Why do flights leave early?

[Roland Perry]

In message <cXa1m.1$6l1.0@newsfe06.ams2>, at 22:18:37 on Fri, 26 Jun
2009, Buddenbrooks <knightstemplar@budweiser.com> remarked:
>> BMI-baby, however, only allow it 24hrs in advance of flying, which is
>>a significant disadvantage for homebound legs.
>
> I wonder why the only internet terminals at Stansted available to the
>public are after security.
>I know you have to print it out > 4Hrs but it would be a yseful option.

Several airlines have self check-in kiosks, which amount to the same
thing. Including a huge farm of BMI ones at Heathrow, and
Easyjet/Ryanair deploy them at some airports But BMI Baby doesn't have
any.
--
Roland Perry

[Baku]

"Neil Williams" <wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:56:20 +0100, William Black
> <william.black@***********.uk> wrote:
>
>>Bombay International scans them and stamps them all at security.
>
> Indian airport security is somewhat thorough compared with elsewhere,
> though. Indeed, one thing I found noticeable about India was that it
> is a country in some ways obsessed with security (though unlike
> somewhere like Israel much of it is security theatre rather than
> actual security).
>
> Neil
>
> --
> Neil Williams
> Put my first name before the at to reply.

I found Venezuela the same. Lots of army security for no particular reason.

Baku

[Henry]

William Black <william.black@***********.uk> wrote:

> Neil Williams wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:36:07 +0300, henry999@eircom.net (Henry) wrote:
> >
> >>It's the (in)famous 'revenge of the third world', which even the
> >>best-intentioned Westerner sometimes experiences there.
> >
> > I think that's a bit unfair, as it's done to Indian flyers as well.
>
> Indeed, if anything Indians get treated more strictly

Not by the cleaners or the porters, I daresay. Presumably the Indian
flyers can detect what level of respect / obedience is appropriate for
each of those various police style khaki bus conductor uniforms you
talked about.

cheers,

Henry

[Buddenbrooks]

"Neil Williams" <wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:32:29 +0100, "Buddenbrooks"
> <knightstemplar@budweiser.com> wrote:
>
>> Trusting they can find a Internet Cafe with a working printer at the
>> last
>>min?
>
> EZY let you print them ages in advance (at least a week). Don't know
> why Ryanair can't also allow this, so you'd do both before you go.
>

Ryan Air now allow 15 days in advance.

[Buddenbrooks]

I am looking to buy the largest in flight case I can that is sure to be
accepted by all the low cost airlines.
A collegue got caught going out of the UK by one airline and his next trip
he measured the airline's test cage and found it a millimeter or two smaller
than
the allowed baggage dimensions.

Has anyone had problems with 'soft' cases which go into cages if 'pushed'

Any recommendations

"William Black" <william.black@***********.uk> wrote in message
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> Henry wrote:
>
>> William Black <william.black@***********.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Neil Williams wrote:
>>>
>>> > On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:36:07 +0300, henry999@eircom.net (Henry) wrote:
>>> >
>>> >>It's the (in)famous 'revenge of the third world', which even the
>>> >>best-intentioned Westerner sometimes experiences there.
>>> >
>>> > I think that's a bit unfair, as it's done to Indian flyers as well.
>>>
>>> Indeed, if anything Indians get treated more strictly
>>
>> Not by the cleaners or the porters, I daresay.
>
> They're nowhere near as pushy with Indians as they are with Europeans.
>
> Presumably the Indian
>> flyers can detect what level of respect / obedience is appropriate for
>> each of those various police style khaki bus conductor uniforms you
>> talked about.
>
> Not really, they just get treated like cops by the locals.
>
> Ignored if possible, bribed if necessary.
>
>
> --
> William Black
>

[Buddenbrooks]

"Neil Williams" <wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:10:29 +0100, William Black
> Some people in London might support that, but equally it would seem to
> be totally impracticable.
>

Large quantities of luggage in an underground system is a safety problem
as it will block the exit path in an emergency.

In the event of an emergency evacuation of the underground system itself
it would cause baggage to be abandend and give security staff problems in
identifying suspicious
items.

Taxis and airport busses are really the answer for air travellers.

There may well be a case for extra baggage space on the line that services
an airport.

[Buddenbrooks]

"Neil Williams" <wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk> wrote in message
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> The downside of allowing it early is, I suppose, that check-in is a
> good way of finding out if the flight times might have changed
> slightly.
>

All the airlines I have used have sent several emails when the flight time
has changed.

I assume that even budget airlines would have to get you on the next
available flight free if you missed a flight after checking in and arriving
at the time stated.

In the past of course you had to phone in and re-confirm your flight 48hrs
before your return.

[Roland Perry]

In message <4a4616dd.431449781@news.***************>, at 12:57:20 on Sat,
27 Jun 2009, Neil Williams <wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk> remarked:
>Indeed, one thing I found noticeable about India was that it
>is a country in some ways obsessed with security (though unlike
>somewhere like Israel much of it is security theatre rather than
>actual security).

I was going through a metal detector arch (not at an airport) and the
man in front set it off. He took some keys from his pocket and said
"this'll be the problem" the guards readily agreed (and didn't scan him
by hand or ask him to back through the arch without the keys).
--
Roland Perry