TASK DEFINITION: Given a travel related situation, and given a specific question about the situation, summarize the question into a title
PROBLEM: So, I'm a high school student (international) trying to apply for a summer school in the United States. During the application process, there's a prompt that asks for my citizenship status, and one option is "Not a US citizen or permanent resident", while another one is "Not a US citizen or permanent resident but dependent of a visa holder". I'm not sure what does that mean. Hope somebody can explain it to me. Thanks!

Update: I asked them and they said they have useable B1 visas, so they should be visa holders I suppose? I don't understand why "dependent of a visa holder" is equivalent to "us citizen or permanent resident" as the answer below suggests (if we just take the words literally!)


SOLUTION: What does it mean to be "dependent of a visa holder"?

PROBLEM: I noticed that my flight going east to west took almost an hour longer than when coming back from west to east in continental US. What is the reason for this?


SOLUTION: Why is a flight going west longer than the same flight going west to east?

PROBLEM: Using some BAEC Avios (the British Airways Executive Club "miles"), I have booked a flight with Malaysian Airlines, who are a OneWorld partner of British Airways (BA). The ticket was issued on BA (125) stock, for the Malaysian flight with a MH flight number. BA have given me a 6 character Amadeus reference, and a 5 character Malaysian reference for the flight.

If I try to use the BA Manage My Booking, with the Amadeus reference, I get the error "Sorry, we are unable to add bookings that do not contain any British Airways flights to your account.". This error might make sense, were it not for the fact that it happily lets me manage BA ticketed flights with Cathay Pacific and Qantas. Clearly there is more OneWorld ticketing integration on the BA wesbite than the person writing the error message knows... But apparently integration with Malaysian isn't one of the supported one.

Next up, I tried the Malaysian website, and tried to use their Manage My Booking with the 5 character reference I have. That gives the error "We are unable to process your booking online. Please contact our call center". 

Finally, I tried with the FinnAir website, as I know they are able to manage most OneWorld airline bookings, often even in cases when the ticketing or operating airline won't! FinnAir is able to show me the details of the flight, which is a good start, but sadly isn't able to let me select my seat.

Am I falling down the cracks between not fully integrated OneWorld ticketing systems here? Or is there another trick to let me manage such a booking online? (I've never had much luck with phoning Malaysian Airlines in the past is all....)


SOLUTION:
How can I manage online a booking for a Malaysian Airlines flight issued by British Airways?