Flying transatlantic with Zoom

[psho 0]

When that story came out about flying people standing up, I read somewhere that the FAA doesn't require you to be seated during landing -- just restrained somehow. And check this out:

http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/us/whats...tefaq/index.jsp

Does the seat have to be upright for takeoff and landing?

No. You can choose the seat position you want, from upright to reclined.

Only us common folk need to be seated, apparently.

[Fandango 1,439]

FYI, I was able to generate a dummy-booking by pretending to be a resident of Canada.

(so it may be possible to buy the ticket by using the address of a relative/friend in Canada and then having said relative/friend courier it over to US--or maybe YOU can pick it up on a visit to Canada?)

Why in the world would you advocate this?

Read through the thread and found HA had beaten me to it anyway.

No, HA advocated flying TO Canada and THEN taking a Zoom flight.

You're saying you 'pretended to be a resident'

Big difference there. Am I being to literal? Perhaps. But ya can never underestimate the power of others' stupidity

[Dr_LHA 3]

Is there any reason you couldn't book a Zoom flight from Canada anyway? I can't see as it matters were you live. After all I've booked plenty of flights from foriegn countries to other foriegn countries. The US had no say over that.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Is there any reason you couldn't book a Zoom flight from Canada anyway? I can't see as it matters were you live. After all I've booked plenty of flights from foriegn countries to other foriegn countries. The US had no say over that.

One can always use a modified-desi approach^* of having a friend/relative in Canada book it as a "gift ticket", then send a cheque to the one who made the booking.

FYI, what I meant by "pretending to be resident in Canada" was simply clicking the maple-leaf and then generating schedule (which was as far as I actually went).

^*--long been used by Indians to book flights within India cheaper than if directly booking them from North America (works so long as the North American desi travels LIGHT within India), prolly well-known to you.

[Dr_LHA 3]

FYI, what I meant by "pretending to be resident in Canada" was simply clicking the maple-leaf and then generating schedule (which was as far as I actually went).

Yeah, thats all you should have to do isn't it? The FTC/FAA can't stop what airline you fly on in a foriegn country can they?

^*--long been used by Indians to book flights within India cheaper than if directly booking them from North America (works so long as the North American desi travels LIGHT within India), prolly well-known to you.

Can't say I've ever heard of that, no!

[Fandango 1,439]

Is there any reason you couldn't book a Zoom flight from Canada anyway? I can't see as it matters were you live. After all I've booked plenty of flights from foriegn countries to other foriegn countries. The US had no say over that.

One can always use a modified-desi approach^* of having a friend/relative in Canada book it as a "gift ticket", then send a cheque to the one who made the booking.

FYI, what I meant by "pretending to be resident in Canada" was simply clicking the maple-leaf and then generating schedule (which was as far as I actually went).

Ok then my bad cos that's not what I read....

[Saddle Bronc 124]

It certainly seems the height of absurdity to allow an airline to fly to/from a country, but not allow residents of that country to purchase tickets for it!

[Fandango 1,439]

It certainly seems the height of absurdity to allow an airline to fly to/from a country, but not allow residents of that country to purchase tickets for it!

That's how it is with charter flights from Sanford-Newcastle And they are the ONLY direct flights which fly that particular route.

&%$^%$^&(%*&)&(()*#^$&^

[wodge2003 0]

Since our good news yesterday I have been searching through VJ for experiences with Zoom , the new transatlantic airline.

Its way cheaper to fly into JFK from Gatwick and then book a seperate internal flight to our end destination (SLC ) than book the complete journey with one of the main airlines. Has anyone taken the plunge and used then ????????

I know they have restrictions on baggage allowance as such but the price is way good !

Any comments would be appreciatted !!

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

my mother just flew Zoom to the UK from Toronto - she saved $800 and had no problems.