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Rough Guide to Europe

Travelling from North America

Airlines in the USA and Canada

Aer Lingus 1-800/223 6537 or 212/557 1110

Air Canada in Canada, call directory inquiries, 1-800/555 1212, for local toll-free number; US toll-free number, 1-800/776 3000

Air France in US, 1-800/237 2747; in Canada, 1-800/667 2747

Alitalia in US 1-800/223 5730; in Canada, 1-800/361 8336

American Airlines 1-800/433 7300

Austrian Airlines 1-800/843 0002

British Airways in US, 1-800/247 9297; in Canada1-800/668 1059

Canadian Airlines in Canada, 1-800/665 1177; in US, 1-800/426 7000

Commonwealth Express (formerly Aeroflot) in US,1-800/995 5555; in Canada, 514/288 2125

Continental Airlines 1-800/231 0856

Czech Airlines 1-800/223 2365 or 212/765 6022

Delta Airlines in US, 1-800/241 4141; in Canada, call directory inquiries, 1-800/555 1212, for local toll-free number

Finnair 1-800/950 5000

Iberia in US, 1-800/772 4642; in Canada, 1-800/423 7421

KLM in US, 1-800/374 7747; in Canada, 1-800/361 5073

LOT Polish Airlines in US, 1-800/223 0593; in Canada, 1-800/361 1017

Lufthansa in US, 1-800/645 3880; in Canada, 1-800/563 5954

Malév Hungarian Airlines 1-800/223 6884 or 212/757 6446

Martinair Holland 1-800/627 8462

Northwest Airlines 1-800/447 4747

Olympic Airways 1-800/223 1226

Royal Air Maroc 1-800/344 6726

Sabena 1-800/955 2000

SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) 1-800/221 2350

TAP Air Portugal in US, 1-800/221 7370; in Canada call directory inquiries, 1-800/555 1212, for local toll-free number

THY Turkish Airlines 1-800/874 8875

Tower Air 1-800/221 2500

TWA 1-800/892 4141

United Airlines 1-800/538 2929

US Air 1-800/622 1015

Varig in US, 1-800/468 2744; in Canada call directory inquiries, 1-800/555 1212, for local toll-free number

Virgin Atlantic Airways 1-800/862 8621

Discount Agents, Travel Clubs and Consolidators

Air Brokers International, 323 Geary St, Suite 411, San Francisco, CA 94102 (1-800/883 3273). Consolidator.

Air Courier Association, 191 University Blvd, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80206 (303/278 8810). Courier flight broker.

Airhitch, 2472 Broadway, Suite 200, New York, NY 10025 (212/864 2000). Stand-by seat broker: For a set price, they guarantee to get you on a flight as close to your preferred destination as possible, within a week. Western Europe only.

Council Travel, 205 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10017 (1-800/226 8624), and branches in many other US cities. Student travel organization.

Educational Travel Center, 438 N Frances St, Madison, WI 53703 (1-800/747 5551). Student/youth discount agent.

International Student Exchange Flights (602/951 1177). Student/youth fares, student IDs.

Interworld Travel, 800 Douglass Rd, Miami, FL 33134 (305/443 4929). Consolidator.

Last-Minute Travel Club, 100 Sylvan Rd, Suite 600, Woburn, MA 010801 (1-800/LAST-MIN). Travel club specializing in stand-by deals.

Moment's Notice, 7301 New Utrecht Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11204 (212/486 0500). Discount travel club.

Nouvelles Frontières/New Frontiers, 12 E 33rd St, New York, NY 10016 (1-800/366 6387); 1001 Sherbrook East, Suite 720, Montreal, H2L 1L3 (514/526 8444); and other branches in LA and Québec City. French discount travel firm.

Now Voyager, 74 Varick St, Suite 307, New York, NY 10013 (212/431 1616). Courier flight broker.

Preferred Traveler's Club, 4501 Forbes Blvd, Lanham, MD 20706 (1-800/444 9800). Discount travel club.

STA Travel, 10 Downing St, New York, NY 10014 (1-800/777 0112), and other branches in the LA, San Francisco and Boston areas. Worldwide specialist in independent and student travel.

TFI Tours International, 34 W 32nd St, New York, NY 10001 (1-800/745 8000), and other offices in Las Vegas and Miami. Consolidator.

Travac, 989 Sixth Ave, New York NY 10018 (1-800/872 8800). Consolidator and charter broker.

Travel Avenue, 10 S Riverside, Suite 1404, Chicago, IL 60606 (1-800/333 3335). Discount travel agent.

Travel CUTS/Voyages Campus, 187 College St, Toronto, ON M5T 1P7 (416/979 2406), and other branches all over Canada (mostly on or near university campuses). Student travel specialists, with discounted fares for non-students too.

Travelers Advantage, 3033 S Parker Rd, Suite 900, Aurora, CO 80014 (1-800/548 1116). Discount travel club.

UniTravel, 1177 N Warson Rd, St Louis, MO 63132 (1-800/325 2222). Consolidator.

Worldtek Travel, 111 Water St, New Haven, CT 06511 (1-800/243 1723). Discount travel agency.

Worldwide Discount Travel Club, 1674 Meridian Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139 (305/534 2082). Discount travel club.

Rail Contacts in North America

BritRail Travel, 1500 Broadway, New York, NY 10036 (1-800/677 8585 or 212/575 2667). UK passes.

CIE Tours International,100 Hanover Ave, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927 (1-800/243 7687). Issues vouchers exchangeable in Ireland for Irish rail passes.

CIT Rail, 9501 W Devon Ave, Suite 502, Rosemont, IL 60118 (800/223 7987). Eurail, German, Italian passes.

DER Tours/GermanRail, 9501 W Devon Ave, Suite 400, Rosemont, IL 60018 (1-800/421 2929). Eurail, German, Italian, Benelux and central Europe passes.

Orbis Polish Travel Bureau, 342 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10173 (1-800/223 6037). Passes for Poland.

Rail Europe, 226 Westchester Ave, White Plains, NY 10604 (1-800/438 7245). Official Eurail Pass agent in North America; also sells the widest range of European regional and individual country passes.

ScanTours, 3439 Wade St, Los Angeles, CA 90066 (1-800/223 7226). Eurail, Scandinavian and other European country passes.

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