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What is a "backup" flight?

12/25/2015 12:07:20 AM United (and many other airlines) do this frequently for a number of reasons, including situations like yours. The simple answer is that yes, you have a “confirmed” reservation on both flights – but you only have a ticket on one. To understand exactly what they are doing you need to know the […]

Is it more expensive to buy airplane tickets around Christmas?

1/4/2016 10:30:54 AM According to Cheapair.com’s analysis of 1.5 billion domestic airfares over almost 5 million trips the answer is no, it is not more expensive to buy at Christmas simply because it is Christmas. The price fluctuates considerably with a sweet spot of cheap stability seen “one to four months out”. You may well […]

How does the SNCF Voyageur program work?

5/29/2014 4:40:02 AM What tickets I can and can’t get credit for Benefits accrue for SNCF journeys in France (not including TER, Transilien, iDTGV and Ouigo) priced at more than €9 or the Forfait fare, and for selected international journeys. (Source) What’s the earnings rate (per segment, per mile, per euro, something else?) Per journey, […]

Which countries allow tourists to get married without the long wait for the marriage licence?

5/10/2014 10:44:31 PM You’d have to verify this, but Las Vegas could be an option. However, the question is whether your country of residence accepts this marriage; contacting the US consulate of your home country might be a good idea; they would also be able to tell you what you’d have to do to validate […]

What is the "White Schengen list"?

8/10/2017 10:18:49 PM You can probably glean a list of the countries from this map on Wikipedia regarding Visa Free entry for all EU citizens (or go through the big table on the associated webpage). map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_European_Union_citizens#/media/File:Visa_requirements_for_the_European_Union_citizens.png webpage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_European_Union_citizens What exactly is unaccompanied baggage? How do I use it? 12/21/2015 5:13:58 PM This is a […]

Have anyone experienced inspection of their laptop or digital media content?

5/9/2014 6:02:26 PM I watch Border Security, which shows Canadian border officials at land crossings and airports. They show the officers in secondary looking through people’s phones very frequently. (Typically their lies fall apart because they have all these texts and emails about what they are going to do when they get to Canada, and […]

What exactly is unaccompanied baggage? How do I use it?

12/14/2015 7:27:40 PM Unaccompanied baggage is freight or cargo. For the formalities you need to go to the excess baggage counter at the airport when you check in. It is an alternative to having to pay excess baggage fees. The unaccompanied part means that your luggage doesn’t travel on the same flight as you do; […]

Can I get a Tallinja card on arrival at Malta airport?

Can I get a Tallinja card on arrival at Malta airport?

11/12/2022 4:42:31 AM The other answers here are still correct, but also, there are now some Tallinja card vending machines in the arrivals hall and by the bus stop itself. This is especially handy if you have an early or late flight and the human-staffed sales outlets are closed. Singapore visa accidentally issued with old […]

Is it feasible to visit the Yarra Valley by public transport?

5/9/2014 11:44:12 AM Possible, yes. Feasible, only barely. Yarra Valley is fundamentally car country and not having your own wheels handicaps you pretty badly; you can use the buses to get to the towns, but the whole point of visiting Yarra (for most visitors, anyway) is to tour the wineries, most of which are nowhere […]

Singapore visa accidentally issued with old passport number. Can I still travel?

12/21/2019 10:16:36 AM I had been in exact same scenario and It was the airline check-in people (airindia in my case) was the ones who worried most about it. They finally let me through saying it is my responsibility if there is a deport and I have to pay back for the return flight and […]

Options for a cruise from Helsinki to St Petersburg

Options for a cruise from Helsinki to St Petersburg

2/22/2016 2:49:09 PM I went from Heksinki to St Petersburg with my family and it was amazing – the ship just slid across – I didn’t feel a wave – amazing food also – it seemed to take exactly 12 hours from 6 pm to 6am.All the Visa stuff was organised by the shipping company […]

Can I take rifle scope (scope only) in checked luggage to India

12/4/2015 4:55:07 PM Rifle Scope Imports are RESTRICTED India restricts the import of rifle scopes, as per the list of restricted item downloaded from the Indian Directorate General of Foreign Trade website: +———+————+—————————————+————+ | Item n. | Identifier | Description | Status | +———+————+—————————————+————+ | 400. | 9013 10 10 | Telescopic sights for fitting […]

How to speed up an accident insurance report in case of an accident in another EU country than your own?

11/14/2014 3:46:01 AM Much like other beaurocratic processes, all things take time. When you consider how many parties are involved – you, the other party, your insurance, their insurance, independent claims assessors, potentially police, witnesses (if any). Each party isn’t going to act on it immediately – they have other work today. Maybe they’ll get […]

Minimum drink age aboard a commercial flight in Canada

11/10/2015 12:56:02 AM Interestingly it seems to be down to the airline, here’s a Daily Mail article about and a Huffington Post piece. From the first link: Is there a drinking age restriction? Despite restrictions imposed in bars and clubs, there is actually not a limit enforced during flights. Individual airlines have to decide which […]

How do peak/off peak times work on the TfL network with the Oyster card?

12/28/2021 11:21:27 PM There is a 5 min grace period So Peak is from 635 to 927 And from 1605 to 1857 https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-1798-1718 I have forgotten my ID proof and I'm doing an Indian domestic flight. Can I still fly? 11/2/2015 1:50:03 PM I phoned TfL to find the answer to this. It’s simple and […]

Why do conductors hold on to your ticket for the duration of the ride in ex-eastern block countries?

5/28/2014 1:04:33 PM Those who say it is a leftover from Soviet times are correct. But the reasoning was far more prosaic than the totalitarian restrictions on traveling: financial accountancy. Conductors would happily let you ride for a bribe (which amounted to a fraction of the official fare). To fight that, there were inspections. An […]

Can I get European-wide traffic predictions similar to the one from Paris?

4/30/2014 11:31:21 AM Go to Google Maps, find the city for which you want to find historical traffic information Click on Satellite, then on Traffic Click on “change” next to “Live Traffic” Slide the time bar to the desired time and day of the week. This feature works in all major cities worldwide. Is there […]

I have forgotten my ID proof and I'm doing an Indian domestic flight. Can I still fly?

I have forgotten my ID proof and I'm doing an Indian domestic flight. Can I still fly?

7/2/2018 5:42:41 AM Let me start by saying that I strongly recommend that you carry an original government issued ID proof with you while travelling by air. There is a wide list of documents you can carry including: 1-Passport 2-PAN card 3-Adhar card 4-Drivers Licence 5-Voters Identity Card 6-Photo ID card issued by any of […]

Ceramic knives and airport (or any other) security

10/7/2015 6:30:54 AM To a large extent it depends what type of knife you’re talking about. Many/most ceramic knives will still contain sufficient metal to trigger a metal detector. In the case of “pocket knife” style knives, this will normally be in the body of the knife. For kitchen knives there will often be metal […]

Belarus/Russia border and passport control

12/9/2017 1:29:26 PM There are land border checkpoints. The Belarus side mostly doesn’t check a thing, however the Russian side has started to perform checks, due to Belarus’ new “5 days visa-free” rule. Russia and Belarus do not recognize each others visas and do not have uniform immigration law. Even more so, those land checkpoints […]

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