Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Flight from San Diego, Ca to Melbourne, Australia

Flight from San Diego, Ca to Melbourne, Australia?
I will be flying Quantas Airlines. Are they a good airline, do they have the individual tvs, etc? Also, I will leave San Diego Airport and fly to LAX, then to Melbourne, if you have done this, how long is the flight. Thank you
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I flew Qantas back in 2004 and loved it. Their service, crew and cabins were top notch! All seats contain a television system with movies, television programs, games and music The flight between LA and Melbourne is roughly about 14-15 hours. Add the flight from San Diego and expect your overall flying time to be around 15-16 hours.
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Qantas is an awesome airline one of the best in the world. Most international flights do have individual screens and that way you can control what you are watching. If you go to their website normally you can see what movies will be available to you during the flight.
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http://www.orbedia.com
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Qantas are the best,i wont fly with anyone else yes you get your own screen and remote for movies,TV and music you will get a care package with socks eye mask toothpaste etc, a snack bag with water and snacks to munch on between meals the food is great and so is the service LA to Sydney is 14 hours then Melbourne is 2 hours from Sydney so depending on your flight path it will be around 16 hours enjoy your trip

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

How to get the cheapest fare for a flight from San Diego to Maui Hawaii

How to get the cheapest fare for a flight from San Diego to Maui Hawaii?
I want to fly out on a 3/1/2011 (Tuesday) and fly back 3/8/2011 (Tuesday). I am wondering who flys to Hawaii that would be generally the cheaper flights? I can look at orbitz, travelocity, expedia, etc. but are there better places to be checking? Thanks!
Honolulu - 4 Answers
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There are lots of websites for travel in the internet. All you have to do is to search it in the internet.
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Those are the main sites to check. One thing you might try though is getting on the email lists of the main airlines that fly to Hawaii, and they'll have sales that come along periodically if you can wait to book, or they might have some percentage off coupons drifting around too.
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Aloha! Congratulations on your upcoming trip to Maui!! I'm a travel agent and will say if you can package air/hotel or air/car together you'll always get a better deal - (there are more tricks too but this is the general idea) but without that this is what I found: I found flight on Alaska Air for about $540 per person - they seemed to give the best deal from San Diego right now Let me know if you need any more help - I LOVE hawaii!
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Kayak.com usually compares the rates of a few airlines against each other. Expedia and Orbitz are always pretty good for comparison shopping also. Here is an article I just wrote on money saving tips for travel, maybe some of these tips will help you save a little more also! note: I do not get paid for these articles, nor do I advertise or sell anything on my site, I'm just trying to help people.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

can i use my school ID to board a flight to san diego ca

can i use my school ID to board a flight to san diego ca?
im 15 and i am flying to san diego next month and i know security has stepped up a knotch since i last flew. can i use my student ID as identification when they ask for it?
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school ID isn't a real ID. it has to be state issued! at least u were smart enough to ask this a month beore your trip. go to the DMV and tell them u want a state issued ID! you should get one within a week. Why did you guys give me 5 thumbs down! I tried to get on a plane with school ID when I was flying to Houstaon, and they wouldn't let me, so I had to use my passport!
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there's no need to. chidlren under the age of 18 do not need any form of ID when flying DOMESTICALLY. and no matter what your age everyone needs a passport to fly INTERNATIONALLY.
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" Indiana Jones" is correct. See site below and read the first line.
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If it is a domestic flight then yes, you can use it. TSA doesn't have specific ID requirements for minors, so if they ask you to show one, your school ID should be ok. School IDs probably already have your full name and a photo already. It is better to bring the one from the current school year though. It just depends on if they ask. If you are flying with your parent(s) then the likelyhood of being asked is a lot smaller than flying by yourself. Also, that website is geared towards 18+ adults, but it doesn't say anything about minors. So, it doesn't necessarily mean no.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Mountains on Flight Route From San Diego to Seattle

Mountains on Flight Route From San Diego to Seattle?
Hi, A while ago I took a flight into San Francisco and we had to go over Mt. Shasta, and I really got uncomfortable. I'm looking to fly from San Diego to Seattle at some point in the future- does that include flying over any big mountains? Thanks!
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Yes. You can use a thing called a map to see exactly which ones.
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there are a lot of mountains and mountain ranges between that area. No big deal. The pilot will do everything possible to avoid hitting a mountain......that I can guarantee. It is done everyday all over the world. No need to worry.
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The tallest mountain in the lower 48 states is Mt. Whitney, at about 14,500 feet, near the CA, NV border. Airplanes routinely cruise between 25,000 and 35,000 feet high. That puts a minimum of almost 2 miles between you and the top of the tallest mountain. Airplanes fly over mountain ranges thousands of times every day. Think about all of the flights from the west coast to anywhere from Denver on east. They all have to go over the Rocky Mountains. Happens all the time and nothing bad occurs. Personally, I think it is very interesting to fly over mountains. The perspective is unique and the features that you see are totally different than a map.
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The most common route from San Diego flies over the water to Santa Catalina, then turns towards Los Angeles and continues north over low hills and mountains in SoCal. From there, it flies mostly over flat land until it gets about as far north as Lake Tahoe, where it flies over some low mountains again (9000 feet or so). It continues over that kind of terrain up past Crater Lake and stays over medium-sized mountains until it enters the Seattle area. All of these mountains are medium-sized, the highest along the route being around 9000 feet, which isn't very big. Since the airplane is typically flying at 34,000-38,000 feet on this route (a mile higher than Mount Everest), the mountains are far below. The route takes the airplane about 15 miles east of Mount Shasta, but it doesn't fly over the mountain (Mount Shasta is 14,000 feet high, so it's a big mountain, although still miles below the airplane). So you'd get a good view of Mount Shasta from a distance, but you wouldn't actually be flying close to it.

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