Where was the last place you flew to?

I have never been to Australia so I am not as familiar with them as I am with European and American airlines.

Glad you didn't have any problems on the flights.

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SAS they are Scandinavian right? Did you fly into England or did you go all the way to the Netherlands/Norway/Finland?

I have never flown with them before but I am glad to hear you had a good trip... it seems all flights to Europe are high and those to Africa are just outrageous right now!

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All the way to Denmark and Poland.....

Denmark... wanted to take a transcontinental cruise to there and my wife wasn't up for it so we ended up going to Spain. I am sure it was georgeous there!

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Six hours is not long considering it is a 10 hour flight from New York to Casablanca where my wife is from... that is a LONG flight.

I have always wanted to go to Dubai, I hear it is absolutely stunning.

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Yupyup! It's not that long to compare 10/12/22hours flight. but it's quite boring and tiring. Hehe. Oh yeah, you should come to Dubai:)

Thanks for the invitation! I will try to take you up on it in the near future. This winter we are going back to Morocco and that trip is not going to be cheap considering the financial crisis the US is in right now.

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I completely agree with you Mooch and if people with more or less boycott those who are charging these fees then they will have to do away with them.

When I went to Hawaii we took our regular luggage and because of souveneers and the such we needed to buy a new set (to be under 50lbs) and then carry a LOT of stuff on the plane.

I can understand being under say... 75lbs for the sake of the workers but to be at 30lbs and then charge me for the opportunity to take a bag is ridiculous.

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There are stories where the airlines are penalizing people who have the miles cards now... charging them a booking fee or whatever which I think is total BS.

I think a lot of people will swallow their pride or whatever it is and start taking the bus in light of high gas prices and the airline fiascos....

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Sorry to hear about your mother but this does prove a point which is unless you are a business traveller there are a lot of people the fly out of necessity not out of liezure.

I really think the airlines are kicking themselves right in the foot with all this crap they are doing.

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That's great that you had fun during your flight. That is how I believe flying should be. There should be some fun during a flight no matter how long it is.

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Oh those are places I want to fly to. My brother was in Seoul for over two years and absolutely loved it... even picked up some of the language and before I met my wife I dated a girl who was half Korean.

Of course my wife wants to go to Hong Kong to shop and Shanghai... so much history there.

Awesome trip

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One thing I have found is with US flights there is not much in the way of comfort/relaxation/entertainment when compared to overseas flights.

Change change change... and I'm not talking about the presidential race either. They will learn sooner or later

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This plane is hat we call a puddle jumper. A bit small. I have flown on some larger ones that were more comfortable. Life is full of changes.

I am going to have to fly on a 'puddle jumper' in a few weeks... 150 mile trip on a turbo-prop plane. Thank God it will be just for an hour 'cause I really feel a lot safer in the larger planes.

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They did me a HUGE favor when I had a late arrival at JFK from Casablanca and there were no more flights except theirs that I could connect to. They found us a seat and didn't even charge us for the ride from New York to Florida (and we ended up at an airport closer to home than originally planned!).

I am sure this baggage thing will go away if, like yourself, people don't use the airlines that charge for baggage... they will need their customer base back and find that it was a bad idea.

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