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In Flight Phones Disappearing

Written by Laura Quarantiello

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IN FLIGHT PHONES DISAPPEARING

By Laura Quarantiello © Tiare Publications 274 words

If you expect to be able to phone home from 35,000 feet repparttar 134224 next time you fly, think again. American Airlines has removed in-flight phones from it's domestic fleet. American has used AT&T Wireless phones onboard their 654 domestic route aircraft since 1996, but found that fewer than three calls per day per plane were being made. This may have something to do with repparttar 134225 fact that passengers are charged $7.60 plus tax for each minute of airtime, plus a $2.99 connection fee for each call. Passengers have found it cheaper to make calls from airport pay phones or their own personal cellular phones before boarding. Cell phone use is also allowed aboard planes before repparttar 134226 cabin doors are closed. Removing in-flight phones is nothing new: Southwest Airlines did it in August of 2001, and with repparttar 134227 airline industry sinking into financial trouble, more airlines are expected to follow suit and yank repparttar 134228 plug on their in-flight connections. According to an American spokesperson, removing repparttar 134229 phones will reduce maintenance costs and lower aircraft weight.

5 Ways To Cruise For Free

Written by Richard Ingersoll

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5 WAYS TO CRUISE FOR FREE

If there were a way you could cruise for free, would you be interested? That's a silly question isn't it? This article reveals 5 ways to enjoy repparttar 134222 cruising lifestyle for free.

1) Get A Job:

Spend your winters in repparttar 134223 Caribbean and your summers in Alaska or travel to remote and exotic ports in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and South America and all over repparttar 134224 world.

Most people pay between 1,500 and 10,000 U.S. dollars per week to live on repparttar 134225 same luxury cruise ship and visit repparttar 134226 same places. You can do that for free (free meals, accommodations) plus you will get paid for it.

It's a great way to save money and meet people from many different cultures. It is a great summer job for students, as well. Here are some links to start with.

http://www.cruiseshipjob.com/ http://www.disneycruiselinejobs.com/ http://www.shipjobs.com/ http://www.cruiseross.com/ http://www.cruiselinejobs.com/

2) Win A Cruise:

Are you lucky? You can win a free cruise by playing repparttar 134227 online sweepstakes.

You will however end up on lots of mailing lists so get yourself a free email account on Yahoo or some other free email site. You will have to keep up with repparttar 134228 contests on a daily basis but hey, it's free! Below are some good contest sites for you to play.

http://www.sweepstakes-contests.com/ http://www.contestlistings.com/ http://www.contestguide.com/ http://www.volition.com/prize.html#travel http://contests.about.com/

Another good place to look for cruise specific sweepstakes is: http://www.sunandbreezes.com/sweepstakes If you search on repparttar 134229 word "cruise" in only this newsgroup then sort by date you should turn up current sweepstakes that you may not find on repparttar 134230 other sites.

Good luck and please send me a postcard from your cruise.

3) Become A Tour Conductor/Group Leader:

Did you know that for every 15 passengers (8 cabins) repparttar 134231 16th passenger goes for free? So get together 7 couples and get them to join you on a cruise. Not only do you get to go for free, your friends get to go for a group rate.

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