Comments on: First Flight: Salt Lake City to Paris http://blog.delta.com/2008/06/12/first-flight-salt-lake-city-to-paris/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:35:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Brownbag http://blog.delta.com/2008/06/12/first-flight-salt-lake-city-to-paris/comment-page-1/#comment-1705 Brownbag Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:57:56 +0000 http://blog.delta.com/?p=474#comment-1705 Well, I'm excited. I need to be in Amsterdam for a couple weeks on Business. I'll take the standard SLC->ATL->AMS out and AMS->CDG->SLC home. That will give me the ability to see the differences between the flights. I hadn't expected to be able to use it so soon after it's start, but it just goes to show -- you never know. I do know I like the International lounge at CDG better than most. Well, I’m excited. I need to be in Amsterdam for a couple weeks on Business. I’ll take the standard SLC->ATL->AMS out and AMS->CDG->SLC home. That will give me the ability to see the differences between the flights. I hadn’t expected to be able to use it so soon after it’s start, but it just goes to show — you never know. I do know I like the International lounge at CDG better than most.

]]> By: Christeen http://blog.delta.com/2008/06/12/first-flight-salt-lake-city-to-paris/comment-page-1/#comment-1672 Christeen Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:21:52 +0000 http://blog.delta.com/?p=474#comment-1672 I think this is great! I think this is great!

]]> By: golich17 http://blog.delta.com/2008/06/12/first-flight-salt-lake-city-to-paris/comment-page-1/#comment-1671 golich17 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:24:52 +0000 http://blog.delta.com/?p=474#comment-1671 Paris is a great place to start a route at. It is, after all, the City of Lights! Ayez un bon vol! Paris is a great place to start a route at. It is, after all, the City of Lights! Ayez un bon vol!

]]> By: Brownbag http://blog.delta.com/2008/06/12/first-flight-salt-lake-city-to-paris/comment-page-1/#comment-1670 Brownbag Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:03:16 +0000 http://blog.delta.com/?p=474#comment-1670 I look forward to being able to use this flight in the future to reduce travel time to Europe and North Africa. It will be a treat. One interesting piece of trivia is that even though the Paris restaurant does server some French cuisine, it is not named after the city in France. It is named after the Paris department store in Salt Lake City that the owner has fond memories of from when he was young. The Paris has been closed for many years. Here's one piece of trivia that is not so nice for people coming home from Paris. Imay make some people want to think about not using the flight. When you clear customs, the agents are bound by the laws of Utah about alcohol. So, if you bring back more than two bottles of wine, the excess wine will be confiscated and destroyed. If you clear customs in New York or Georgia (assuming that's where the other flights come through) you will not have this problem. It probably doesn't affect a lot of people, but don't expect all of that nice 6-pak of wine you bought in the Loire to make it home. Paul Rolley expounded on this in his 6/11 Salt Lake Tribune column. He gave an example where it happened to the poor people of a flight from Paris diverted here because of a storm and quotes a customs official saying they have to enforce the local law no matter where the flight started or where the in-transit people are going. So, two bottles OK. Everything else destroyed. I look forward to being able to use this flight in the future to reduce travel time to Europe and North Africa. It will be a treat.

One interesting piece of trivia is that even though the Paris restaurant does server some French cuisine, it is not named after the city in France. It is named after the Paris department store in Salt Lake City that the owner has fond memories of from when he was young. The Paris has been closed for many years.

Here’s one piece of trivia that is not so nice for people coming home from Paris. Imay make some people want to think about not using the flight. When you clear customs, the agents are bound by the laws of Utah about alcohol. So, if you bring back more than two bottles of wine, the excess wine will be confiscated and destroyed. If you clear customs in New York or Georgia (assuming that’s where the other flights come through) you will not have this problem. It probably doesn’t affect a lot of people, but don’t expect all of that nice 6-pak of wine you bought in the Loire to make it home. Paul Rolley expounded on this in his 6/11 Salt Lake Tribune column. He gave an example where it happened to the poor people of a flight from Paris diverted here because of a storm and quotes a customs official saying they have to enforce the local law no matter where the flight started or where the in-transit people are going. So, two bottles OK. Everything else destroyed.

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