Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 2, 1989, p. 6

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THE HERALD OUTLOOK Soiling September IMS How to jetset without worrying about details TRIVIA CHOCOLATE Vince Egan Trawl Flying is fine Jetting from here to there is great But its the myriad details that cause so much stress in airline passengers The list of minor anxieties is almost endless when to leave fo ihe airport whether to trust the cab dmer which queue to choose at the check in counter whether to for a window or an aisle seat and o on Most of us work out solu trial and error or simpl trust to luck Nol George Arthur Brown a widelv 45yearold S la ver Brown ha anticipated even conceivable choice that might face an airline passenger and worked out a system for selecting the most advantageous approach He tells all in his book The Airline Passenger s Guerrilla Handbook Blakes Publishing Group pages From the moment you step out of your door to the moment you ar rive at destination it s a cons tant battle the author says You ve got to be on full alert every inch of the way You got to be tough ou ve got to be clever DLHMNG TUIAIS When selecting a long flight Brown notes you should always try to get a stop rather than direct flight Direct used to mean thai the airplane went directly to your destination but now it may also mean a change of planes at one or more intermediate s ops Another consideration when booking At major the big airlines usually have the most desirable gate locations while secondary earners may be at dis tant gates a long walk If you can avoid having to use airports at peak periods Friday evenings evenings day mornings the evenings begin and ending holidays Most pleasure travellers are con cerned about the cost of flying since are paying themselves unlike t e un business traveller company pays pleasure travellers should always try to conform to the restrictions at apply to the bargain fares such as purchasing tickets well in advance and staying over at least one Saturday at the destination Whet all else fails an expert travel agent may be able to per the airline to w the restrictions in your particular case GETTING THERE Before setting out for the airport always call the airline to see if your flight has been delayed or cancelled Brown advises Such information t always DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC TH Denture Therapist MiH St Georgetown 8778974 102 East Dr Bramalea Career Re 7912314 dable however Departures said to be on time could well be delayed while an anticipated 60minute delay may prove to be only 30 minutes Don t be intimidated b requests that you arrive an hour before departure time Brown warns If passengers check in during a minute period airlines need only a quarter of the staff and facilities they would need if those passengers checked in during a minute period The airl ne saves money If you rnve after your flight has taken off because of traffic con for example manv of the better an lines as a matter discretion will let you use non refundable ticket to stand bv for a subsequent fl ght on the airline to the sail destination Brown says How much should y u tip the porter for car vour bags the short distance from curb to check in counter About SI bag the author adding These porters must be pulling in an hour and most it unreported to the tax man SIZING THEM IP Oice inside the terminal will want to turn in voui ticket pick up vour boarding pass and check baggage as quickly as possible But Brown the shortest line at the check in counter may t necessarily be the quickest You can he suggests judge the speed at which each line will move by observing the people in that line For instance Travellers with onlv one bag are fas They obviously have the to plan ahead and won thavelast minuie problems Inexperienced travellers are slower mav not know the ty e of seat they want or the may have packed away their tickets and travel You might be able to identify them bv their luggage brand or of a monstrous size according to the author Avoid line that has no check in agent he or she is pro off talking to a superior about the prol lem f the passenger waiting at the head of that line When two or more people are together have each person stand in a separate 1 The one who gets to the front first can check in the other If there are no passengers in line at a particular counter go there even if the sign applies to first or business class and you have an economy ticket BAGGAGE Before turn over your bag gage to be cheeked be sure to tear off anv baggage tukets irom irher flights If you don bag could be sent to thai earlier destination Always have a permanent durable luggage tag on vour big gage showing your name btibinesi address and telephone Normally there will be someone at vour business address receive messages about luggage in vour absence Besides would be burglars could be looking at lug gage tags for of homes whose owners are oui of town As a back up tape vour business telephone number and trip itineran on inside vour case Lock your luggage not only to prevent its accidental or deliberate opening but also to prevent dmgb and other contraband from being put in without your ki Watch carefully to ensure he check in age t attaches the proper destination I g to your bag gage especially if vou are making an intern ediate stopover or if vou will have to change planes to com your tnp Since per cent of lost luggage is recovered within hours ch ck only those items th it you can live without for two das Things that you will need immediately should go into your carrvon bag TRAVE1 NOTEBOOK Here are notes on news of cur rent interest to travellers Norwegian Cruibe Lines is of discounts on threeday and four day sailings of Us 752 passenger Southward from Los Angeles to Santa Island San Diego and Calif The firs adult passenger pays the lull tare wl the second pays hall the published rate nimum are quoted as 473 US or Canadian for the shorter sail and US Canad an tor the longer which indicates that Canadian passengers would av money by paying in US funds boughi at a bank Details Want to play cowboy In the firs week of October a threeday cattle drive for up to greenhorns will be staged along the Red River in southern Alberta ts not including the head cat tie will sleep in the Heritage Motor Inn in Brooks and will hav a barbecue each night Price from Calgary or Medicine Hal 1 Details 362 Golden Drink The ancient Aztecs considered chocolate such a prestigious dnnk that the golden goblets in which it was served were thrown away after one use National Geo graphic reports Miniature Volcanoes At Los Alamos National Lab oratory which lies on the slope of one of the worlds large extinct volcanoes two researchers are creating their own volcanoes The model volcanoes are pow ered by a molten mixture of alum mum and iron oxide which sub stitutes well for magma or molten rock Water when introduced completes the explosive nation Either small or large amounts of water will produce particles about an inch in diameter but if the right amount of water about one third the the mol ten mixture is introduced the resulting blast will produce a glow ing dust cloud Information learned from these studies may help determine the origin of some atmospheric par tides Slave Ruling In the US Supreme Court ruled in the Scott case that a slave was not a citizen nor was tie automatically made free by virtue of temporary residence in a Free State says National Geo graphic Relocation A Maytag Co survey revealed that more than half of recent buy ers put their washers and dryers in kitchens bathrooms or even bedrooms out of the basement Early Fishermen They that go down to the sea in ships may have done so nearly 000 years earlier than is gen supposed according to an archaeologist who has found dence suggesting the use of sea worthy craft for fishing by early stoneage people Jon a can at the University of Call forma Santa Barbara found on Gibraltar skeletal remains of large open ocean fish in association with evidence of habitation in Cave by habitation in peoples during the Upper Paleo period 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