Editor's Log
December 2002 Issue
Over the River...
To grandmother’s house we go, but sleighs are out. Do we go by jet, airplane or car?
About the time this issue comes out, millions of people will be traipsing off to the homes of friends and relatives for the Thanksgiving holiday. Lots of them will fly. Some of them will fly themselves.
In our case, a customary trip is Orlando to Atlanta, where one grandpa and at least one grandma is usually waiting to scoop up the kids with raucous greetings.
The perennial question is how to get there.
By airliner, the trip is slightly more attractive than in times past because the airlines’ woes have kept the lid on fares to some extent this year. Checking reservations late in October, I can get five tickets on either of two airlines for a couple hundred apiece. Total cost for the...
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