Travel Reference
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from public pay phones in most locales
cost either 25¢ or 35¢. Pay phones do not
accept pennies, and few will take anything
larger than a quarter.
Most long-distance and international
calls can be dialed dir ectly fr om any
phone.
For calls within the United States
and to Canada,
dial 1 followed by the area
code and the sev en-digit number .
For
other inter national calls,
dial 011 fol-
lowed by the country code, city code, and
the number you are calling.
Calls to area codes
800, 888, 877,
and
866
are toll-fr ee. H owever, calls to ar ea
codes
700
and
900
(chat lines, bulletin
boards, “dating” ser vices, and so on) can
be very expensive—usually a charge of 95¢
to $3 or more per minute, and they some-
times have minimum charges that can run
as high as $15 or mor e.
For
reversed-charge or collect calls,
and for person-to-person calls, dial the
number 0 then the area code and number;
an operator will come on the line, and you
should specify whether you are calling col-
lect, person-to-person, or both. I f y our
operator-assisted call is international, ask
for the overseas operator.
For
local directory assistance
(“infor-
mation”), dial 411; for long-distance
VISAS
For information about U.S. visas
go to
http://travel.state.gov
and click on
“Visas.” O r go to one of the follo
wing
websites:
Australian
citiz ens can obtain up-
to-date visa information fr om the
U.S.
Embassy C anberra,
Moonah P lace, Yar-
ralumla, A CT 2600 (
&
02/6214-5600
);
from the Consulates-General in Perth, Syd-
ney, or Melbourne, or by checking the U.S.
Diplomatic M ission's w ebsite at
http://
usembassy-australia.state.gov/consular
.
British
subjects can obtain up-to-date
visa information by calling the
U.S. Embassy
Visa Information Line
(
&
09042-450100
)
or by visiting the “ Visas to the U.S.” section
of the American E mbassy London's website
at
www.usembassy.org.uk
.
Irish
citizens can obtain up-to-date visa
information thr ough the
Embassy of the
USA Dublin,
42 Elgin Rd., Dublin 4, Ire-
land (
&
353/1-668-8777
); or by checking
the “Consular Services” section of the web-
site at
http://dublin.usembassy.gov
.
Citizens of
New Z ealand
can obtain
up-to-date visa information b y contacting
the
U.S. Embassy New Zealand,
29 F it-
zherbert T errace, Thorndon, Wellington
(
&
644/472-2068
); or get the informa-
tion directly from the “For New Zealand-
ers” section of the w ebsite at
http://
new
zealand.usembassy.gov. The telephone num-
ber for specific visa information is
&
0900
878 472.
information, dial 1, then the appr opriate
area code and 555-1212.
TIME Z ONE
California is on P acific
Standard Time, 3 hours behind New York
and 8 hours behind London.
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TOLL-FREE NUMBERS & WEBSITES
MAJOR U.S. AIRLINES
(*flies internationally as well)
Alaska Airlines
&
800/252-7522
www.alaskaair.com
American Airlines*
&
800/433-7300 (in U.S. and Canada)
&
020/7365-0777 (in U.K.)
www.aa.com
Continental Airlines*
&
800/523-3273 (in U.S. and Canada)
&
084/5607-6760 (in U.K.)
www.continental.com
Delta Air Lines*
&
800/221-1212 (in U.S. and Canada)
&
084/5600-0950 (in U.K.)
www.delta.com
