Economy Class & Beyond

So to expand when things go wrong…

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... I haven't been looked after better by British Airways. After seeing the plane push back infront of me, I was told there was no redemption space on the next flight. As I headed down the bowels of T5, and walked to T5B customer service, i checked what redemption opportunities were available - and lo and behold - the latter flight became … [Read more...]

ANA Rolls out Premium Economy Seating on the Haneda to Frankfurt route

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For those who like 787s (as well as the convenience of Haneda Airport - which is a stone-throw away centre of Tokyo, there will be an seating option opening up on the ANA 787 route between the two cities. ANA will be deploying a Three class 787 on the route (still with a comparatively low seat count): - 46 Business Class Seats (1-2-1 in a staggered formation) - 21 in Premium … [Read more...]

Four Trains and a Wedding: The Holiday Inn Norwich

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Trip Report: Four Trains and Wedding. Introduction, Birmingham New Street to London Euston, London Liverpool Street to Norwich The Holiday Inn Norwich and a Wedding Norwich to London Liverpool Street, a quick lunch and London Marylebone to Birmingham Snow Hill After leaving the train station, I decided rather than spending the morning wandering around Norwich, … [Read more...]

Singapore Airlines adds more capacity to Hong Kong

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Singapore Airlines are to replace a rotation on the Singapore to Hong Kong route, by replacing an existing pair of flights operated by a Boeing 777-300ER with an Airbus A380 take its place. The flight pair being switched SQ866/SQ865, resulting in the following timetable from the winter timetable, commencing 27th October 2013: Singapore to Hong Kong SQ890 DEPART SIN 07:35 … [Read more...]

Trip Report: Four Trains and Wedding – Introduction and Part 1

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Trip Report: Four Trains and Wedding. Introduction, Birmingham New Street to London Euston, London Liverpool Street to Norwich The Holiday Inn Norwich and a Wedding Norwich to London Liverpool Street, a quick lunch and London Marylebone to Birmingham Snow Hill   Time for something different for the summer season. Prices are still sky-high for flying, and … [Read more...]

Qatar Airways to send 787s to Delhi and Bangalore

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Qatar Airways will be operating Boeing 787s on certain rotations to India on a daily basis from 1st September 2013. They will serve Doha to Delhi, and Doha to Bangalore. The timetable looks like this Doha Delhi QR232 DEPART DOH 21:00 ARRIVE DEL 03:25+1 QR233 DEPART DEL 04:50 ARRIVE DOH 06:30 Operates Daily Booked Equipment: Boeing 787-8 Doha Bangalore QR226 DEPART … [Read more...]

Alternatives to Heathrow Express

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As I may have stated some time ago, I'm not a fan of Heathrow Express. As a single traveller going from A to B, having a measly 10% off (which can be a saving as low as ... £2), the faff of using a National Railcard (which counts me out as I don't qualify for most of them... and the only one I'd qualify for I'd use so rarely, I'd barely recover the cost on it). Bottom line … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Swiss International Airlines Airbus A320

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, it's a Swiss International Airlines, resting at Zurich Airport awaiting its first turn of the day. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next week!   … [Read more...]