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Old Sep 22, 2001 | 6:19 am
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FlyerTalkers Find Alternate Ways To Travel
Putting their collective heads together and pooling their resources, FlyerTalkers find a creative new way to travel, while avoiding new airport carry-on restrictions:

http://members.aol.com/premex/upload.../alttravel.jpg
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Old Sep 22, 2001 | 6:32 am
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No-one is wearing a seatbelt. Is that allowed under the new FAA rules?
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Old Sep 22, 2001 | 6:33 am
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I guess this explains the catering cuts.
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Old Sep 22, 2001 | 7:16 am
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But notice that we still got the car upgrade to the Mercedes
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Old Sep 22, 2001 | 7:24 am
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Looks like First Class on Tarom Romanian Airlnies to me.
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Old Sep 22, 2001 | 9:21 am
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Wow, times are tough: even the loads are down on those vehicles.
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Old Sep 22, 2001 | 10:05 am
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Old Sep 22, 2001 | 10:45 am
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PremEx, I was really hoping you wouldn't publish these.

I didn't want my competition's fine vehicles to get all that free publicity.
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Old Sep 22, 2001 | 10:49 am
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What about upgrades?
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Old Sep 22, 2001 | 10:52 am
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Anyone X-Ray those bundles for plastic shavers or nail files?
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Old Sep 22, 2001 | 11:12 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by avgas:
Looks like First Class on Tarom Romanian Airlnies to me. </font>
Yeah that's First Class alright...there's no animals!

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Old Sep 22, 2001 | 11:14 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Hunki:
What about upgrades?</font>
The people you CAN see? They are the ones who GOT the upgrades...

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Old Sep 22, 2001 | 11:16 am
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Pity the gate agents...
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Old Sep 22, 2001 | 11:58 am
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Right after this photo was taken, one of the vehicles had a mechanical and the driver decided to transfer all of his passengers onto the other one.
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Old Sep 22, 2001 | 12:09 pm
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The drivers are real pissed, as they heard about the UA Captains pay deal.
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