European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Flying away Home by Linda White travel editor airlines in Hie United slates Are gearing up or a come Back Bummer As american tourists return to Europe after last year s terrorist right. The airlines also Are extending Multi Stop Coupon offers for travel within the United states since he cheap Dollar is expected to attract a Large number of tourists to America. The . Military Community in Europe will Benefit from the tourist flow. New routes Are being added and old ones reinstated. Military rates for regularly scheduled lights Are. As usual available and almost always come within a few dollars of being Standard among All the airlines. Americans in Europe can Purchase the pass coupons before they leave or Home provided they have a round trip ticket. Various restrictions apply to these ares so Check with the airline or travel agent for Detarie. Here is a Roundup of some of the offers from american carriers. Delta air lines has a travel America standby air pass at $389 for 30 Days or $479 for 60 Days. It is Good Lor travel within the Continental United states on a standby basis on Delta routes. The pass is Good until dec. 31. Delta also has a Circle South Tariff with up to eight coupons one Coupon costs $59. Eight Cost $472. Travel must begin and end in Atlanta. The coupons Are Good Lor travel in Delta s Southeastern network. The o Usa Taril is $79 per Coupon Wilh a minimum of three coupons and a maximum of 12. Delta introduced a London Cincinnati daily nonstop on june 1, which will con line through the summer. The summer schedule also includes Frankfurt Dallas daily nonstop except wednesday. Frankfurt Atlanta daily nonstop Stull Gart Paris Allan a daily and Munich Atlanta nonstop Threa Days per week Stop in London the other Days. The . Community in Germany can take advantage of an after hours toll free Telephone connection to Delta s . Reservation system the number is 0130 9941, callers May also reach Delta s German reservation service toll free by dealing 0130-2526 or May reach the London service Al the Cost of a Call to Frankfurt by dealing 069-293049. Twa will begin Frankfurt Baltimore Washington International Airport twi service june 23, the daily flights Stop in London but there is no plane change. Tho flight from Frankfurt goes first to twi and then on to Washington s Dulles International Airport. Twa will begin daily Berlin Brussels new York flights on aug. 2. This Spring it introduced daily Munich Brussels new York and Frankfurt new York St. Louis flights. There is a Light from Stuttgart via Paris with connections to new York Boston Washington Dulles or los Angeles the connections Are through Twa s transit area so the traveler will have no visa worries. Twa has a . Pass program costing 540 Marks about $300 Lor tha minimum three coupons and 180 Marks about $100 or each additional Coupon. The program is Good until May 3t, 1988. Minimum stay is seven Days maximum is 60 Days. Pan am has increased its number of flights from Berlin to Hamburg to 11 per Day As part of its new High density schedule additional flights Are planned for nov. 1 Between Berlin Frankfurt and Berwin Munich. Pan am has begun a new non Stop flight from Berlin to new York on monday. Wednesday saturday with the new York to Berlin flights sunday tuesday and Friday. The pan am Coupon plan can be used by travellers flying either pan am or Lufthansa to the United states one Coupon costs 175 Marks about $97with a minimum Purchase of three coupons. There is no. Maximum Purchase but the slay must be seven to 60 Days. Northwest airlines has enlarged its Domestic service with the addition of Republic airlines and of airline service. It now serves More than 200 cities in the United Stales Canada Mexico and the Caribbean. As of june 1. Northwest offers daily Frankfurt Minneapolis service As Well As nonstop service Frankfurt to Boston on tuesday saturday and sunday. The Light continues to Kennedy Airport in new York a hassle free Way to arrive in the United states As passengers Clear customs Al Logan Airport before going on to new York. Boston to Frankfurt lights Are monday Friday and saturday. Northwest has a visit Usa confirmed pass or the Continental United states and Canada Good for 60 Days. The offer will continue to March 31, 988. Adults pay $329 Lor our coupons in Low season Between Juna 19 and sept. 8 the Cost is $379. Cost or children is $269 and $319. Unlimited additional coupons Are available for $25 each. Coupons for Alaska Hawaii and Mexico Cost $200 each round trip and to the Caribbean $150. Northwest has he same pass in a standby version. Cost for adults Lor 30 Days Continental United slates and Canada is $379, for 60 Days $449. Wilh Hawaii or Alaska included cos for 30 Days is $579 and $649. Children Ages 2-11 get reduced rates. American airline began daily nonstop service Frankfurt new York in april. Arrival in new York is at american s own terminal. First class and business class passengers May take a helicopter lift into new York at no additional charge and full fare Economy passengers can take the hop Tor $20. In May american began daily non Stop flights from Dallas to Tokyo. To Avail Chic Cou data Onsri Abo Abo How 60. F Abo caril in toll a cd Avail r of of slut Bob Ace unit Ina new farts $17i slut $24 afron1 Fra seat to thai $26$321 Marmur what to do about Dela by Deborah Rankin new York times a flight delay can be it Pentad lit the summer Navel Eaton. Page 14 the stars and stripes s increasing numbers of travellers take to the skies spurred in part by the  airline Industry s deeply discounted promotional fares there has been an accompanying Rise in flight delays and cancellations the summer travel season is expected to compound the problem in America. Since Federal lawmakers Are among the nation s most frequent fliers they have had ample experience with the aggravation that delays can produce. Their experiences have doubtless proved an incentive to the Many pending congressional proposals that would Lorce the airlines to publicize delays and cancellations. The airlines Are where the phone company used to be complained rep. Peter a. Defazio. An Oregon Democrat. Their attitude is we Don t care and we Don t have to  Defazio and sen. Howard m. Metzenbaum a Ohio introduced a Bill that would require airlines to disclose their policies regarding passenger rights in the Case of flight delays and cancellations overbooking and lost and delayed Luggage. As a practical matter the major Domestic airlines already set Forth their policies on such matters in a document called the conditions or contract of Carriage an agreement Between the passenger and the airline that is an Extension of the ticket and supposed to be available where tickets Are sold. But few passengers Are aware thai the document exists and typically the airlines say in it that they take no responsibility Tor failure to operate a flight according to schedule and Are not liable for any consequential damages. I think people would be appalled to discover that once they Purchase a ticket they forfeit All  said Defazio indeed the present rules offer Little Protection i travellers whose plans have been disrupted. With few exceptions airlines Are not required t make amends even if Light delays or cancel Latia mean that passengers miss important events As business meetings weddings or funerals 1 were the very reason for Hying while airline tickets clearly spell out the consequences if passengers fail to arrive or a Fly on time there is no equivalent responsibility for of airline to deliver passengers to their destination t time. Most people do not understand that airlines 0 guarantee their schedules said Cornish f. Hitchcock Legal director of the aviation co Sunn Acton project in Washington dissatisfaction Over flight delays and cancellations accounts for the largest single Fol consumer complaints received by the depart me transportation j last year the department received 12,741 consumer complaints and 3,683 almost 30 p concerned Light problems according to h Decker jr., head of the department s consumer complaint division. By contrast there were 2,3 complaints about baggage. 1.909 complaints a refunds and ,037 complaints about Over Bookie and the problem of right delays is worsening first nine months of 1936, the most recent Figur available the department of transportation