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Top Document: FAQ: Air Traveler's Handbook 2/4 [Monthly posting] Previous Document: [2-5] Travel Agencies that Specialize in Students Next Document: [2-7] Free Upgrades to First Class See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Several airlines have a program called "Visit USA" (VUSA) which allows foreign nationals or US citizens who reside abroad to purchase tickets that have unlimited standby travel within the US during their stay. The tickets must be purchased abroad (usually in conjunction with an international roundtrip ticket) and residents of Canada and Mexico are ineligible. (Some of the programs are also not available to people living in the Carribean.) Other airlines with this program include United Airlines, Northwest, and Delta. Delta's program is called "Delta Pass". The pass is actually a set of coupons, with each coupon being good for a sector. You must purchase at least N coupons, where N depends on the airline. For United, the minimum is three coupons. There may also be a maximum number of coupons. On United the price is about $90/sector if you purchase the minimum number of coupons, and falls to $60/sector if you purchase 10 coupons. There is also a two-tier pricing scheme depending on whether the Visit USA pass is issued by the same airline you used to travel to the US. The difference is about $15/sector. Prices and programs may differ on other airlines. For example, Delta Airpass gives 30 days unlimited travel for about $500 (60 days $800). No rerouting or refunds are allowed. (Some airlines will refund a completely unused pass -- ask when you buy it -- but none will refund a Visit USA pass after the first flight segment has been flown.) You must make confirmed reservations for the first sector. There is a charge for changing the date on the first sector flight. Travel must start within 30 days and must be completed withing 120 days of entry into the US (for travel on United; other airlines may have different policies). Open jaw travel is permitted. You may be limited to one trans-continental direct flight per Visit USA pass, depending on the airline. Council Travel has been known to sell Visit USA tickets on USAir without any restrictions at all -- you don't have to be a foreign resident or national, and you don't have to be a student. Many travel agents outside the US don't check whether you reside outside the US, so you can buy the Visit USA coupons even if you are a US citizen. They won't, however, send the tickets overseas; you have to be physically present to pick up the tickets. Many foreign carriers offer similar programs in conjunction with the purchase of an international round-trip ticket. The following should give you an idea of the range of programs; call your airline and check if they have similar programs (you may have to ask for the tour desk). Air France (France Pass). The pass gets you unlimited flights within France, but must be used during a single week for off-peak travel. Alitalia (Visit Italy). Each voucher lets you fly two one-way segments within Italy for $100. A great deal, considering that a Rome-Milan coach roundtrip ticket costs more than three times as much. Aloha Airlines (AlohaPass Commuter). The pass provides unlimited interisland travel on Aloha Airlines and Aloha IslandAir for one month. Reservations are guaranteed when booked 48 hours before departure. Includes other minor perks, such as bonuses in the frequent flyer program and some free first class upgrades. British Airways (UK Air Pass/Visit UK). Flight segments cost around $80, with a 3-segment minimum. Destinations and travel dates must be booked seven days in advance, and the dates cannot be changed. Hawaiian Airlines (Commuter Airpass). The pass provides unlimited interisland travel for one month. Reservations are guaranteed when booked 24 hours before departure. Includes other minor perks, such as a free one-day car rental, bonuses in the frequent flyer program, and some free first class upgrades. SAS (Visit Scandinavia). Each coupon costs $80 and covers one flight segment within Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. 6 coupon maximum. Thai Airways (Discover Thailand). Each pass costs $239 and covers four flight segments within Thailand. Varig, VASP, and Transbrasil (Visit Brazil). The pass is a very good deal for travelers who are flying from one end of Brazil to the other, but not as good if you're just flying between Sao Paulo and Rio De Janiero. [Yes, yes, I know Hawaii is part of the United States.] When buying one of these passes, always compare the cost with the prices of basic excursion fares. Sometimes the excursion fares are cheaper. User Contributions:Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic:Top Document: FAQ: Air Traveler's Handbook 2/4 [Monthly posting] Previous Document: [2-5] Travel Agencies that Specialize in Students Next Document: [2-7] Free Upgrades to First Class Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: mkant@cs.cmu.edu
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Throughout time, we can see how we have been slowly conditioned to come to this point where we are on the verge of a cashless society. Did you know that the Bible foretold of this event almost 2,000 years ago?
In Revelation 13:16-18, we will read,
"He (the false prophet who deceives many by his miracles--Revelation 19:20) causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666."
Speaking to the last generation, this could only be speaking of a cashless society. Why's that? Revelation 13:17 says that we cannot buy or sell unless we receive the mark of the beast. If physical money was still in use, we could buy or sell with one another without receiving the mark. This would contradict scripture that states we need the mark to buy or sell!
These verses could not be referring to something purely spiritual as scripture references two physical locations (our right hand or forehead) stating the mark will be on one "OR" the other. If this mark was purely spiritual, it would indicate both places, or one--not one OR the other!
This is where it really starts to come together. It is incredible how accurate the Bible is concerning the implantable RFID microchip. This is information from a man named Carl Sanders who worked with a team of engineers to help develop this RFID chip:
"Carl Sanders sat in seventeen New World Order meetings with heads-of-state officials such as Henry Kissinger and Bob Gates of the C.I.A. to discuss plans on how to bring about this one-world system. The government commissioned Carl Sanders to design a microchip for identifying and controlling the peoples of the world—a microchip that could be inserted under the skin with a hypodermic needle (a quick, convenient method that would be gradually accepted by society).
Carl Sanders, with a team of engineers behind him, with U.S. grant monies supplied by tax dollars, took on this project and designed a microchip that is powered by a lithium battery, rechargeable through the temperature changes in our skin. Without the knowledge of the Bible (Brother Sanders was not a Christian at the time), these engineers spent one-and-a-half-million dollars doing research on the best and most convenient place to have the microchip inserted.
Guess what? These researchers found that the forehead and the back of the hand (the two places the Bible says the mark will go) are not just the most convenient places, but are also the only viable places for rapid, consistent temperature changes in the skin to recharge the lithium battery. The microchip is approximately seven millimeters in length, .75 millimeters in diameter, about the size of a grain of rice. It is capable of storing pages upon pages of information about you. All your general history, work history, criminal record, health history, and financial data can be stored on this chip.
Brother Sanders believes that this microchip, which he regretfully helped design, is the “mark” spoken about in Revelation 13:16–18. The original Greek word for “mark” is “charagma,” which means a “scratch or etching.” It is also interesting to note that the number 666 is actually a word in the original Greek. The word is “chi xi stigma,” with the last part, “stigma,” also meaning “to stick or prick.” Carl believes this is referring to a hypodermic needle when they poke into the skin to inject the microchip."
Mr. Sanders asked a doctor what would happen if the lithium contained within the RFID microchip leaked into the body. The doctor replied by saying a (...)