There is a 4% probability that the plane used for a commercial flight has technical problems, and this causes a delay in the flight. If there are no technical problems with the plane, then there is still a 33% probability that the flight is delayed due to all other reasons. What is the probability that the flight is delayed?

The solutions manual says 0.3568 but I can’t seem to get that answer. Could some one please explain how to do this problem? Thanks.

96 % of flights do not have a technical problem but then have a 33% chance of being delayed.
Multiply 96% times 33% is 31.68% of all flights.
Add the 4% of flights that do have a technical problem and we get the 35.68% – or .3568 probability.

planning a trip at the end of august. i will be 18 my friend 19. we are planning on going to ontario to niagara falls. any specific hotels that are totally gross that will let us stay there?? i was looking around didnt find a lot.

I think the fact that you have a valid Credit Card will be more important than your age. They may ask you to put down a damage deposit in case you trash the place but you will get it back when you leave the room in good shape.

Most hotels have toll free Numbers that you can call and ask.

Whenever I fly US Airways I have to endure a 10 minute commercial about their credit card and the supposedly great benefits it gives me. Then the fllight attendants walk the plan trying to get passengers to fill out an application. How much money does each flight attendar get per application to waste my time in flight and wake me from a nap to sell me credit card?

The FA’s don’t get any "bounty" or bonus or commission for doing the credit card speech but they do get lower performance review ratings if they omit the speech, meaning lower raises. That’s why they push it really hard on mainline USAir flights (especially the West coast operation, planes and uniforms still bearing the America West branding) and not so hard on the shortline routes that are actually being serviced by another airline like Republic or PSA.

And if you think the USAir credit card routine is annoying, try calling United Customer Service for anything. You could just be changing your seat assignment and they’ll give you a 10-minute speech to sell you a rental car or hotel room.

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I am planning on staying in Universal City/Hollywood. I need a room that is walking distance (or within a few miles) of City Walk and Univeral Studios, therefore I need a search engine that will only search within a certain amount of miles. Most databases will give you the hotels closest to your search at the top and than ones that are further away. I don’t want that are any further than 5 miles away. Where can I get a specified search (i.e.: distance, suite, etc)? I am looking for a very specific criteria. Anyway please help!

try:

orbitz.com
or
travelocity.com

What I mean is, if I need to change an outbound flight, and because it is a non refundable cheap fare I need to book another one, will my existing return fare still be valid, or will the airline assume that because I never got on the original flight I don’t need the return…. Thank you!

Now this one makes me angry at the airlines. If you dont take the outward part of a return ticket, their computer cancels your return part automatically. I have even had trouble when the airline has rerouted me outbound and I found the return part "cancelled". If that ever happens keep all boarding cards and documentation to fuel your fight. Just last year I had to book 2 separate tickets, one to get to London and another to get to Bucharest. My first airline let me down so I didnt make London but I made Madrid instead and when I spoke to the second airline for Bucharest, they could not change my original ticket but sold me a couple of new one way tickets from Madrid to Bucharest saying that I could reconfirm the return Bucharest to London when I arrived at Bucharest. When we got there, the airline refused to honour the return part of my original tickets because of the no show outbound and insisted to sell me another couple of one way tickets for exactly the same flight as my original ticket. In law they should refund you at least the taxes on an unused flight ticket but increasingly they put in the small print that to claim back those taxes they charge an admininstrative fee which is more than the taxes themselves. So basically all these non-refundable flight tickets are raking in extra profits for the airlines and unless your travel insurance will cover you – depends on why you need to change your outbound flight – then your cheap fare ends up far from cheap. Of course with some airlines you can buy flexible tickets but on balance for frequent flyers it is cheaper in the long run to buy the cheapest tickets and bear the losses if and when it happens to you.