Re: Flight to Uk

[Hilary Blue <azure2@xxxxxxxxx>]

one word of advice -
you get much better service and attention
if you go on your own.
airline attendants swarm all around you
and do every last thing for you -
but somehow, if you have someone  with you ,
 that someone is expected to do everything
that a half dozen attendants would have done for you.
ANd then you don't get the little extras either,
like preferential seating on the plane -
which may sound like a luxury,
but on a long flight,
extra space for stretching your legs
is a must for the pwp.
ANd when you get off that plane,
absolutely exhausted from the flight,
 it is not just a luxury
to be whizzed to the front
of the customs and immigration lines!
People are wonderful -
if they think you are totally helpless.
If they see  you have the slightest bit of help,
you are likely to be totally abandoned
speaking from bitter experience - of both situations

hilary blue



janet paterson wrote:
>
> hi all
>
> on  Mon, 11 Sep 2000 10:19:01 +0200, bern wrote:
> >
> >Hello all, I am now back in Austria after a week in the UK. I was met at
> >the airports and pushed in a wheel chair right to the plane and then to
> >the lugage after arrival. I hadtwo blocks or freezes and shook all
> >over.People were very kind and helpful. The stewardesses were great and
> >got me seated and comfortable. What impressed me most was that I was
> >smiled at. Yes smiles were for me not the usual stares it seems as if
> >the awareness of Parkinson's is more advanced now. By the way the
> >airoplane line was the  Lufthansa. and no I have no financial dealings
> >with them. Bern......Peace.
> >
>
> that is wonderful news, bern!
> and echoes my experience recently on a canada/usa trip
> [recounted in my post "knock knock"]
> ...........v