Trying to fly from Dallas to Memphis, can anyone help me find cheap tickets or give me an estimate?
I want to fly from Dallas to Memphis during my Spring break (March 14-18). Can anyone help me calculate how much this could cost, and my cheapest option? I can leave the the 13th after 12pm....and i have to be back before the monday morning after the 18th for classes. (please dont make fun of me, its just ive never flown before, this stuff is confusing to me....and keep in mind im in college im not trying to spend thousands of dollars, if i can id like to get a hotel room. if its possible can someone give me an estimate price for the flight, and the flight+hotel?) Thank you so much in advanced. I really need help with this, Im seeing someone very special...
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Not sure if you want to fly out of Dallas-Ft. Worth or Dallas(Love Field) but, would be $500- $600 for the flight. You can get a package flight & motel. You might want to check so of these to get a better deal: www.hotwire.com www.expedia.com www.kayak.com www.travelocity.com www.orbitz.com www.cheapflights.com www.cheapo.com www.bookingbuddy.com www.cheaptickets.com www.lowfares.com
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Delta and American both have a published fare of $392 + taxes and fees, and this fare requires 21 days advanced purchase. You can get the same Fare on United, but it requires a Sunday night stay. After 21 days out, the fare jumps to $502 + taxes and fees. As with all discount fares, there are capacity controlled and subject to availability.
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Go to kayak.com and put in the dates and it will give you the prices for each airline.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Is it domestic or international
Is it domestic or international?
The flight is in two parts. It goes from Memphis to Atlanta, then Atlanta to Tokyo. Should it be treated as domestic in terms of how early I need to get to the Memphis airport? Well, despite trying to get there 2 hours early, after getting lost several times, we got there 1 hour before departure and got checked in just fine. The line wasn't too bad. This was with Delta and around 6 AM.
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It's considered Intercontinental.
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It'll be international -- they'll check you through to your final destination in Memphis.
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Hi,, i know it sounds confusing but I think it will be considered a International flight,, since you are going overseas.. even if you are in America....... hope this helps... good luck
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I flew NorthWest Airlines from Japan to Detroit and then from Detroit to Dallas. In Detroit, I had to get all of my bags from the international flight and re-check them in the domestic area. With security these days, you might have to re-check your bags in Atlanta. Especially since you might have to switch terminals. Contact the airline you are using and ask them for advice.
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I just read the other answers, but I'm almost positive that because you have a stop in a domestic city prior to international travel, that you should treat the first segment of your flight as domestic (i.e., you don't need to get to the airport 3 hours in advance). Your luggage can/will be checked through to your international destination and you will go through customs once you get to Tokyo. I've flown from LAX to many international places and always seem to get stuck stopping in Newark, NJ. You will leave out of a domestic terminal (unless you are on an international carrier like Air Lingus) and then possibly have to switch to an international terminal in Atlanta, if they have one. Bottom line, get there 1 1/2 to 2 hours early. :)
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The last poster is correct. The first segment is domestic, and the second one is international. Your checked luggage shoud be checked through to your final destination upon departure from Memphis. That security line in Memphis moves slllooooowwww, so give yourself a little extra time. When you arrive in Atlanta, just go to your next gate. Your baggage will be handled for you, and you will clear customs upon arrival into Tokyo. That's a really long flight, I do it often, bring lots of books. Your return is the exact opposite. When you depart Tokyo, your luggage will have to be claimed in Atlanta, then you proceed through customs there. After that, you have to re-check your bags, and make your connecting flight home to Memphis. So when you depart Tokyo, that's when you will have to be there quite early for your international departure.
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No treat it as international...your first boarding point will probably want to check your passport etc...to make sure that you are ok for the next leg...at least if it's the same airline....because they will be heavily fined by Japan if you are inadmissable etc.
The flight is in two parts. It goes from Memphis to Atlanta, then Atlanta to Tokyo. Should it be treated as domestic in terms of how early I need to get to the Memphis airport? Well, despite trying to get there 2 hours early, after getting lost several times, we got there 1 hour before departure and got checked in just fine. The line wasn't too bad. This was with Delta and around 6 AM.
Air Travel - 7 Answers
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It's considered Intercontinental.
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It'll be international -- they'll check you through to your final destination in Memphis.
3 :
Hi,, i know it sounds confusing but I think it will be considered a International flight,, since you are going overseas.. even if you are in America....... hope this helps... good luck
4 :
I flew NorthWest Airlines from Japan to Detroit and then from Detroit to Dallas. In Detroit, I had to get all of my bags from the international flight and re-check them in the domestic area. With security these days, you might have to re-check your bags in Atlanta. Especially since you might have to switch terminals. Contact the airline you are using and ask them for advice.
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I just read the other answers, but I'm almost positive that because you have a stop in a domestic city prior to international travel, that you should treat the first segment of your flight as domestic (i.e., you don't need to get to the airport 3 hours in advance). Your luggage can/will be checked through to your international destination and you will go through customs once you get to Tokyo. I've flown from LAX to many international places and always seem to get stuck stopping in Newark, NJ. You will leave out of a domestic terminal (unless you are on an international carrier like Air Lingus) and then possibly have to switch to an international terminal in Atlanta, if they have one. Bottom line, get there 1 1/2 to 2 hours early. :)
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The last poster is correct. The first segment is domestic, and the second one is international. Your checked luggage shoud be checked through to your final destination upon departure from Memphis. That security line in Memphis moves slllooooowwww, so give yourself a little extra time. When you arrive in Atlanta, just go to your next gate. Your baggage will be handled for you, and you will clear customs upon arrival into Tokyo. That's a really long flight, I do it often, bring lots of books. Your return is the exact opposite. When you depart Tokyo, your luggage will have to be claimed in Atlanta, then you proceed through customs there. After that, you have to re-check your bags, and make your connecting flight home to Memphis. So when you depart Tokyo, that's when you will have to be there quite early for your international departure.
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No treat it as international...your first boarding point will probably want to check your passport etc...to make sure that you are ok for the next leg...at least if it's the same airline....because they will be heavily fined by Japan if you are inadmissable etc.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
from where are pilots getting their flight route for each specific flight, and how do they get it
from where are pilots getting their flight route for each specific flight, and how do they get it?
I'm asking because I flew from Amsterdam to Memphis with Northwest last week. But how does the pilot actually get his flight plan (which changes all the time due to the jet-streams)?! to the 3rd answerer: what do you mean by "teletype"? Is it a method where the plan is sent via satellites directly to the FMC? and: let's then imagine the ground agent gets the flight plan faxed. This would be a paper. So, the pilots would have to enter the route manually in the FMC (on a 4000 nm route, there could be a lot of waypoints, maybe more than 100). This would be very long, right? (Therefore I always thought that the pilot just gets something like a USB-Stick, which he puts in the FMC and then can upload the flight plan directly, without taping manually then..)?!
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The airline has a Dispatch Department that gathers all the pertinent flight data and generates a specific flight plan for each flight. This is then transmitted to the flight crew via computers that are located at each airport.
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In theory a pilot is responsible for the whole flight and does flight planning by using charts and maps. We consider using jet ways, IFR routes ( both are like highways in the sky) we can choose to fly direct with out using an airway, we take into account weather, we want the wind moving our direction to give us more speed, the wind can be different at different altitudes, and then there is some direction from atc. Given all this, commercial airline pilots have flight planners that do it for them.
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It is teletyped or faxed from the Dispatcher, and picked up at Operations or from the departure gate agent. The captain may deviate from the flight plan, and nearly always does; if it is by more than a certain amount (e.g. 50 miles) he is to coordinate with the dispatcher.
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The filed route is printed on the release. You'll get the release from some old printer with a big ol' box of paper running through it. (the teletype; it's how instant messages were sent prior to the internet. I can't believe that I'm so old that I have to explain what a teletype is!) The FMC database (if the aircraft is equipped with an FMC) will have all of the navaids, airways, intersections, etc already in the box. For example, if I were to fly from San Diego to Honolulu and was filed on the southernmost track, all I'd have to do after entering the departure and route to the first fix would be to type in the name of the airway or track (R578 in this case. All of this will be entred on the Route page, by the way). All 9 fixes on the track will then be displayed on the legs page of the FMC. North Atlantic tracks are flexible and must be charted. There'll be a fix for every 10 degrees of longitude or so. The dispatcher will consult the track messages prior to filing the flight plan and file accordingly. About 70% of the time you'll get what you've filed. You're gonna manually enter about 4 or 5 lat/long fixes in your FMC. That takes no time at all.
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FMC's sometimes also have a direct link called ACARS which can be used to transmit new flight plans to the aircraft, as well as get weather, passenger information, etc. It's kind of like email for airplanes.
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the on board flight management computer will normally recognise the route from the captains inputs...and automatically load the required routing...air traffic controllers dotted along the route will advise the pilots to any changes in flight plan as and when required...along with any vectors required to maintain safety clearances with other traffic in the area,on board T'cas (Traffic collision avoidance system)and weather radar also advise pilots of weather and conflicts...the days of biggles are over!...youre upstairs with the professionals and well looked after....just sit back and enjoy youre flight...
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Usually the airlines dispatcher will do the flight plan and the pilot will print it out.
I'm asking because I flew from Amsterdam to Memphis with Northwest last week. But how does the pilot actually get his flight plan (which changes all the time due to the jet-streams)?! to the 3rd answerer: what do you mean by "teletype"? Is it a method where the plan is sent via satellites directly to the FMC? and: let's then imagine the ground agent gets the flight plan faxed. This would be a paper. So, the pilots would have to enter the route manually in the FMC (on a 4000 nm route, there could be a lot of waypoints, maybe more than 100). This would be very long, right? (Therefore I always thought that the pilot just gets something like a USB-Stick, which he puts in the FMC and then can upload the flight plan directly, without taping manually then..)?!
Aircraft - 7 Answers
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1 :
The airline has a Dispatch Department that gathers all the pertinent flight data and generates a specific flight plan for each flight. This is then transmitted to the flight crew via computers that are located at each airport.
2 :
In theory a pilot is responsible for the whole flight and does flight planning by using charts and maps. We consider using jet ways, IFR routes ( both are like highways in the sky) we can choose to fly direct with out using an airway, we take into account weather, we want the wind moving our direction to give us more speed, the wind can be different at different altitudes, and then there is some direction from atc. Given all this, commercial airline pilots have flight planners that do it for them.
3 :
It is teletyped or faxed from the Dispatcher, and picked up at Operations or from the departure gate agent. The captain may deviate from the flight plan, and nearly always does; if it is by more than a certain amount (e.g. 50 miles) he is to coordinate with the dispatcher.
4 :
The filed route is printed on the release. You'll get the release from some old printer with a big ol' box of paper running through it. (the teletype; it's how instant messages were sent prior to the internet. I can't believe that I'm so old that I have to explain what a teletype is!) The FMC database (if the aircraft is equipped with an FMC) will have all of the navaids, airways, intersections, etc already in the box. For example, if I were to fly from San Diego to Honolulu and was filed on the southernmost track, all I'd have to do after entering the departure and route to the first fix would be to type in the name of the airway or track (R578 in this case. All of this will be entred on the Route page, by the way). All 9 fixes on the track will then be displayed on the legs page of the FMC. North Atlantic tracks are flexible and must be charted. There'll be a fix for every 10 degrees of longitude or so. The dispatcher will consult the track messages prior to filing the flight plan and file accordingly. About 70% of the time you'll get what you've filed. You're gonna manually enter about 4 or 5 lat/long fixes in your FMC. That takes no time at all.
5 :
FMC's sometimes also have a direct link called ACARS which can be used to transmit new flight plans to the aircraft, as well as get weather, passenger information, etc. It's kind of like email for airplanes.
6 :
the on board flight management computer will normally recognise the route from the captains inputs...and automatically load the required routing...air traffic controllers dotted along the route will advise the pilots to any changes in flight plan as and when required...along with any vectors required to maintain safety clearances with other traffic in the area,on board T'cas (Traffic collision avoidance system)and weather radar also advise pilots of weather and conflicts...the days of biggles are over!...youre upstairs with the professionals and well looked after....just sit back and enjoy youre flight...
7 :
Usually the airlines dispatcher will do the flight plan and the pilot will print it out.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Have you ever been all by yourself on a plane
Have you ever been all by yourself on a plane?
I am obviously talking about like a commercial jet plane, not a private or charter plane. Once I was talking a small NW Airlines/Mesaba plane from Memphis to Greenville, MS and it was only me and one other lady! So, there was a total of 5 people on the plane -- 2 passengers, 2 pilots and a flight attendent. It was really weird.
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Once. I joined the One Man Mile High Club.
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Yep I have... it was maybe... 8 of us total... very weird indeed... and quiet
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No
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wow, nope that has never happened to me. that sounds fun to me though!
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Yes I have and it was enjoyable. It was me and 4 other people. No waiting for people to board the plane and figure out how long it'll take them to sit down and shut up LOL. I usually get headaches on planes because of so many people, but that day I didnt.
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I want to hear more about you and this lady on the plane. What was going on with you two?
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There were no passengers on one of my flights long ago, I'm a flight attendant and we had a very long delay, every passenger we had (we weren't full to begin with) were sent to another flight that was supposed to leave an hour after us. When our airplane was fixed, (6 hours later!) we, as crew members just ferried that air plane to Atlanta, a 4 hours flight with nothing to do but eat, watch 2 movies, read a book....
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Sometime back in the 1980's, I was on a UA flight from SFO to LAX on a DC-10 (I think...some sort of twin-aisle widebody.) There were about 20 people on the flight. Kinda cool having an entire section of 10 rows to yourself. Early morning flight, so the flight attendants gave me several servings of pastries. :-)
I am obviously talking about like a commercial jet plane, not a private or charter plane. Once I was talking a small NW Airlines/Mesaba plane from Memphis to Greenville, MS and it was only me and one other lady! So, there was a total of 5 people on the plane -- 2 passengers, 2 pilots and a flight attendent. It was really weird.
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Once. I joined the One Man Mile High Club.
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Yep I have... it was maybe... 8 of us total... very weird indeed... and quiet
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No
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wow, nope that has never happened to me. that sounds fun to me though!
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Yes I have and it was enjoyable. It was me and 4 other people. No waiting for people to board the plane and figure out how long it'll take them to sit down and shut up LOL. I usually get headaches on planes because of so many people, but that day I didnt.
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I want to hear more about you and this lady on the plane. What was going on with you two?
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There were no passengers on one of my flights long ago, I'm a flight attendant and we had a very long delay, every passenger we had (we weren't full to begin with) were sent to another flight that was supposed to leave an hour after us. When our airplane was fixed, (6 hours later!) we, as crew members just ferried that air plane to Atlanta, a 4 hours flight with nothing to do but eat, watch 2 movies, read a book....
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Sometime back in the 1980's, I was on a UA flight from SFO to LAX on a DC-10 (I think...some sort of twin-aisle widebody.) There were about 20 people on the flight. Kinda cool having an entire section of 10 rows to yourself. Early morning flight, so the flight attendants gave me several servings of pastries. :-)
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