you realize Air France sucks big time.

So I fly from Chicago to Bangalore on Air France - cheap yes but pain the a-- too! Paris CDG airport is probably the worst International Airport in the Western Hemisphere. Driving around on a bus for 30 minutes to access a terminal to which I could have walked in 5 minutes!!

Anyway, the Air France stewardesses think they are doing you a favor and one accidentally spills hot coffee on my arm - but then walks away without even as much as an apology or concern!

Their booking agents in the US and India have no clue. If you want to change a reservation, you have to be prepared to receive a fax, sign it and then then fax it back! So if you wanted to change a flight say 2 hours before, apparently there is no way to do it!

Thats the first and the last time I'm flying with Air France.

you make sure the iPhone 3G works with Airtel India

Airtel India has a problem with unlocked iphone 3g - unlike Vodaphone India and other carriers.

1. The Airtel 64K chip will not work with the iPhone 3G - if you have the 64K chip, return it and ask for the "big chip".
2. Even if you have the Big Chip from Airtel - under Ultransn0w .91, Airtel works sporadically. The only sure way to have an iPhone under Airtel (except paying through your nose for iPhones sold by Airtel) is to use an iPhone 2G. I can confirm that the iPhone 2G works without any problem all over India!

Airtel customer service is absolutely great and their roaming plans are also very reasonable but somehow the unlocked iPhone 3G's have problems on their network!