not to mention both sides, you may wind up with perhaps just 60% or 70% of the seat that you have purchased.

If a crew decides to work on the problem rather than simply ignore it, the solution is to move you, or the traveller oversized to another seat (or seats), depending on what seats are available. This is not a contractual obligation. simple common sense. Also, in theory, the crew could move you or your neighbor oversized until a spacious cabin, but - as I can tell - that happen very often. And if your flight is complete, once he left, the crew cannot do anything to solve the problem.

No improvement in sight

Hole in the aircraft: Boeing was aware of the problem 737

Aviation Boeing giant admitted today that he was aware of the weaknesses in its 737 jets, but never expected a jet of Southwest Airlines for 15 years to break open in flight.

In a conference call with journalists, Boeing officials acknowledged they knew that problems with the knee joints that unite the fuselage of the aircraft, but they did not expect to be a problem until 737 jets were more numerous take-off and landing of aircraft cycles that have had problems Friday.

"Our plan is to recommend inspections to 60,000 cycles." Obviously, none is close to that at the moment, "said Paul Richter, engineer project manager for Boeing 737 classic." "It is regrettable that we must accelerate our plans based on an event of this nature."

The jet of Southwest Airlines for 15 years, which opened along her husband lap last Friday, had 39 000 takeoff and landing cycles.

Classics for Boeing 737 were manufactured from 1984 to 2000. In 1993, Boeing has redesigned its 737 because of problems with lap-joint design, but the jet of southwest of the problem was manufactured after that disturbance.

Boeing will recommend now that all 737 aircraft that cross the threshold of 30 000 - cycle be inspected for fatigue cracks. The inspections are to be repeated after each 500 flight cycles.

The number of affected jets rises now at 175, but which will be finally climb to more than 500 jets as the age s and up to more than cycles 737 flight.

Affected jets are used by airlines around the world. Eighty aircraft are in service with the United States, most of them from Southwest.

Boeing said that new 737 currently in production has a different conception of lap-joint and should not know cracking.

Admission of Boeing came just hours before the Federal Aviation Administration has formally ordered emergency inspections on these 175 jets. The Government now conducts a re-evaluation wholesale of his approach to the inspection of the aircraft.

Inspections will be devoted to the departure of 737 accumulated or are close to the flight accumulation 30,000 cycles. Inspections shall be made within 20 days and even earlier – in five days - for aircraft with more than 35 000 cycles. If cracks are found, repairs should be completed before a jet can return to flight.

Inspectors use what is called the eddy current technology to examine joint 50-foot long lap, passing electrical current through the skin of an aircraft to seek small cracks. If no signs alert is detected, ultrasound and x-ray tools are then used for a more thorough review. In some regions, la skin of an aircraft may be as thin as a nickel.

Southwest said it has resumed its regular schedule today. He said this morning that it had completed inspections of all 737-300 s 79 that he retired from service after the end of week. The airline has said that he discovered fatigue cracks in five aircraft and follow the advice of Boeing on how to repair. Southwest said it believes that its inspection process is consistent with the order of the Government.

Southwest had canceled hundreds of flights to accommodate inspections after the test of Friday, when Southwest flight 812, en route from Phoenix to Sacramento, California, was diverted to a military base in Yuma, Arizona, after a section of the fuselage of the plane ripped open, the aircraft of depressurization and expose the sky to passengers.

The section of five feet of the aircraft fuselage which opened was sent to Washington, D.C., for detailed microscopic analysis.

This year, is the European vacation planning?

 Thinking of the position of Europe this year? Economy robust why it is important to plan your trip wisely. Not to worry - I'm here to help! Follow these strategies of common sense, and you can be to overseas with a little extra money in your pocket, too.

What Destinations are in demand

I spoke with representatives of three major suppliers of vacation Europe to discover destinations that attract the crowds this year. If your preferred destination is on the hot list, you want to start bargain hunting now (if you have not already).

"London, Paris and the cities of the Italy - Rome, Florence and Venice - are always in high demand," says Paula McKay, President of Go - today .com. "" "". We note also that much interest in Barcelona this year. ?

"Italy and the Spain, [including], Venice, Florence, Rome, Madrid, Barcelona and Andalucia, are where we see the greatest growth," says Marty Seslow, VP Marketing, Gate 1 travel. "" "". Those who are not necessarily the destinations which have the best prices or overall value, but they certainly had the better claim. ?

Course of the Great Britain, up to 30% for the moment, Virgin Vacations. "" "". "U.K. is number one, number two of the Italy, and the number of three France".

I talked with all suppliers, said the royal wedding of London is not showing increased interest initially planned - probably because of inflated prices. "I think if anything to United Kingdom [.]" destinations will get a bump of advertising, but I believe that it will be around this date, says Seslow.

If you plan a trip to Britain, France, Italy, or Spain, bargains exist, but only for the most dedicated of detectives.

Hunt down the best offers

"If the transaction is right, people will go," Osborne said. Take this as your own personal mantra and leave treats to your guide.

Start earlier you, better - Osborne recommends to reserve your holiday of three to five months in advance; Seslow suggested the delay of five to eight months. The main reason? Oil. With the fluctuation of fuel prices, it is a good idea to lock in your ticket, once you've found a price that fits your budget, because it is likely to go back to the approach of the summer. Last minute deals are rare this year, as did there was no interest decreased travel, and therefore no incentive to move no unsold inventory.

When planning, consider the following:

Assets of seasonality all: "It's all about season," explains Seslow. "If someone is willing to go in a shoulder or low season, they will certainly to get a much better price. You can always be in Europe in November and March, which is considered low season and the weather is always good and the crowds are smaller. The summer will be the busiest and most expensive to travel both later. If you have flexibility in your calendar, take your holiday season a different and take advantage of the savings.

Locate the new routes: "rates of London are everywhere at the moment because Delta expansion announced [he] of Boston, New York and Washington," says Osborne. "Continental increased capacity and with the new United merger." Travellers will be able to get some pretty good business of the pond. ?

Check your company preferred to see if new service is available in the coming months, as expanded roads tend to be coupled with affordable introduction to drum in business rates.

Sleeping controller on duty at the Reagan National

A controller of air traffic at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport falls asleep duty early Wednesday morning, leaving the silent control tower and forcing the pilots of two aircraft trade on their own territory, the National Transportation Safety Board said today.

The controller, who had 20 years of experience, including 17 to the Reagan National, was suspended Thursday earlier by the Federal Aviation Administration as continues his investigation.

The report of the NTSB, which does not refer to the controller, said he had worked its fourth quarter consecutive night, from 10 a.m. to 6 a.m., and that "the fatigue human issues are one of the regions studied."

"I am determined to go to the bottom of this situation for the public safety," FAA administrator Randy Babbitt said in a statement announcing the suspension of the controller.

"As a former pilot, I am personally shocked that this controller failed its responsibility to help these two aircraft, land" he said. "Fortunately, at no time was either flat radar contact and our backup system launched to ensure the safe of two aircraft landing.

Pilots of the plane, American Airlines and United Airlines each said that they had been in contact with regional air traffic controllers turned off the coast of the Reagan National Tower for approach and landing.

But as the aircraft by radio their claims to land in the capital, early Wednesday morning, they heard silence.

"American 1900, so that you are aware that the tower was is apparently not inhabited," a regional controller said the plane pilots, according to radio recordings obtained by ABC News. "If you expect to go into an uncontrolled airport."

The pilot has carried out an overview of the airport - aviation routine procedure - before landing on its own without help from the ground.

Fifteen minutes later, United flight 628 of Chicago was also unable to communicate with the Tower of Reagan.

"The aircraft went as an uncontrolled airport," a regional Comptroller said on the recording. "It is already well happened.".

The pilot also assimilated United airport without driver and landed safely.

Federal transportation officials now lead a controller air comprehensive review of staffing in airports across the country.

While Reagan National is composed of multiple controllers of air traffic during the day, moving to the day the day is managed by a single controller because there are no departures from the overnight and a few arrivals.

But travel from midnight to other major US airports, including New York John Fitzgerald Kennedy and LaGuardia, Chicago O'Hare and Boston Logan, all two service controllers.

Richmond, Virginia, and Andrews Air Force Base are two regional airports which have only a tower for the midnight shift controller.

"The reality is that we should probably never have that a controller at a major airport anytime, anywhere," said expert John Nance aviation. "But the fact that it is Washington, D.C., obviously speeds up issues like that."

Secretary of transportation Ray LaHood has taken a measure unusual late Wednesday to immediately order a second controller of the air traffic at Reagan National Airport on the midnight shift.

"It is not acceptable to have a single controller in the Tower of air traffic management in the airspace this criticism," LaHood said in a statement. "I also asked FAA administrator Randy Babbitt to examine staffing levels in other airports across the country."

A traffic controller air veteran contacted by ABC News, said the incident would have presented not a danger to passengers, because pilots are trained to Earth without air traffic control. But he added that it was very unusual.

"It is a big problem when two aircraft at the Washington National Airport are not able to communicate with the tower", said Dick Marakovitz, a controller for 27 years. "It's a big problem."

American Airlines flight 1012, a Boeing 737, had 91 passengers and six crew on board. United Airlines flight 628, an Airbus A320, had 63 passengers and five crew members.

Reagan National Airport serves some 18 million passengers per year.

ABC News Devin Dwyer has contributed to this report.

Air traffic controller was watching the film

Washington (cnn) — Secretary of transportation Ray LaHood Tuesday said Federal officials should "keep back" on personal responsibility in the wake of the last request of inattention by the air traffic controller - was that this would have been watching a movie while on duty - and inaction by her supervisor.

The controller was suspended pending an investigation, to watch a movie on a portable electronic device while working at the Cleveland Air Route Traffic Control Center in Oberlin, Ohio. Also his first line manager, who was aware and did not prevent him, has been suspended, confirmed the LaHood.

The incident took place Sunday morning, when the audio in the Samuel l. Jackson thriller "Cleaner" was transmitted on a frequency radio for more than three minutes.

"The problem has been to the attention of the control of the movement of air by the pilot of a military aircraft with an alternate frequency," a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration.

Policy of the FAA banned the use of laptops and other DVD players equipment to be used in radar rooms.

Stories of the wrecks controllers keep stack, even while the head of the FAA and the leader of the controllers Union began a cross-Canada tour to spread the Gospel of professionalism for the rank.

There was now incidents in Washington. Knoxville Tennessee. Reno (Nevada). Seattle; Lubbock (Texas). and Miami in only for a few months.

Ordering of the rules have been adjusted and staffing strengthened to mitigate fatigue between controllers, but during the incident of the Ohio, fatigue does not appear to have been the cause.

Personal responsibility "really need to become much more part of our training," LaHood told CNN, "much of what says our administrator (FAA) controllers as he travels the country and met with them.

"I meet controllers, too, when I travel to the country." "I visit the air traffic control towers and I guarantee that it will be part of my message."

Pressed to explain why such incidents keep comes despite the insistence of officials that the situation will not be tolerated, LaHood said: "Well, it will not."

"We have things here in the short term as an extension of time to rest from eight to nine hours." "We've moved positions where we believe that it is more important to have more supervisors, supervisors"

"And we will continue to do what we have to do to ensure that controllers to include that they take responsibility for this most important security task that they have", he said.

You have the chance? Bet on the price of your airline ticket

 You know what they say in Las Vegas: "what happens here, stays here.

That, of course, is a reference to all kinds of taboo "fun" to be obtained in Sin City, but suppose that some fun includes placing outrageous bets. Well, get ready: this game could go mainstream if an airline based in Vegas has his way.

You see, Allegiant Airlines plans to ask passengers to bet on the price of their tickets.

I know that Saint Patrick's day is this week, but you may need more than the luck of the Irish for a regime Allegiant to work for you.

However, you could win big (and return to a few species). You could lose as much. A better alternative would be to weigh passengers and charged to the book. Yes, we'll get to that, too.

For travel ideas and more new see blog of Rick at farecompare.com

In case you are not familiar with Allegiant Air, it is a discount carrier, whose headquarters are in Las Vegas which focuses on accreditation to destinations in hot weather as Myrtle Beach, s.c., Orlando, Florida and Phoenix. Because he was not well paid for business travellers, there lots of frilly. And as all the airlines concerned This screenshot shows the Allegiant Air Web site. If an airline in Las Vegas gets its way, travellers may one day be able to play on their ticket. In aviation fuel prices soaring, Allegiant Air wants passengers to consider a variable price ticket, where the final price could rise or fall based on fuel costs. Close

For example, is a bet?

The airline suggested (and this has not yet be OK'ed by anyone, and especially the Government) that passengers choose between a "normal" ticket with a fixed price, or bet on a ticket of "variable". With a variable, passengers had to pay a price, but if fuel costs has decreased from the date of departure, the passenger would receive cash back. However, if the price rises, passengers would pay more (up to a certain limit, in any event).

Reminds me a bit of FareLock recent innovation of the Continental, which allows to book a flight and, for a fee from $9, keep this reservation at la fare locked as long as a week. If prices go up, you're golden. If prices fall, you can cancel your abrupt FareLock reservation without having to pay the costs of change (even if lose you nine bucks or what you're paying).

But back to Allegiant: such a plan would force transform us oil price day traders just to score a cheap ticket? And how many of us is really good at the game, anyway?

With regard to the volatile oil market fluctuations, we know that professionals do you always right. In fact sometimes they are tragically wrong.

Remember the summer 2008, when oil was just a whisper away from $150 per barrel? At this time, Goldman Sachs had come out with a report predicting that it could rise to $200.

Prudent passengers bought their way tariff air Thanksgiving and Christmas in advance, only to see oil came crashing and holiday tickets offered at rates of market bin. I can still hear the wailing of "smart" travellers who bought at the beginning, and yet it seemed smart at the time.

I bet that it seemed smart last September when the Business Insider site noted that US Airways was not fuel hedging, which prompted the reporter to ask if the airline "know [s] something, we do not know at the request of fuel in 2011? UH…apparently not.

On the underside, Bloomberg reports that for the single quarter, United has 63% of its needs fuel cover. Delta a 49 per cent and Virgin America has a whopping 80 percent.

Why la Heck Does TSA Pat Down 6 years?

The family of the 6-year-old girl who received a pat down to the security of the airport, in New Orleans said today that there must be a process of different screening for children.

"We struggle to teach our children protect themselves, to say"no, it is not correct to touch me that way in this area,"the girl of the mother, Selena Drexel, said." But we are saying here that it is ok for these people. "If we find other means, that we are the most vulnerable, she said.

Drexel and her husband, Mr. Todd Drexel, Bowling Green, Kentucky, appeared this morning in an exclusive interview with "Good morning america."

A daughter of the couple traverse screening video went viral on the Internet, get thousands of views on websites such as YouTube. It shows an officer TSA swabbing inner thighs of a young girl and the execution of his fingers in the upper part of the girl blue jeans.

The Drexels said that they were helpless, watching their daughter has patted.

"I have asked for alternatives, I have requested so that it can be rescanned," said Selena Drexel. "They just refused and said they were going to do what they were going to do."

Selena Drexel said that she could only speculate on why the 6-year-old child has been selected for the pat down. She said that the supervisor of the TSA is clearly "non-verbalement" would be problems if it caused a fuss.

Father of the girl said that while his daughter has been polite and humble review, she broke into tears later.

"It was initially just confused," said Todd Drexel. "It didn't really what she had done wrong."

He said that he and his wife struggling with how to explain to their child what had happened after him before it does was not ok to be affected in some places of education. "Now that she was pat down in public, in an airport."

The family left New Orleans Armstrong International Airport when the incident occurred on April 5. The Drexels have two other children, a child of 9 years and 2 years.

The TSA said he considered the band and that the "current appropriate follow-up procedures officer." They added that they "investigate additional focus its resources and go beyond a one-size-fits-all system."

With the help of a label appropriate when taking holiday Photos

Question: I went to Disney World recently and had a number of issues with other people being rude while I was trying to take pictures or videos. Could give you some tips on how people should behave when they see someone else try something films?

Answer: sure, but I don't think it's fair to include advice for photographers too. It's rude to both sides.

If you see someone holding a camera in their eyes, not directly walk front of them if you can help to eventually. Obviously, if stepping around them of the means you have hit by a bus, no worries, but does make the effort if you can.

If you inadvertently photobomb someone is shot, to apologize.

But photographers: get your shooting and store your camera. You can take to foot traffic on a track occupied for 10 minutes while you play with each setting on your digital SLR.

If someone takes a video within earshot of you, use step no matter what language you use not in front of your grandmother.

Source/Chihiro Ishino/Getty ImagesYoung image woman with la camera. Advice on how to deal with photography a trip for the photographer and passers-by.

It is unrealistic to expect everyone around you to maintain total silence while you are shooting. People will scream and applaud when the Shuttle takes off; small children will get excited if they think that Mickey is waving to them in the electrical Parade. It's rude to give them a dirty appearance.

Don't let not your children run right up to the theme park characters if someone else is already posing with them. (Try to talk to your children about it in advance.) However, if, like me, you have 3 years who is obsessed with Mickey, wear shoes you can run in, because you will probably have to sprint after him.)

When your children are with a character, keep catchy. Autograph plus one or two photos is enough if other children are waiting.

Readers, other polished travel photography tips?

Q: you talked about "passengers of size" on board the aircraft before, but what "size theatre lovers?" I fly first class or buy two seats on a plane and I don't have a problem, but I don't know what I have to pass a Broadway show. Buy two tickets would really help, since I imagine the armrests can be pushed to the top, and it is not like I can test in a certain way to a seat before booking the tickets. I would hate to miss this particular show when I am in New York, but I want me embarrass or interfere with the people sitting next to me. Which, on the contrary, should I do?

A: call the theatre before reserve you your seats. You may be surprised - some theatres have been renovated and have much more spacious seats. If there are seats of the box, which could be an option more comfortable as well. Make sure that you call the theatre itself, not the ticket reservation service uses theatre, because you want to talk with someone who is actually in this particular theatre and that can go out there with a tape measure if necessary.

Lesley Carlin wrote on travel and the label professionally for more than 10 years. As one of the Grrls of the label, she is the co-author of "Things need you to be said" and "more things you need to be said" (Berkley). You have a question of your own travel label? Lesley via e-mail at traveletiquette@tripadvisor.com.

How to get around London on the big day

It is estimated at one million people will be in the streets of London on 29 April, with 500,000 expected to line the processional route.A million people considers to be in the streets of London for royal marriage Get in the city at the beginning if you want a first positionLondon has a great public transportation system, so enjoy the prepared itBe and search along your route changes planned going

But with so many people out on the big day, to move the capital won't be easy.

If you want to be a tourist from smart marriage here are some useful tips that you can follow to navigate a London crowded with relative ease.

Early call for all birds

There is no doubt about it - if you want a key position on the road to Royal procession, you'll have to go up at the beginning.

It is difficult to say at what time you should arrive - some people arrive at dawn, while that others will be camped on one or two days in advance for snaffle key positions.

The areas around the Abbey of Westminster and Buckingham Palace are more likely to have the more large crowds, so we suggest moving further along the route, giving you a better chance to see the procession.

It is certain that, when the couple emergence of Buckingham Palace on the balcony, as the dictates of tradition, the space that surrounds the Palace will be packed.

Enter London

London has one of the best transport systems in the world then why not use it?

Do not drive, take the subway

City driving is not recommended - roads will be closed and parking will be almost impossible. Britain's Automobile Association predict April 29 is one of the busiest holidays on roads "for several years."

Instead, people are encouraged to use the London underground network.

According to the London transport Commissioner, Peter Hendy: "implementation of all the tube lines and our bus and street teams will work hard to ensure that the closures and the necessary diversions are managed smoothly."

In the Centre of the action near Metro stations will include Green Park, Victoria, St. James Park and Westminster. But if you want to avoid the crowds and the crush, get off a few stops early and walk - it may even be faster.

On the morning of the royal marriage there can be long queues for tickets in large stations, make sure you purchase a travel card before the big day to avoid delays.

Train outside

If you're staying outside London, take a train in the capital is recommended. Most of the train lines will operate services of day of the week, with a few cars further addition. Chiltern Railways, running services between London and Birmingham, offer even travel free for passengers named Kate, Catherine and William.

National Rail advised people to arrive in London before 10 hours day and check train times and routes well in advance.

Busing and bike

Transport for London plans to operate a Saturday schedule, but some roads can be diverted or end before their usual destination if they fail through central London.

And if you want to take bike Cycle hire of a Barclay, a number of docking in the closure of the road will be suspended, so check in advance.

Stretch the legs

If all else fails - walk. Although London is a large city, once in the Centre, nowhere is too far.

Out of London

Be warned - getting back out of the Centre may take more time than usual.

London Underground has warned that it will close platforms if there is a risk of overcrowding.

There will also be a system queue at Victoria station to access underground after the event, so be prepared to wait, or if you use a different station.

Like any good Samaritan - be ready

When you try to make family and some friends that you arrange a rendezvous point is clear. Meeting outside Metro stations may be difficult and confusing, because of the crowds and the numerous outputs and inputs at each station.

Make sure that you perform a bottle of water with you, as the queues for food and beverages will be grand and travel times longer than usual.

Sun cream is a good idea, as an umbrella or poncho. Don't forget, this is Britain, everything can happen weather wise.

As in every public event high - profile there is always a chance of disruption on the day of various groups in the hope of gaining exposure.

Anarchists have threatened to cause trouble, but the Metropolitan Police in London said surveillance teams are gathering intelligence and that the marriage will be protected by "a ring of steel" - with thousands of police officers lining the road.

Travel deals for yourself to be and great day of Kate.

 For followers of pure royal marriage determined to make Prince William and Kate Middleton's big day, navigate London cheap might seem intimidating.

Travelocity has some advice for those seeking to travel to London for the big day:

Book vacation packages

Save money by booking the flight and hotel together as a package instead of the map. Also, if you are ready to stay out of the City Centre it may help save cash as well.

For about $930 per person, you can travel between New York and London for three nights and stay at the Holiday Inn Express Croydon to East London, which includes a small lunch buffet. If you were to book this hotel/flight package separately, it would cost about $1,100 per person.

If you would rather in a more central position, it will cost about $1,300 per person for tickets and stay in five-star London Marriott Hotel Park Lane, overlooking Hyde Park.

Wake up bright and early

People will be begin to align with the processional route a day before the marriage, so get there bright and early. If you can get a good place on the processional route, opt for a viewing party

Unable to get a place on the processional route? Viewing parties are organized around London and vary in price. One place, you might go is the Stafford Hotel, where they will have a large screen TV in more British food and beer (on reservation) for about $140 per person.

Save tours for after marriage

Tourists expect to go outside and see the sights minutes after Kate and say "I do", think again - many attractions will be closed since it will be a holiday.

Attractions not to Miss

And you can forget to enjoy tea while you are in London - this time, the style of Royal marriage. The restaurant of the Podium at the Hilton is offering "Sapphire tea" about 52 $ per person, including white cake with icing "bouquet" chocolate, biscuit tile with blueberries and cakes with "K" and "W" iced decorations blueberry jam. (The full menu is available on their website).

If money is no object and you are looking for the ultimate experience of Royal marriage, you and five other persons can stay in London from April 28 to May 2 - in the Royal Suite at the Hyatt Regency London Churchill hotel. This "Royal Opulence" package was not only your three bedrooms and bathroom marble, trimmed rooms with floral arrangements by Moyse Stevens, amenities of Floris bathroom and marriage truffle Royal Edition limited by delivery in room, but you also have a private gymnasium and terraces above London. Some other benefits include a limousine with driver, a Butler, who is a former Royal butler and a Cook private for the entire weekend. The end of the week price is about $ 50,000.

The Secret of the fresh air company

I received a strange mission: part "Of Brewster million" and "Amazing Race" of the part: fly from Miami to New York City - and spend as much as possible on air transport costs.

First step: buy a ticket for $360. If do you by phone and want to speak of a man, it goes you additional cost of $25.

Second step: walking in the airport, where the money seems to be spent for you without you even try. I was walking at a booth, where, after having waited a few minutes, I was introduced to Candy, kiosk Manager. I indulged quickly extra legs, even if only there was one seat left and I was paying additional $ 50 for a seat on the environment.

In the past months, airlines tried desperately to increase prices to reflect soaring fuel costs. They had a moderate success. But they have made progress with the cost of air transport: approximately 7% of their turnover, and most of their profits now come from them.

I decided to return to the booth, of making investment $33 buy additional miles. Then I saw the dream of a loyalty and before that I knew, I bought triple miles.

It is the time to check my luggage. Needless to say that Candy was not pleased that one of my bags weighed 55 pounds. I paid the $160 for two bags. As if he could not get any worse, my luggage was oversized and I was forced to dissect one hundred an other bucks.

And then there was the pet. Candy I was asked if I had a puppy, and although Nemo I deals with love, it is clearly a stuffed animal. Nevertheless, I paid $125 to be on a leash.

At the time that I got on the plane, I have already swiped my credit card several times that I could rely, for tickets, miles, space for legs, bags and obviously Nemo.

Even after boarding the aircraft, it was impossible to put the credit card. I couldn't help but pay $6 for television (but there are hundreds of channels!) and grimaced that I paid $24 a "savory snack box" from the menu in flight. If they had blankets, I would have bought one of those too.

While the ticket to run only $400, I have accumulated over $ 540 in additional costs.

But it could have been worse. I had stolen from Frontier Airlines after moose hunting, I could have verified the Moose, but would have been charged a fee of $100 to make the wood on board!

I finally did in New York, where I met our engineering of the fare, Genevieve Shaw Brown, a travel blogger, and an expert. It offers a way to save: packages.

She said, "" you just grouping these things together saves money, and here's why: hotels and airlines are most comfortable price in a package as opposed to the price of standalone. ""

Before you go on your next trip, plan ahead and look for a package of agreements. I hope that you will be able to avoid my mistakes and keep your credit card, sweeping Bay.

Best places for royal 'I' looking to make

If expect to see many of the pump and circumstance which went with parade of Golden Jubilee of the Queen at 2002.A list of best vantage points in London for each type of royal wedding watcherSpots include Hyde Park, Trafalgar Square and street parties in East and South London
Only a half of persons is line the procession routeAnother that half a million people should watch the marriage on screens in Hyde Park

And what a show, it will not - horse-drawn carriages, guard of honour and nice batch of uniforms.

A chance, says the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson "to show the world how we enjoy our traditions and that we know how to throw a party."

It promises to be a memorable event, with the Royal procession taking in some of the most prestigious sights of the capital, including Westminster Abbey, Downing Street, the houses of Parliament, and of course Buckingham Palace.

But where you will be when the prince and his fiancée say "I do"?

Crush surfing: how to get around London on the big day

Couch potatoes pure royalist, we have developed a guide to the best vantage points for each type of watcher marriage together in London.

The pure

It is a chance to show the world how we enjoy our traditions and that we know how to throw a party.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson.

For the truly dedicated wedding watcher, the only place to be April 29 is outside Buckingham Palace, the official London residence of the British monarchy, where begins the procession.

Located in St. James Park verdurous area, East Front Palace will be a fantastic place to attend the beginning and the end of the wedding procession - as well as kiss very important balcony.

A parade horse drawn will be led by its front doors and the Queen will host celebration of wedding reception within its walls.

Other points of view along the route include The Mall, the horse guard Parade, Whitehall and Parliament Square.

With half a million people in the route of the line, first positions are likely to be snaffled at dawn, or even before - with lot of people planning to camp out to bag the best positions. So if you want a view of the front seat, prepare and be early!

Hotel royal wedding last minute for all budgets

Happy camper

For those who want to be spared the crushing of the royalists wanted, but still fancy copping eyeful and make a day of it, and then a number of locations in London will host the giant screens, live marriage around the town of broadcasting.

Hyde Park will act as the main "overflow" point of crowds, with representatives of preparation for approximately 500 000 people. And three giant outdoor cinema screens, Hyde Park will have its own "celebration" observation of the wheel, offering spectacular views of the parks.

Other screens will be held in Trafalgar Square - right in the heart of all the shares - which may contain approximately 10 000 people and Clapham Common in South London, which will also have it's own feast of street.

The party animal

To encourage a carnival atmosphere appropriate, local councils have been requested to relax the rules for people to organize neighborhood celebrations.

Fetes little more than 4 000 is intended to come into eruption on roads without contention around the country come April 29.

Among the best parties streets in London will be alternative Leonard Street Royale Street Festival of marriage in Shoreditch, East London, which promises "fancy dress, cocktails, bunting and flags" as well as the celebration of marriage Royal of Battersea High Street, showing coverage of the marriage in among "Eaters of feuéchasseur the walking and donkey rides.".

There is even a street party planned for the Republicans from Britain to Holborn in London's West End.

And if you're not one of the few privileged attending two receptions at Buckingham Palace, head to the London South Bank for The Alternative Royal wedding reception, which will be the host of "comedy, cabaret and entertainment." Dress your best frock of marriage to get rebates from drink.

Parties will extend into the night, including 1980s right Royal knees Up to the Club of cheese and A Royal marriage of convenience with a line-up of "Guest DJ" special game in the small hours of the morning.

For information on the parties and receptions around the capital visit TimeOut London sites and visit London.

The couch potato

If it is all too, why not enjoy the big day in the comfort of your home?

With live TV coverage is expected to attract a global audience of about two billion dollars, The Royal Channel be broadcasting the event live via YouTube, accompanied by a live multimedia blog set up by the St. James Palace.

What you should know about loyalty Miles

After three decades to win and combustion of frequent flyer miles, what we know about their value?

On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the mile - American has launched the first program focused on the mileage in May 1981 - there is no answer to this question. But what we have are ways more than ever to assess the value of a mile. For better or for worse, depending on your point of view, the only consistency between these values is their variability.

Given that the vast majority of the airline miles is used for tickets to award national coach, at a price of 25,000 miles in most programs, a golden rule of basis for the value of a mile of loyalty is the average price of a ticket of paid coach (approximately $350 currently) divided by the miles required, giving us a nominal value of 1.4 ￠ each.

To account for the inconvenience and difficulties - sometimes unable - to find seats at all prices, I infer 0.2 cents of the nominal value, giving us an average value per mile of 1.2 cents.

In most programs, it is possible to obtain more or less value, depending on the market of a comparable paid ticket price.

Cashing in 25,000 miles for a ticket that could be purchased for $100 rendements.4 cents (four tenths of a cent).

On the other hand, to Exchange 100,000 miles for a ticket of class Affairs for Europe at the price of almost $ 11,000 gives a nominal value per mile of 11 cents, a little less with the hassle factor adjustment.

Now again, there are more ways to assess the value of a mile of loyalty.

Merchandise was presented in the catalogues of prices of airlines and outside for years. Although it is an attractive option in theory, in practice these redemptions generally deliver low value.

A few examples at random:

Camera Nikon 14.2 Megapixel Digital SLR, available on BestBuy for $588, costs of 91 000 United miles, producing approximately 0.6 cents for each mile redeemed.

An Amazon Kindle 3 G + WiFi Bundle sale $ 189 at Amazon, fresh 83,400 miles in the program of Delta, or environ.2 cents per mile.

The history of frequent flyer miles is one of the most resemblance to a traditional currency such as dollars, yen or euro.

This evolution has taken a step forward in February when dotcoms, a ubiquitous facilitator of conversion and Exchange miles and loyalty points, teamed up with PayPal to allow programs of the Americans, US Airways and Aeroplan members to redeem their miles for cash credit in a PayPal account. From there, cash can be used to offset purchases paid for the use of PayPal, sent to anyone with an email address or transferred to a linked bank account.

Convenience is one thing, something other value again. And the value differs greatly depending on which program miles are converted into dollars.

Redeem miles for cash American PayPal gives a value per mile of 0.42 cents, approximately one-third the average miles used for flights. Aeroplan Miles are closer to half of the value of miles redeemed flights to choking cents each. And the US Airways miles are worth a maigre.083 ￠ each, approximately 6% of the value of the miles used to fly.

Value of the considerations set aside, there is now only a single degree of separation between miles and cash. The next and last stage: a debit-like card, loaded miles of frequent travellers who have a cash value when used for the purchase of goods and services.

There were other steps in the direction of miles as money baby, each making its own contribution to the concept of consumers' of what a mile is worth.

Bringing Steaks of soldiers

"Holy Catfish!", said Harvey Gough, and the only reason why I use this quotation is because it is one of the few as possible. The Texas 71 native years has this that used to be called "colourful vocabulary", but I do not think that same Crayola may be a part of his words justice.

But never mind catfish; Gough wants to talk about steak. After all, he has helped 32,000 cooked in the past 10 years, most of them to U.S. troops overseas. This is what the Group of charities based in Dallas, he founded: Gough calls it, the Mission of the team of Steak.

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Gough (pronounced "goff") is a good cook? "What kind of question [unprintable adjective] is which?" he bristles.

OK, OK, he spent much of the past 50 years as a restaurateur, slinging burgers, so Gough can work without a doubt a grill. And he knows something about the army too, after more than three decades in the Texas Army National Guard.

The experience of the latter left Gough with many contacts VIP (knowledge include some former President who is a native of the Lone Star State), and he does not hesitate to call one of them. In fact, just after the attacks of du 11 11 September, Gough, now of the army, said that he was on the phone with a member named Tommy Franks to ask what he could do to help, because as Gough likes to say, "not free freedom." The General was naturally occupied and hung up on Gough.

The man is nothing if not persistent, and he kept the appeal. Finally, it strikes on a plan to make steaks of soldiers. That message got through.

Gough plowed up by tons of Red Ribbon (which means dealing with all kinds of beings lesser Gough designates as "swampers" and "dog thieves") to finally get the green light. Travailler work with military brass, said Gough, is "as" grow wet spaghetti in the street.

But he persevered, and in early 2002 he has been in Uzbekistan, just north of the Afghanistan, cooking steaks to the troops stationed there.

In passing, Gough likes to sign as "steak6" on communications to his team - the six digit being the military jargon for "leader".

So why do cook steaks? To show those who serve as people to care. "It ' s…something of the House,"he said, for once hesitate a little."."

Here is what is in the menu for the military:

Hors d'oeuvres: Locked in a piece of netting Jalapeno wrapped in a slice of bacon
Entry: tenderloin 8 oz cooked to order choice
Side: Ranch-style beans (with some jalapenos) and cornbread (dotted with jalapenos)
Dessert: Ice cream bar

Alert readers will notice the preponderance of certain a pepper spiced, but Gough, a true man of the Southwest, seems perplexed questions in this regard: "They are good!" he said of jalapenos.

People who have sampled his food sure seem to love. Gough noted that several soldiers told him, "it's the best damn steak I've ever had".

He has since taken the steak show on the road in Kuwait, Iraq, Djibouti, Bucca and more, over the USS Nimitz ("We were fed 5,000 sailors on the deck, what they call their"steel Beach"," he says proudly).

It does not do it alone, of course. Gough gets lots of help from several business people more Dallas sponsors give money or to give steaks to the cost or to provide other services; American Airlines, for example, contributed to thousands of pounds of meat of DFW flies to Frankfurt.

CEO Pay has increased by 23% in 2010

 

CEOs of the largest US companies received pay average of $ 11.4 million in 2010, at 23% in one year, according to a searchable list compiled by the AFL-CIO this week.

At the top of the list is the CEO of media Viacom Inc., Philippe Dauman, which received over 84.5 million, according to the AFL - CIO, Federation of hand of more important work of the country.

The top five highest paid CEO on the list were:

1 Viacom, Philippe Dauman, $ 84.5 million

2 Occidental Petroleum, Ray Irani, 76.1 million

3 Oracle, Lawrence Ellison, $ 70.1 million

4 McKesson, John Hammergren, 54.6 million

5 DirecTV, Michael White, $ 32.9 million

The estimate of CEO pay is based on 299 companies in the S & P 500 Index which executive compensation is available for 2010. The CEO of 299 received a combined total of 3.4 billion in 2010, enough to pay the median wages of ordinary workers 102,325. The median salary for all occupations was $ 33,190 in 2009, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

"Despite the collapse of the financial market in the hands of executives under the age of three years, the disparity between the CEO and the wages of workers has continued to grow to levels that are simply stunning," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said in a prepared statement.

The release of the AFL-CIO "Executive Paywatch" is part of a campaign to strengthen the reform of Wall Street and corporate tax loopholes, said Trumka.

The Executive Paywatch page, following remuneration of the Executive since 1997, is the most visited part of the site Web AFL - CIO, according to Josh Goldstein, spokesman for the Organization of the work. He said that the plans of the AFL-CIO to update the list with the other case studies and executive pay for other S & P 500 CEO later this year.

Most of the S & P 500 companies does not report their premiums Executive until March or April, depending on the financial year of business.

How does not having stolen when you travel

10 tried and tested tips on not falling prey in places where other travelers have.

1. Don't be drunk.

Large, flesh-eating predators on planet Earth have always had a natural instinct to sniff out sick, injured and weak prey. Nocturnal human predators are no different -- and there's no weaker animal on the Serengeti of nightlife than a wasted foreigner.

This one's obvious, but is also probably the most common slip.

2. Don't look rich.

This one goes out to Brazil, where literally every horror story I've heard from friends (including one who survived a double gunshot wound in the stomach and the murder of his companion) starts with a display of wealth.

Don't get me wrong -- you can be doing nothing flashy and still get caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, in Brazil or anywhere. But you dramatically increase your chances of getting robbed if you look like you might have a lot in your pockets or backpack ... or if you're driving a nice car.

You don't have to strive to look destitute, but you should strive to look like you're not carrying much on you at the moment.

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3. The kids don't play.

This rule applies in countries with serious income disparities (like Brazil or Kenya), and especially in urban areas.

Very few children -- regardless of where in the world you are -- will approach you with malicious intent, but poor kids in big cities are different. They may have been hardened early by the street life or acquired very bad role models (usually their accomplice). And in cities like Rio and Nairobi, they're the most dangerous people on the street simply (and sadly) because they have very little to lose.

In Brazil, if a group of adolescent kids (for age, think "Ciudad de Dios") approaches me at night, I feel it's a scheme to pick my pocket, best case. Worst case, they're either about to rob me with a gun or set me up for someone older to rob me with a gun. I cover my pockets, ignore them completely, and walk quickly to a well-lit and highly populated area as fast as I can.

If you stop in the shadows to try to figure out what they're asking, you're about to get got.

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4. Watch the people watching you.

Ever seen a Discovery Channel lion spot an unsuspecting herd of gazelle through the tall grass? They get very low to the ground, put their ears back and stare with intent.

Drug addicts are no different, and the majority of people who make bold robbery attempts -- whether violent or not -- are some sort of drug addict. The good news is addicts aren't even close to as smooth as lions.

If you're watching the people who are watching you, they'll eventually break that stare at your video camera and make eye contact with you. It can be a pretty intense moment, but in the end, they'll realize you're not the low-hanging fruit they were hoping for.

Which brings me to the next rule ...

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5. Don't be the low-hanging fruit; be the lion.

People who rob people are desperate. They're willing to take risks, but they also calculate those risks because they know the stakes are high.

Suppose you're walking around Madrid, carrying a DSLR camera that's attracting a lot of attention. The minute the schemer shifts his gaze from your camera to your eyes, there's an instant evaluation. Either you're low-hanging fruit, or you're not. If you've ignored rule #1, you're already getting followed and it's just a matter of time before they make their move.

If, on the other hand, you appear sober, aware and confident, they're probably going to pass and wait for something easier. Say you're observing rule #3 and notice you've caught the attention of three kids on the sidewalk ahead of you. Look them right in the eye, make fists, puff out your chest and confidently walk on by. If you know how to say "how it's going" in their language, even better.

You never want anyone to look at you like the low-hanging fruit; you want them to look and think, "there's a decent chance this one would be the wrong one to screw with. I'll just wait for the sicker, weaker, more injured tourist."

6. Root for the home team.

I lived in the San Telmo area of Buenos Aires, Argentina, for 8 months in 2005. It was extremely safe and I never had a problem.

The barrio next door was La Boca, home to La Bombonera -- a massive stadium where the beloved Boca Juniors fútbol club plays. To get the full effect of the Boca games, I'd sit in the "public section," notorious for fights and in-stadium stabbings, beatings and robberies. I made sure never to bring a camera, wallet, watch, or anything else that made it seem like I had something of value on me.

I also dressed in Boca colors. Sure, I had authentic love for Boca, but whatever my fan affiliation, you couldn't have paid me to walk into that section wearing anything but home team gear.

7. Put expensive stuff where they won't expect.

No, I'm not saying to keep your iPod in your underwear. This is about the stuff you're not taking out of the hotel when you go out at night.

Most people who rob hotel rooms are freaked out -- scared as hell they might get caught -- and as a result, they're usually in a huge hurry. Some are probably high.

They run in with flashlights and take all the big bags and stuff near the outlets. Don't make it easy for them to find your most expensive, irreplaceable items. Store your laptop under a chair or bed when you go out at night. It's not an FBI search ... many rocks will be left unturned.

If you leave all your electronics on the desk, you'll be left with nothing. If you stash them in random places, you'll be short a few beach towels. Worth doing for peace of mind alone.

8. Listen to the locals.

I've never crossed over to "the wrong side of the tracks" and suddenly gotten robbed. But I have been walking between neighborhoods and been told sternly that it's crazy to let my little sister keep her DSLR out to take pictures.

Locals can be overprotective (with kind intentions), but whenever someone sticks their neck out to explain that the street you just turned onto ain't the best for tourists, rules #1-5 should be observed with increased diligence. And it's usually a good idea to heed the advice.

9. Be smart about cabs.

The safest thing to do is call and order every cab you take, but when you're out at a bar in a country where you don't speak the language, finding someone to call you a cab isn't always realistic.

The second best option is flagging down a cab that's driving by. If you get in a cab that's just been sitting there "lying in wait," you're increasing the chances of getting yourself into trouble.

The guys who offer you cabs inside the airport are always super shady, and it's never smart to go with them. Always best to go straight to the professional and hopefully regulated "cab line" at any foreign (or domestic) airport.

Getting in unmarked cabs and cabs that have another dude in the passenger seat is also always a bad idea.

10. Recognize when a bad situation is developing and get out of there.

Not all crime is skillfully premeditated and executed -- oftentimes it's improvised.

Some local punks take note of the fact you're alone or vulnerable and you have something they want. If you're observing rule #4 and you see people talking about you and looking over at you, there's no reason to hang out and see if it's just your imagination.

Always err on the side of caution and get out of there fast as you can, preferably to a well-lit place with lots of people. Nine times out of 10 they'll realize the opportunity has passed and carry on with whatever they were doing before they noticed you.

Yes, you can afford to go to Europe this year

 

It is a great year to go to Europe - as many of the major events and those, too obscure.

For example, if you go to London, it is that the Royal Wedding set for April 29 (I would provide more details except my invitation seems to be lost in the mail). If the royals are not your thing, it is also the 49th anniversary of a group called the Rolling Stones, and I understand that they did rather well.

In other areas, it is the 250th anniversary of the first veterinary school, Lyon, France. expect even more yappy dogs little Frolic at the sidewalk cafés. Or the 150th anniversary of a unified Italy and search for driving across the country, especially in Turin.

But you do not have a reason to go to Europe. all you need is a ticket, preferably a relatively cheap. And this is where enter.

The best time to fly in Europe? Easy. Just learn the secret of the seasons of plane ticket.

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The price of the ticket most is ruled by a consideration: the airlines want to get as much cash from you as possible. This my, you practice too. I have yet to meet the home-seller who said, "Gee, I don't know if this couple can really allow my McMansion called sidewalk, so I better lower the price.".

Capacity comes into play too, especially on domestic flights. U.S. airlines were ditches seats left and right in recent years and by controlling seat supply, prices of the stream and flow with the application.

It is a story a little different on international routes, especially when it comes to Europe because the price of tickets is primarily governed by the seasons.

To some extent, it is obvious: the summer is the season more expensive to fly because it is the time where everyone wants to travel and winter is less expensive, because few wish to stroll the Champs-Elysees in a blizzard (OK)(, blizzards are rare in Parismais snow has made close to the Eiffel Tower this past December).

What to do? To begin with, namely the seasons of your ticket European, especially when they start and end.

Historically, the season ticket for Europe begins in very late may or the first week of June and ends in late August, more generally in the last week of the month.

A Web site with a calendar of research of flexible ticket like mine can tell you when the price breaks are exactly, so you can plan your route accordingly.

If you are travelling with the family - that is to say, bringing the children - and you do not want to take them to school, travel in late August or early September to save. Or if their mandate ends at the beginning, go to mid-May.

Do not dismiss winter trip, either. You have no idea how uncomfortable may be a novel August? Try "unbearably hot" - he said in fact that of Italian tourism website (although to be fair, I never found as well).

Winter trip has other benefits that outweigh the chill: fewer crowds will mean less long lines to enter the popular attractions and a more peaceful pace which allows for better interaction with the locals. At least it is this that traveller based in Atlanta Cheryl Potts discovered when she went on Tour Italy last November.

"One of our friends got soaked to the skin in a downpour," said Potts, "so personal nice restaurant of Rome took his shirt and had dried and pressed while we ate." They even give her a sheet to tile wear! ?

Try to get this kind of caring service in a trattoria packaged in July.

Prince William Honeymoon could stimulate Australian travel

Prince William and Kate Middleton, the future can make Australia for their Royal honeymoon destination, a perspective that has officials from tourism in the ready to fire their barbies, according to The Telegraph.

"I love scuba diving." I always wanted to dive the [great] coral barrier, "said Prince William to the international press that he promised to boost business and tourism in areas prone to disasters in the Australia."

"I will have to return - perhaps that we will have a honeymoon period in Cairns", said the Prince according to The Telegraph.

Decision of the prince could be an economic boom in the industry of tourism in areas handed cyclone Yasi.

"The media follows William and the world seeks fame and when people come it gets broadcast across the world," Andrew McEvoy, Director General of Tourism Australia, told ABCNews.com.

In fall 2010, the Queen of the gab, Oprah Winfrey, announced on the first episode of last season that it was taking his audience of 300 people in a trip to the land down under. The journey to "the oprah winfrey" show audience and crew was part of the content strategy of mark of the Australia of tourism, which has led to a large four hours earlier this year and aired.

The Group flew in Australia on Board of a plane inhabited by twice nominated Oscar John Travolta for several days vacation which included stops in Melbourne, Sydney and the great barrier reef. The visit of several million dollars, sponsored by Tourism Australia was part of the offer to attract more Americans as U.S. travel in the region began to taper off the coast.

There are 5.9 million visitors in Australia in the year ending January 31, 2011, which represents an increase of 5.8%, according to the Australian Bureau of statistics.

For an industry that rakes at 25 billion each year, this is big news. If it is too early to determine the Oprah effect, the organization is to see an increase in the investigations following the broadcast, which would have been the second most-talked about episode of the season.

"We have certainly seen a hike in interest," said McEvoy. "Fifty percent of the population that it [the show] said that they want to go to Australia and 3.3% who has seen that he actually booked a holiday, which means approximately 140,000 who actually given the show already booked a travel".

The number is high in view of the land of wonder typically receives 480 000 Americans who visit each year.

Since his stay, some areas that Winfrey visited have been recovering from devastating storms that left parts of the cities under water for days. It is these floodplains that Prince William made a visit to during his trip this week and the areas that could use the whip kick.

But, a moon of honey by two which may rule one day in England as King and Queen could have the effect Oprah? "If the couple chooses honeymoon in Australia it represents tremendous value for the Australia and the Australian tourism industry," said McEvoy.

Ugly Americans: Watch your chopsticks and your feet!

In Asia, it is never a good idea to stick your chopsticks straight up - rice it is how the food is offered to the dead. And while you're there, don't pass your chopsticks to someone else at the table - which is a Buddhist funeral rite.

But if you are the Japan, it is OK to eat noodles. Not to fill your own glass with alcohol; Instead, you should for others and wait for them to reciprocity. Otherwise, they you think you're an alcoholic. And to show appreciation, give a gift, never cash.

These missteps are some of the many that American travellers should avoid when you explore the world, according to a new online guide to the international label provided by Lonely Planet. The guide covers the consumption habits, table manners, tipping and bargaining, body language and the label of the company.

Lonely Planet is the largest travel guide book and the Publisher of digital media in the world, approximately 500 titles in eight languages, as well as editions of programmes TV, magazine, mobile phone applications and web sites.

"It celebrates the pleasure of the trip," said U.S. editor Robert Reid, whose team drew together blocked various intercultural books. "It is the years to go to a large number of these places." They are sometimes funny and sometimes they are instructive. The idea of label is what makes the great voyages. ?

On the list, but one of the favourite Reid travel tips is the way in which a Bulgarian, said "Yes".

"They shake Yes and nod No." The reverse of our actions of heads. It is the hazelnut and hilarious. They have perhaps made to confuse the Ottoman Empire or the Greeks. "It knows with certainty," he said.

"You are also not allowed to say"no", many in Asia.". It is one thing to lose face. If you ask, "can I do this?" they say yes, and you get a quick look decline, which usually means not. There is something not wanting to feel bad. ?

Some of the tips reflect historical customs. The handshake, uses now the world begins, in the Fiji Islands, there are approximately two centuries after Reid.

He said "You can also choose your nose in Asia". "About 90% of the world resumed their nose." Someone in England is dead for some years there are to do so. His nosebleed got so bad, he fell and died. If it is that serious, perhaps people should go to China and the Thailand where people generally walk with their fingers to their noses. ?

In the Portugal restaurants, do not ask of salt and pepper or you will be insulted the Cook, who is respected. Never go Dutch Paris - splitting of the draft Act, or even talk of money at the table, is at the hauteur of questioning.

Be careful waving a Greek with an open Palm, the equivalent of their reversal of the bird. Is similarly true in England, where the sign of victory staggering motion towards the high ground up yours.

The Lonely Planet guide also includes helpful drinking advice.

In Armenia, if you empty a bottle glass of a person, it requires to buy the next. In Australia, "shouting" drinks is a venerated custom, as the locals are buying other shells.

In Russia, vodka is for drinking, not step for sipping casual. Men but not women, are expected to the bottom of the shots in a gulp. And always place the empty bottle on the floor.

Pay attention to your feet, too.