European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 06, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A new confirmed seating eight Coupon pass Good to March 31 costs 690 Marks about $265. The pass atom two stopovers per City. The first Stop must be booked before leaving on the transatlantic flight and Tavel must be completed in 60 Days. Pan am pan am flies Dally from Frankfurt to los Angeles 6an Francisco and Washington . The airline has several Coupon plans the most interesting for military members in Europe being the $77 per Coupon fare. A minimum of three coupons rat be purchased. Travel must Start eight Days after arrival in the United states and the coupons Are valid Tor 60 Days. They Are Good on any pan am flight. Tran world airline a spokesman for Twa noted that the airline adds extra equipment for the Holiday season with two non Stop fights Dally on the Frankfurt new York route. Their Usa Rover ticket costs 690 Marks about i486. It gives eight coupons with a minimum stay of town Days and maximum of 60 Days. World Airway world has Dally links Between Frankfurt and London of Hutek and Baltimore Washington and new York Newark Airport. The airline s visit . Tariff has four coupons and to Tau on world plus air California Between san Francisco and los Angeles. From . 13 to 24 and March 23 to 31, Cost to $319. Between nov. 1 and . 14 and . 25 and March 20, Cost is $269. To in we Hawaii on world Only the Price is $419. V Republic Al Ullnee a although Republic does not operate transatlantic 4 Flats. The Aulne has offices in Frankfurt. A spokesman that almost All its destinations stateside Are served so tour flights Dally. Of the airline has standby and confirmed see America a plates. The standby pass costs $370 and is Good for str toted travel Tor 30 Days on the Republic network except Canada. The confirmed pass costs $370 for i our stopovers not counting connections$475 for Alint stopovers and $575 for 12 stopovers. The pass is Jijun effect through March 31.Piedmont another airline not operating transatlantic flights but j offices in Germany is Piedmont. One . A. 1 ticket costs $200 for four coupons Good for 30. Coupons Good for 60 Days Cost $350 for four 3 for five $410 Lor six $440 for seven $475 for and $490 for nine. Coupons Good for 90 Days 11605 Tor 10, $520 for 11 and $529 for 12. United air Ullnee untied also does not Fly Germany United states but .1985 has a reservations service operating through Frankfurt. The airline has two Coupon plans. Four coupons Cost $399 and eight Cost $499. Charter aces operates a charter service based in Frankfurt and priced in dollars. Among the flights offered Are Munich Dosse Dort los Angeles san Francisco every thursday except . 26 Lor $259 one Way Frankfurt Dusseldorf los Angeles every monday except . 30 for $269 one Way Munich Dusseldorf new York for $179 one Way Frankfurt new York every sunday except . 29 for $169 one Way Frankfurt Elaml every sunday for $219 one Way. For the second year the stretch from Frankfurt to the Dusseldorf Airport is being made by bus. That makes the Price attractive a company spokesman said. The service is popular. Also a number of people drive to Dusseldorf. It is actually closer to the people in the Pitburg area than the Frankfurt  Mac charts service also operating from Frankfurt has weekly service to a number of cities in the United states and reports space still available for Christmas. A Sample of one Way fares Atlanta $259 Boston $199 Chicago $239 Houston. $299 los Angeles $289 new York $199. For eastbound flights add $9 tax. Information for information or booking Contact on base Barbarossa and Sun Tours travel agents or itt travel agents on the Economy or  Are some Telephone numbers american airlines 069-234074 Delta air lines 069-234014 Northwest Orient 069-324344 Piedmont 089-429093 pan am 069-25650 Republic 069-231691 Twa 069-770601 United 069-280907 world airways 069-299921 aces 069-6666191 Mac 069-230978 Kim Royal dutch airlines 069-290401 Sabena 069-294061 Lufthansa 069-25701 Sas scandinavian airline system 069-26461 British airways 069-250121 Icela Dalr 069-299978 take y of show up at mid morning for a Domestic Light connecting to a transatlantic Light that departs in the late  the Check in counter you Are told you can pick your seat for the transatlantic flight now. Wonderful but when you ask Lor an aisle seat you learn that they Are already full. They were taken by the people who know about Advance seating. Most airlines allow passengers to choose the seat they want three weeks to 11 months before the flight Day. A Survey of the six . Carriers that Fly Between Germany and the United states turned up the entire Range of seat booking times. American airlines has the longest of the pre flight seating assignments with 11 months Advance. The airline also will Issue boarding passes 30 Days in Advance. A spokesman said this is the longest Advance in the world and the reason is the capacity of the firm s computers. Delta has 31-Day Advance seating. Northwest Orient does not yet have Advance seating except in first and business class and for people with babies. Pan am seats can be booked in both directions up to three months in Advance. Twa will make exact seat assignments 28 Days before departure and will take seat requests when the ticket is booked. World makes seat assignments three weeks in Advance. Mot in Irvn provide booklets showing the seating arrangement in various air planes to help customers choose the seats they prefer. When booking 8 flight ask what kind of plane will be used and Check the Chart. You can ask for a seat by Row number but since numbering varies it is safer to let the reservation clerk know the Type of seat you want. Almost no one wants a Middle seat unless several friends or family members Are travelling together. Reservation clerks seem to assign window seats first because of their popularity unless other requests Are made. Infrequent travellers and those who like to look out the window usually choose window seats. The aisle seat has the advantage however of giving More Freedom of movement you Don t have to crawl Over people to get out and you have More Elbow room but you also have to Deal with the people walking in the aisles and with the food and drink carts. In Moil cat smoker sit to the rear of the Cabin although on a few planes one Side is smoking and the other is no smoking. Smoke tends to Drift to the Back and the rear seats can get Cloudy on a Long trip. Bulkheads seats behind the partitions separating Cabins Are often Given to persons carrying babies because there is space for a Basl Nette. Long legged people also vie for these seats and people who want the advantage of not having the person in front reclining in their laps. Most airlines assign seats on a first come first served basis. Passengers can lose their seat reservations however. If they arrive very late. Persons who have an undesirable seat May be Able to get a better location when there Are no shows. . The stars and stripes Page 15