In case ofwar... would your travels really decrease?
 

Personally, I'm not sure it would affect me at all. I'd still travel, just not to sensitive areas in the world where I wouldn't go now anyway.

How about you all? Maybe I'm missing something, but why would a war directly impact YOUR decision to travel?

I know the indirect impacts may be due to a lagging economy, more layoffs, etc. but I can't think of one reason why I'd stop travelling.

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I intend to continue booking itineraries as long as UA stays flying... Hopefully that is through 2004, but we shall see...

If UA goes under, then AS and AA win my business.

Personally I will probably continue to fly. However my employer has already started to discorage us from traveling outside of USA.

So I think it will make an impact.

I'm already booked March - April, transpac. I do have some misgivings, not so much about the war, if it happens...so be it, but more concerned UAL would stop flying and I would end up lord knows where http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif or having to pay middle seat coach instead of C (H fare/ug miles) on another airline.

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Not the least bit worried here. It has not affected my travels at all.

If prices go down significantly, especially to Europe, I anticipate traveling more.

SFO-KIX on March 27, bombs away in Iraq or not!

I am going to the middle east twice in April, so the answer may be yes for me, but only related to these routes.

If the deals start coming, I will travel even more.

More deals ... more travel....

Leaving for Paris 3/22 -- war or no war

Nope...no planes, no billings, no $$$.

I did recently take a pass on a deal in Egypt for May...not worth the argument with Mrs. CoMooter.

Clearly flying transatlantic or to South America or domestically etc you are nowhere near any war action and I personally would not bother on that score.

I cancelled this week a Thai Airways vacation flight SYD-BKK-ROME-MADRID. The BKK-ROME each way looked like it tracked directly OVER Iraq. Sure they will now divert commercial traffic, but not too far is my guess.

When that Texas cowboy finally lets loose with 800 cruise missiles/tomahawks a day in a blitzkreig and Sadaam starts firing back I do not want a "smart" missile thinking that nice big warm 747 nearby is its "target". http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif

In the Gulf War the 'success' rate/accuracy of those missiles was atrocious.

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[This message has been edited by ozstamps (edited 03-15-2003).]

To me the issue is not the direct consequences of war in Iraq, but the indirect consequences. If there is just one incident on a plane or at an airport, in "retaliation", then the majority of travellers will, in my opinion, be very wary of flying - period!

FYI I'm heading to the US later this week for a couple of weeks.

I will continue to fly as required. My flying is based on customer need and if there is a need, there is a ticket (for me).

I'm still traveling...war or no war. I think with 9/11, we've come to the realization that such extreme tragedies can occur almost anywhere, anytime--to the most gruesome degree. Thinking about those events, traveling may put some of us in even safer environments--especially those living in larger, cosmopolitan cities which are potential targets.