Comments on: Reader mail: I don’t care where I go, it just has to be cheap http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/09/04/reader-mail-i-dont-care-where-i-go-it-just-has-to-be-cheap/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:15:02 -0700 hourly 1 By: Manny Richardson http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/09/04/reader-mail-i-dont-care-where-i-go-it-just-has-to-be-cheap/#comment-28865 Manny Richardson Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:14:48 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=307#comment-28865 I now regret the day that I ever started flying with Delta. I am a platinum medallion member, which doesn't mean anything. Today, August 05, 2009, my 2 children, ages 8 and 5, were just pulled off of flight 121 from JFK to Sao Paulo (GRU) Brazil. They were told that they had to balance the plane. Well, the 2 of them together do not weigh more that 120 pounds. Because they were pulled off, my wife had to get off. Delta had no regard for my family's safety. They came from Atlanta to New York to caught this flight. I have been waiting in Brazil on a business trip for 4 days to get them here. Now they are stranded in New York with no change of clothes because Delta would not take their bags off the plane. Delta left them with a hotel bill and 2 taix fares to pay. On top of that, how are they supposed to get their bags. Another thing that is causing a problem is that I can’t find an international number to call Delta. Their 1800 numbers do not work when you are in another country. There is nothing I can do about it. I am helpless!!! If anyone wants my skymiles, shoot me an email or call me at 404-556-2297. This will probably be my last flight with Delta. I am going to check into becoming a member of Continental. I now regret the day that I ever started flying with Delta. I am a platinum medallion member, which doesn’t mean anything. Today, August 05, 2009, my 2 children, ages 8 and 5, were just pulled off of flight 121 from JFK to Sao Paulo (GRU) Brazil. They were told that they had to balance the plane. Well, the 2 of them together do not weigh more that 120 pounds. Because they were pulled off, my wife had to get off. Delta had no regard for my family’s safety. They came from Atlanta to New York to caught this flight. I have been waiting in Brazil on a business trip for 4 days to get them here. Now they are stranded in New York with no change of clothes because Delta would not take their bags off the plane. Delta left them with a hotel bill and 2 taix fares to pay. On top of that, how are they supposed to get their bags.
Another thing that is causing a problem is that I can’t find an international number to call Delta. Their 1800 numbers do not work when you are in another country. There is nothing I can do about it. I am helpless!!!
If anyone wants my skymiles, shoot me an email or call me at 404-556-2297. This will probably be my last flight with Delta. I am going to check into becoming a member of Continental.

]]> By: H http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/09/04/reader-mail-i-dont-care-where-i-go-it-just-has-to-be-cheap/#comment-27130 H Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:34:16 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=307#comment-27130 You might want to check this one: http://www.getawayassistant.com/ It's a tool that helps you search multiple destinations by the same travel dates. You might want to check this one: http://www.getawayassistant.com/
It’s a tool that helps you search multiple destinations by the same travel dates.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/09/04/reader-mail-i-dont-care-where-i-go-it-just-has-to-be-cheap/#comment-16365 Jeremy Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:32:12 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=307#comment-16365 AJs question was a great. It's a very similar scenario to a problem I ran across 2 years ago on a year-long trip around the world. How can you see all the places you can go from where you are at? A sort of spin the glob, put your finger where it lands, and see how much it would cost to go there mentality. This became the basis for a new type of travel information company I founded: <a href="http://www.travature.com" rel="nofollow">Travature.com</a>. Specifically on our <a href="http://www.travature.com/flights" rel="nofollow">flight metasearch engine</a>, you can leave everything blank but your departure location, and you'll see a map driven list of all the airfares we have cached for routes leaving your city. You can then filter the list based on distance, activity tags, and more. We also extend this open ended travel discovery concept to a bunch of other rarely integrated aspects of travel (such as Restaurant Reviews, Wiki style Travel Guides, etc). We have just begun building and have a long way to go. But ultimately we think a free, unbiased, flexible trip planner is exactly what travelers like you and me need. -Jeremy Founder of Travature AJs question was a great. It’s a very similar scenario to a problem I ran across 2 years ago on a year-long trip around the world. How can you see all the places you can go from where you are at? A sort of spin the glob, put your finger where it lands, and see how much it would cost to go there mentality.

This became the basis for a new type of travel information company I founded: Travature.com. Specifically on our flight metasearch engine, you can leave everything blank but your departure location, and you’ll see a map driven list of all the airfares we have cached for routes leaving your city. You can then filter the list based on distance, activity tags, and more.

We also extend this open ended travel discovery concept to a bunch of other rarely integrated aspects of travel (such as Restaurant Reviews, Wiki style Travel Guides, etc). We have just begun building and have a long way to go. But ultimately we think a free, unbiased, flexible trip planner is exactly what travelers like you and me need.
-Jeremy
Founder of Travature

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/09/04/reader-mail-i-dont-care-where-i-go-it-just-has-to-be-cheap/#comment-178 Anonymous Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:56:00 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=307#comment-178 You actually don't even have to go to activity search. Just put <B>Europe</B> or <B>Asia</B> or <B>Latin America</B> or <B>Caribbean</B> into the <B>TO:</B> box on the front page and you can see all the cheapest fares users have found in the last two weeks. -Mobissimo You actually don’t even have to go to activity search. Just put Europe or Asia or Latin America or Caribbean into the TO: box on the front page and you can see all the cheapest fares users have found in the last two weeks.

-Mobissimo

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