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* Passengers on Aeromexico can sign up for a new service that sends them e-mails every Thursday identifying discounted fares. Travelers can register at the carrier's Web site, www.aeromexico.com

* For US$50, travelers can buy a one-day pass to United Airlines' Red Carpet Clubs. The passes must be purchased on the day of travel at the airport lounge An airport lounge is a lounge owned by a particular airline (or jointly operated by several carriers). Many offer private meeting rooms, phone, fax, wireless and internet access and other business services, along with provisions to enhance comfort such as free drinks and snacks. ; each pass is good only for one person and one Red Carpet Club. The VIP lounges offer complimentary refreshments, as well as Internet access See how to access the Internet. , work areas and other business services.

* Venezuelan airline Aeropostal has begun new service from Lima to Caracas, with connecting flights to Margarita Island, Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, pueblo, United States
Santo Domingo (sän'tə dəmĭng`gō), pueblo (1990 pop. 2,866), Sandoval co., N central N.Mex., on the Rio Grande; founded c.1700 after earlier pueblos were destroyed by floods.
, Aruba, Curacao, Cuba and Trinidad. At the same time, Aeropostal signed an agreement with the Lima Sheraton that gives room discounts to airline passengers who stay at the hotel.

* Bolivia's new airport exit tax, now US$45, will extend to all travelers flying out of the country. Previously, Bolivian residents and foreign soccer players, among others, were exempt from the tax.

* U.S. product-ratings magazine Consumer Reports has published its first-ever review of 5,500 theme parks in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Value for money, the survey places Sea World and Disney's park Epcot Center, both in Orlando, Florida, at the top of the list. Most loved overall: Rides and shows. Least loved: the food, which park visitors called overpriced o·ver·price  
tr.v. o·ver·priced, o·ver·pric·ing, o·ver·pric·es
To put too high a price or value on.


overpriced
Adjective

costing more than it is thought to be worth

Adj.
 and average.
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Title Annotation:Executive Travel
Publication:Latin Trade
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Date:Jul 1, 2003
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