Return-Path: Received: from cad.cs.cmu.edu by K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00414; 30 May 90 10:45:11 EDT Date: Wed, 30 May 90 10:42:18 EDT From: Edward.Gibson@CAD.CS.CMU.EDU To: bovik@K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU Subject: Courier flights to Europe Here is the information that I received regarding courier flights to Europe. Both relevant messages appeared on rec.travel. I received no information from anyone who had flown as a courier. Article #1: >From: pkap_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Peter Kapner) >Subject: Re: Courrier Flight Companies >Date: 15 Nov 89 04:25:30 GMT > >Here's a re-post from over the summer that I saved in my account: > > >Newsgroups: rec.travel >Subject: Info on courier flights >Keywords: phone numbers >Message-ID: >Date: 1 Jul 89 14:23:13 GMT >Distribution: usa >Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. >Lines: 106 > >O.k., I found the article I had read. It wasn't in a magazine at all. For >some reason I thought it was in MONEY magazine. The article was on page >7 of the travel section of the Sunday, June 25 New Jersey Star-Ledger. >The article describes courier flying (briefly) and gives brief information >about many companies. I am not going to type in the whole article, but >I'll provide all the phone numbers. Basically, when you fly as a courier, >you give up your luggage allowance in return for a discounted ticket. >Here are the phone numbers. All time zones are for the stated cities. > >For flights from NEW YORK >------------------------- >Courier Travel Service (broker) >(718) 244-0101 or (800) 922-2FLY >or phone (718) COURIER for last-minute, "hot line" availabilities. > >Now Voyager Inc. (broker) >(212) 431-1616 >recorded announcement from 6pm -11:30am, speak directly otherwise. > >Halbart >(718) 656-8189 >10am - 3pm only > >East-West Express >(212) 490-0671 > >World Courier >(718) 978-9400 >9am-noon only >requires personal interview in NY > >Jupiter Air >(718) 341-2095 > >Dworkin Cosell >(212) 213-0036 > >ACC >(212) 983-0855 or (800) 983-0856 > >For flights from MIAMI >---------------------- >A-1 International >(305) 594-1184 > >Air Facilities >(305) 477-8300 > >For flights from CHICAGO >------------------------ >TNT Chicago >(312) 453-7300 > >For flights from LOS ANGELES >---------------------------- >I.B.C Pacific >(213) 216-1637 >11am-4pm > >City Link >(213) 410-9063 > >Jupiter Air >(213) 670-5123 > >Crossroads International >(213) 643-8600 >3pm-5:30pm > >Midnight Express >(213) 673-1100 >noon-2pm > >Flights from SAN FRANCISCO >--------------------------- >TNT San Francisco >(415) 692-9600 >afternoons only > >Crossroads International >(213) 643-8600 (LA number) >3pm-5:30pm only > >For flights from LONDON >----------------------- >A newsletter published from the Boston area surveys the chances of flying >for free or for drastically reduced rates from there to SE Asia and Pac Rim >or back to US, Caribbean or S. America. Also acts as watchdog over fast >burgeoning industry from US cities. > If you want to subscribe (I know nothing about this newsletter), send >$20 for a year's subscription to Steve Lantos' "Travel Unlimited" >PO Box 1058, Allston, Mass. 02134. > Article # 2 >From: rich@Rice.edu (Richard Murphey) >Subject: Couriers (discount airfare) >Date: 24 Apr 90 07:17:14 GMT > > >Several people here have mentioned interest in courier travel. Here is some >information from an article in the Sunday issue of the Houston Chronicle. The >article mentions two courier companies: > >Now Voyager, (212) 431-1616, a $50 reg. fee covers 1 year from your first trip. >Courier Travel Service, (800) 922-2359 or (516) 791-4600, charges no fee. > >The article gives an outline of what to expect: > >There are no refunds if you cancel and advance notice is generally short -- >less than two weeks. Couriers don't get an airline ticket till arriving at the >airport. A representative of the freight company, which has bought the >ticket, checks in the items to be escorted as the courier's personal luggage >and gives the claim check, ticket and boarding pass to the courier. However, >most of the couriers interviewed had not been met at the airport till just >before (or sometimes after) flight time. > >On arrival, the courier turns over the claim check to a representative of the >courier company. He or she does not normally touch the freight. On return, >the same procedure is generally followed. One courier interviewed was not >met, and had to call for directions and go to the company's warehouse. > >The article also mentions two monthly newsletters containing tips on discount >travel: > >Travel Secrets: $30 for 12 monthly issues, Box 2325 New York, NY 10108 >Travel Unlimited: $25 for 12 monthly issues, Box 1058, Allston Mass. 02134 > >I have no connection with any of these companies, and no first hand experience >with courier companies. Can anyone else here lend some first hand impressions >of either these companies or the newsletters? > > >-- >Rich@Rice.edu