Latest Travel Advisory


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These new rules apply to any flights within U.S. borders and all flights coming in and out of the United States, regardless of the origin of flight.

Those rules are as follows:

- No liquids or gels of any kind will be permitted in carry-on baggage. This includes all beverages, (even those purchased within the terminal); all forms of creams, such as shampoo or lotions, tooth paste, hair gel; lipstick or lip balm, liquid makeup or liquid deodorant, hair gel, and any other items of similar consistency. These must be transported in checked baggage.

- Passengers traveling with a baby may carry baby formula and/or breast milk.

- Passengers may also carry prescription medicine if the prescription name matches the passenger’s ticket. Insulin and other essential non-prescription medicines may also be carried, but only a reasonable amount needed during travel. All of these items must be inspected.

- For travel to or within the United States, passengers can take laptop computers in the cabin; however, for travel to or through Heathrow or other U.K. airports, laptops must be included in checked baggage.

- For short business trips, Passengers are encouraged to leave their laptops at home if they have another form of communication available, such as a Treo. Passengers traveling with laptops are advised to put their laptops or laptop bags inside a suitcase, rather than checking the laptop bag itself.

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My 2 cents worth...

The cancellations and delays in the U.K. and the U.S. have caused a ripple effect around the world. Due to tighter security, lines at ticket counters and security checkpoints have resulted in a total wait of upwards of four hours(min) at major and mid-size airports before the plane departs.

If you must travel, carry as few items as possible on board, pack everything into your check in baggage, and expect a damn long wait at all screening points in the airport.

THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELLPHONE COULD DO . . . .

There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. so do check out the things that you can do with it: -

1) In Event of Emergency

The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of coverage area of your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. *Try it out.*

2) Fone as car remote

This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car wil unlock.

Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object.
You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has
the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).

Editor's Note: It worked fine for a fren of mine from States. They tried it out and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!"

3) Voila !!! Hidden Battery power !

Imagine your cell battery is very low, you are expecting an important call and you don't have a charger. Nokia instrument comes with a reserve battery. To activate, press the keys *3370# your cell will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your cell next time



Disclaimer: These HP tips are from some bored phucks in the States.. Try it at your own risk.. I only tried the first one before..