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  • Are You Willing to Drive a Little to Save a Lot?
    - If someone gave Grandpa and Grandma 16 $100-bills, would they drive 64 miles?

    Their first grandson has arrived and Grandpa and Grandma want go to Detroit as soon as they can and need the following itinerary:

    Raleigh/Durham to Detroit: Monday, December 10
    Detroit to Raleigh/Durham: Friday, December 14

    Lowest fare is $1080 round trip per person / $2,160 round trip for 2

    If they can save some money, Grandpa and Grandma are willing to drive a little.

    A check of alternate cities for Detroit:

    Flint, Michigan is just 64 freeway miles Northwest of Detroit at $234 round trip per person / $469 per couple. If Grandpa and Grandma fly to and from Flint instead of Detroit, they save $1,691!

    I don’t know where you shop, but where I do $1,691 will buy a lot of diapers.

    Can you save money? Choose your city and check it out! http://www.terrytrippler.com/drive_a_little_save_a_lot.htm

    Trippler and Associates, Inc.
    18-Dec-2003 Trippler and Associates, Inc. ID406

  • Ask for Exit Seats
    - When asked if you want window or aisle seats, ask for exit seats. Now you won't have that annoying seating row in front of you. You'll get the same legroom in coach as in first class. On top of that, the toilet is right next to you. Really makes a difference on those 12-hour flights.
    1-Jan-2000 Richard Gao ID1215

  • Atlantic Flights
    - It would be best to have a few items of clothing in your hand luggage, at least to ensure you have a change of clothing for two days. This is just in case your luggage has another destination in mind (some of my luggage has travelled to places I have never been). While most of the airlines will provide you with some means of purchasing the basic necessities, if you happen to arrive at your destination on a weekend or public holiday, this may not be possible. Lost luggage will usually take a day or two to show up, so plan with that in mind.
    Grenada Explorer Caribbean Travel Guide
    18-Dec-2003 Grenada Explorer Caribbean Travel Guide ID1211

  • Automobile/Airline Adapters
    - There have been a few instances of airline power adapters not working with in-seat power sources. This can happen when an adapter is required to produce the fully rated 70 watts to fast charge the internal laptop battery but the in-seat power system is not designed to produce that much power. With an adapter efficiency of 90%, the 70-watt load tries to pull 78 watts from the in-seat power unit, and it safely shuts down. The safety circuits in the adapter also sense the overload and also safely shut down.

    This can happen with any of the in-seat power systems that have current limited outputs of around 5 amps (Note that 5 amps at 15 volts = 75 watts). This can also happen with any brand of power adapter and with any laptop that draws up to 70 watts.

    Many of the in-seat power systems were designed when laptops used between 54 and 60 watts. The need for higher power was not foreseen by the airlines.

    Solutions:
    1. Turn off the laptop before plugging the adapter into the in-seat power system. Most laptops will draw less than 70 watts when only charging the battery. Allow the battery to charge for 15 to 20 minutes then try to operate while it continues to charge at a somewhat lower level.
    2. Remove the laptop battery before plugging the adapter into the in-seat power. The operating power of a laptop is far less than the combined operating and charging power. Note that without the internal battery any interruption in in-seat power will cause a loss of unsaved data.

    13-Dec-2003 Tim - LaptopUSB.com ID204

  • Avoid Airport or Port Parking Charges
    - Don't pay for airport or port parking charges. Use an airport transfer service, which will take you and collect you from the airport etc. from outside the terminals, and can carry your party in one car/bus for a fraction of the price of taxis, trains, and buses. Find them local in your area in most directories or newspapers in the summer months.
    13-Dec-2003 Vanessa Devey. Sunland Airport Transfers, UK ID1189




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