Flying to Atlanta

• Guest 658

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  26 November 2012     22:21203276
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  Ok folks i hae the chance of a week in Georgia next year, checked the cost of flights not too dear at all. The question is which airlines due i avoid for long haul flights. The prices do not differ by much.
  beer the food of the gods
• Guest 698

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  26 November 2012     22:27203278
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  Atlanta or Tbilisi, Tom? Have you read the small print?
  I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
• Guest 658

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  26 November 2012     22:29203279
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  Atlanta its not a holiday in the normal sense but a weeks shooting in the good old USofA
  beer the food of the gods
• Brian Dixon

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  27 November 2012     07:11203290
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  shooting who tom.
• Guest 717

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  27 November 2012     09:42203307
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  What Airlines do you have the choice of? I've flown on a fair few long haul!
  Keeps politics to myself
• Guest 745

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  27 November 2012     14:02203337
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  Not the Russians ones , American companies, I think have bigger seating in the lower class
• Guest 641

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  27 November 2012     14:28203340
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  Are you hiring your guns or buying them from WalMart
  
  A friend of mine travels to the states a few times every year uses AA (American Airlines), and swears by them
• Guest 660

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  27 November 2012     19:33203382
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  I have always found Delta and Northwest very good,although they are much of a muchness really.
  If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
• Guest 657

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  27 November 2012     21:54203404
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  Never had any complaints with Virgin Airlines. British Airways are ok but I found the seats a bit uncomfortable on long haul. Delta for some reason often have delays. AA are fine.
  
  Ask for a 'bulk head' or Emergency Exit seat when booking or checking in as they have extra leg room, ideal on long journeys. Don't forget your flight socks!
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• Guest 698

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  27 November 2012     23:33203413
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  Last time I flew to Atlanta it wasn't an international airport. July 1969, LaGuardia to Atlanta, Eastern Airlines Boeing 720, then onwards on Delta's daisy cutter DC9 to Shreveport via Montgomery and Jackson, Mississippi. Hope you will understand I can't give you any up to date information, Tom. Except to say that cheapest is not always best and US airlines still charge for beer. A lot.
  I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
• Guest 717

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  28 November 2012     08:42203435
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  Just my opinion on airlines I have flown long haul on;
  Virgin Airways; great service, food, staff, and free stuff on the plane like socks, toothbrush. (leg room in economy not great)
  Delta: one of the best American Airlines
  BA: good food, leg room ok, standard service
  Thompson; probably the best leg room I have found economy long haul. Not bad food and service too.
  Never flown American Airways.
  KLM; (Dutch so doubt they fly from UK) reasonable leg room (try to get economy plus) excellent service. A constant snack and drink bar you can help yourself to!
  
  Have fun in Atlanta!
  Keeps politics to myself
• Guest 641

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  28 November 2012     10:27203466
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  KLM start flights to Amsterdam from Manston for connecting flights to the US but this will not start until early April next year.
  
  Enjoy the states !
• Guest 658

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  28 November 2012     13:43203503
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  Thanks to all for taking the time to reply,looking at the cheap flights on the net most of the major airlines are all within £100 of each other. Brian we shall not be shooting anything but inanimate objects [unless a uk politician or two turn up]. Barry W.S. the weapons are all provided by the host and his friends, over a hundred military firearms dating from the ww1 to present day.
  beer the food of the gods
• Brian Dixon

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  28 November 2012     14:02203505
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  tom,i hear that cameron/cleg and osbourne wii be the area soon.is bear hunting still legal.
• Guest 658

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  28 November 2012     14:46203519
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  Ssh Brian or Keef and Reg will wake up
  beer the food of the gods
• Brian Dixon

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  28 November 2012     17:07203563
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• Guest 693

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  30 November 2012     10:30203904
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  Tom
  
  If it were me, I would fly with Delta or American. American out of preference as they give extra baggage allowance over all their competitors. Ones to avoid - Continental Airlines (just plain crap) or Air India (yes, they do fly to the States from London!). Any of the others such as Virgin or British Airways are OK, but both Delta and American Airlines are better.
  True friends stab you in the front.
• Guest 710

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  30 November 2012     12:28203929
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  A totally unrelated development...
  
  http://www.wsbtv.com/videos/news/100-rifles-stolen-off-of-train/vh7fQ/
  Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.