Frommer's What the Airlines Never Tell You [Paperback]

Maureen Clarke (Author)

Book Description

Series: Frommer's What the Airlines Never Tell You | Publication Date: May 15, 2000

Travelers, take back the skies!

Know your rights before your next flight!

At last a guide that tells you how to beat the airlines at their own game. Are you fed up with cramped cabins and scaled-back service? This outspoken guide tells you everything you need to be a savvy traveler:

• What to do if you've been bumped
• How to get the best seats on the plane
• How to overcome the fear of flying
• Which airlines lose the most luggage -- and what you can do about it
• Effective techniques and diets for beating jet lag
• Safety and on-time records for the major carriers
• How to get the most of your frequent-flyer miles
• Where to find the cheapest fares

...and if things don't go your way, how to complain and get compensated!

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Tens of thousands of travelers fly every day, but theres never been a guide to show them how to do it rightuntil now. This outspoken guide pares away the myths and gets down to the truth of air travel, and lets readers in on everything the airlines wont tell you. Categories include:

*How to overcome jet lag and fear of flying

*Safety and on-time records for each carrier

*Safety on small and budget carriers

*The growing menace of unruly passengers

*Staying healthy at 35,000 feet

*Where the best seats are and how to get them

*Booking the cheapest fares

*The best frequent-flyer plans and the worst

Armed with inside scoop from Frommers, readers can be smart, informed shoppers.

From the Back Cover

Travelers, take back the skies! Know your rights before your next flight. At last, a guide that tells you how to beat the airlines at their own game! Are you fed up with cramped cabins and scaled-back service? This outspoken guide tells you everything you need to be a savvy traveler:

• What to do if you've been bumped
• How to get the best seats on the plane
• How to overcome the fear of flying
• Which airlines lose the most luggage—and what you can do about it
• Effective techniques and diets for beating jet lag
• Safety and on-time records for the major carriers
• How to get the most of your frequent-flyer miles
• Where to find the cheapest air fares
• …and if things don't go your way, how to complain and get compensation

Frommer's Puts the World in Your Pocket. Visit us online at www.frommers.com

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Frommers; 1 edition (May 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0028635949
• ISBN-13: 978-0028635941
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #751,125 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #26 in Books > Travel > Reference & Tips > Tips

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What the Airlines Never Tell You, July 10, 2000

By 

Erinn Richards - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frommer's What the Airlines Never Tell You (Paperback)

What the Airlines Never Tell You, a new book from Frommer's, is an exceptionally useful handbook for people who want to maximize their air travel experiences. Author Maureen Clarke provides tips on everything from conquering the fear of flying and beating jet lag to a wealth of insight on how to get a great seat, cut the costs of travel, and increase your odds of getting an upgrade. I read all 300 pages straight through in one sitting and have plenty of dog eared pages to reference the next time I fly. As someone who loves to travel, I appreciated the detailed suggestions that she has to offer: whether or not you may want to buy travel insurance and Consumer Reports recommendations on best sources; products you can buy to make your inflight experience more comfortable, along with their prices and sources (for instance the Bucky travel pillow...), and sources and costs for around the world tickets (she suggests Airtreks, and references a sampmle route of San Francisco, London, Bombay, Bangkok, Hong Kong, and San Francisco for ... as a recent offering.) It's an excellent resource and well worth [the price] and a couple of reading hours for the time, money and aggravation it promises to save.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good collection of info, but no need to buy the book., March 9, 2001

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N. S. Burk (NH, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frommer's What the Airlines Never Tell You (Paperback)

This book is useful tool to acquaint readers with a variety of air-travel info. Especially interesting are the details on what happens if you're denied boarding (or "bumped"), as well as tips on getting good fares. As such, this is a good handbook. However, the title is misleading, because the airlines do in fact tell you the information it contains. The majority of the content in this book is readily available on the Internet, if you're willing to look for it. The airlines' web pages are a good place to start, as most of them explain their denied boarding procedures. The DOT's web site also has an excellent selection of free articles on mnay of the same topics this book discusses. If you'd like to get a bunch of info in one convenient place, Frommer's is a good place to start. However, it's not hard to invest a little more time to find the same stuff online for free.