Abbreviations
Jun 28, 2001 | 8:14 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Jackson, MS USA
Posts: 11
Abbreviations
I have noticed on the FlyerTalk bulletin boards frequent use of abbreviations for airlines, airports, frequent flyer programs, airport lounge programs and so on. Is there a source defining all these definitions since I have yet to deduce the meaing of some of them? If so, where?
Thank you.
Thank you.
Jun 28, 2001 | 8:30 am
#2
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Mill Creek,WA USA
Posts: 148
A good place to start would be in airline system schedules. I.e. United's World Time-table has has airports listed alphabetically with 3 letter airport code and vice versa. It also has a simple explanation of services available. I'm sure other airlines provide similar information in their "system schedules. Newspaper travel sections some-times list airline abreviations,that a lot of times defy logic. This site is also an excellent source.
Jun 28, 2001 | 9:10 am
#3
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: Massachusetts, USA; AA 2.996MM & Plat Pro, DL 1MM, GM & Flying Colonel
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Airport/city codes:
http://www.airportcitycodes.com
Airline codes (alphabetically by airline):
http://www.travelsucks.com/tools/airline-codes.html
Airline codes (alphabetically by code):
http://www.wajb.freeserve.co.uk/codes.htm
There are also many other sites with the same information.
For odd abbreviations I don't recognize, I usually do a Google search on them, perhaps with a few words of context like "airport" or "travel" to narrow it down by eliminating the same abbreviation as used in technology, medicine and everywhere else.
http://www.airportcitycodes.com
Airline codes (alphabetically by airline):
http://www.travelsucks.com/tools/airline-codes.html
Airline codes (alphabetically by code):
http://www.wajb.freeserve.co.uk/codes.htm
There are also many other sites with the same information.
For odd abbreviations I don't recognize, I usually do a Google search on them, perhaps with a few words of context like "airport" or "travel" to narrow it down by eliminating the same abbreviation as used in technology, medicine and everywhere else.