Economy Class & Beyond

Southwest Airlines introduces luggage fees, as well as other changes – yes, basic fares on the way

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Southwest Airlines has finally given in to the temptation of revenue - and from the 28th May 2025, will charge for luggage, ending the airline's "Bags Fly Free" tagline. The luggage changes in full: The airline will  offer two free checked bags to Rapid Rewards A-List Preferred Members and Customers traveling on Business Select fares Meanwhile, will be offered … [Read more...]

Great Western Railway to take on Class 175 trains

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It seems that a new home has finally been confirmed for the Alstom Class 175 Coradia 1000 trains - and they're heading to the Great Western Railway (GWR). Class 175/1 and a Class 175/1 in the rear - Image, Great Western Railway  GWR will take on the entire class, comprising of 26 trains. This is split into 10 two-car trains and 16 three-car trains. GWR currently have … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER in Star Alliance livery

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, we have a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER in plain white, with large Star Alliance billboard titles as it is resting at its home base of Singapore Changi Airport between duties in the dark of a Singaporean night. Singapore Airlines operates a fleet of 22 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in its … [Read more...]

CrossCountry Trains unveils its first refurbished train

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UK Train operator CrossCountry has unveiled the first train to go through its fleet refurbishment programme. CrossCountry 170101 in its new colours at Derby Station - Image, CrossCountry  The work is being carried out at Arriva TrainCare’s Crewe depot and funded by Porterbrook, who owns the fleet. The reintroduction of Class 170 ‘Turbostar’ unit 170101 to … [Read more...]

Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (8th March)

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We've reached the end of the week again, where I've spent time typing, scheming and trying to understand the meaning of sanity. It must be time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.  Because coffee solves a lot of sins in the world - 200 Degrees Coffee, Birmingham  TRIP REPORT: Miles to Bucharest We're into the bit where I'm spending time walking around, as well as … [Read more...]

Emirates refitted Boeing 777 next destinations: London Stansted and Seoul Incheon

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Emirates is continuing to update its operations as further refitted Boeing 777-300ER aircraft are completed, with two more destinations getting upgrades. The destinations in question are London Stansted and Seoul Incheon. The service to Seoul Incheon will get the updated aircraft from Boeing 777-300ER from 14th April, with the four-class aircraft operating on flights … [Read more...]

UK Electronic Travel Authorisation – Wave Three Applications (Europe) are now online

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For those travelling to the United Kingdom from Europe, the third wave of applications for Electronic Travel Authorisation (UK ETA) has gone live. We've seen previous UK ETA waves roll out so far - with the largest wave of Visa-free entry countries went live earlier this year in January. The UK ETA is required if you are planning to cross the UK Border at an airport … [Read more...]

KLM enables Apple’s “Find My Share Item Location” to aid baggage recovery

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It's time for another airline to activate Apple's "Find My Share Item Location" to help them find missing baggage. And it's KLM Royal Dutch Airlines who is next to join the party. Customers traveling with KLM can use the new Share Item Location feature to privately and securely share the location of their AirTag or Find My network accessory with KLM customer service to … [Read more...]

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