Economy Class & Beyond

Dear Online Travel Agents… Update your frequent flying programme lists

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Sometimes, it's fun to explore different thing - or to book slightly odd tickets (such as the simple example of me flying out wanting to fly out of Manchester and return via London on a Oneworld Airline). That's all well and good.... except when you get to the booking stage - at which point the Online Travel Agent doesn't care about your frequent flyer status much. They … [Read more...]

Gong Hei Fat Choi! Happy Year of the Monkey!

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Well, the moon as turned another year, and a new lunar year is upon us. I'd therefore like to wish you a Happy New Year and welcome you to the Year of the Monkey. An army of lucky cats. They're breeding everywhere! For those of you who have travelled far to return home and reunited with families for this important event - or even not so far to spend time... or even to pick … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – United Airlines Boeing 737-700

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, it's a United Airlines Boeing 737-700 on final approach to Chicago O'Hare International airport - taken from a balcony of the Hyatt Regency O'Hare (which for an #avgeek is an ideal airport hotel to do some spotting and photography from). United Airlines operate a fleet of 40 of the smaller … [Read more...]

Singapore Airlines first A350 takes to the air

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Airbus is slowly working through the backlog of Airbus A350 orders - and another carriers A350 took to the air for the first time. It was the turn of the Siliver Kris of Singapore Airlines to take to the air for the first time. Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900 conducting its first flight - Image, Airbus With the first test flight over, there are further checks that will … [Read more...]

Garuda Indonesia to return to Heathrow

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This has been in the works for some time, but it seems the time is right for Garuda Indonesia is to make a return to London Heathrow Airport with a direct flight between Jakarta and London Heathrow Garuda Indonesia Boeing 777-300ER - Image Garuda Indonesia The airline will abandon its one-stop service to London Gatwick via Amsterdam on the 31st March 2016, and will operate … [Read more...]

Icelandair Introduces Stopover Buddies!

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Lets put this out there first - the airline industry can be extremely boring and repetitive (the recent example over the excitement of American Airlines reintroducing snacks is just one thing that flags up on my radar that I file under "That it?'). Icelandair though... has always been slightly different. It's been promoting Iceland as a stopover point between Europe and … [Read more...]

Admin note: Here we go again (Defective MacBook… fewer entries coming up).

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A few days ago, I begun to have a repetition of an issue I had with my previous Macbook Pro - the internal keyboard is giving out. June 2014 - http://economyclassandbeyond.boardingarea.com/2014/06/26/if-my-typing-and-writing-seems-worse-than-normal/ Well it seems Apple's hardware division is getting worse (and I'm not referring to the power plug issue), with my current … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – JetBlue Airbus A320

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane art. This week, on a very sunny autumn day is a JetBlue Airbus A320 "Blue Monday" awaiting its next turn at Washington Ronald Regan National Airport. JetBlue operate a fleet of 130 Airbus A320 aircraft, with orders for A320neo and A321neo aircraft. The A320 fleet is used across the Jetblue network - from … [Read more...]

Got a two pin Apple Power adapter? It might be recalled…

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I know a lot of us travel with Apple products (be it MacBooks, MacBook Airs, Macbook Pros, iPhones and iPads)... and to help along the way, some of you might had purchased a worldwide adaptor kit like this: Image - Apple Or you'd be using your adapter you got with your device. Well it seems some of power adapters have been bit more shocking than intended, with Apple … [Read more...]

The case of having a card blocked due to possible fraud…

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My life outside flying can be pretty mundane. It involves going to work, fiddling with computers, making people happy that their problems are resolved, and rinsing and repeating. However yesterday, I got a text message from MBNA UK - who I hold a legacy BMI Diamond Club Credit card with (mainly as its an easy way to get Avios without dealing with American Express). Here's the … [Read more...]