Economy Class & Beyond

Safety Video Saturday – LAN A320

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It's Saturday again, so it's time to place your seat in the upright position, stow your luggage in the overhead lockers, ensure your seatbelt is fastened and the blinds are open as we go to this week's safety video. This week, it's LAN with their safety video: Another safety video next week! … [Read more...]

The Great UK Christmas rush begins

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Well it's that most glorious time of the year as the nation begins to move for the Christmas break. Over 20 million rail journeys are expected to be made (with me accounting for two of them at least), at least 200,000 people are due to cross the channel by ferry or Eurostar, and Heathrow Airport is expecting 123,000 passengers to fly through the next few days. There are … [Read more...]

Sale season kicks off

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Well, it seems that some airlines are now fighting for sale fares as we enter the Christmas Season in the UK. The big ones to look out for so far are: British Airways - Long Haul in World Traveller/World Traveller Plus Flight sale. All the usual destinations. Book by 22/01/13 with a nominal travel period of 25/12/12 to 31/03/13 (although good luck finding anything cheap … [Read more...]

An apology: I mess up sometimes.

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And I do occasional - more so at the moment. From not paying attention to my inbox (and having twitter go mad on my desktop), to having to respond to articles late at night. The fact is this: I lifted content from John at Australian Business Traveller over the Hong Kong EChannel article and didn't credit it - and a substantial chunk too. I have published an apology on … [Read more...]

For the LOVE of Avios: TurboJetting to Macau

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Hong Kong 3: For the LOVE of Avios! With Swiss and British Airways TurboJetting to Macau Sections: Memo to Self: Stop looking at Booking Engines Late at Night Leaving Birmingham, Servisair Lounge, To Zürich with Swiss and OLT Express on LX425 Zürich Night Stop – “Zürich Dayrooms”, Senator Lounge LX1952 Barcelona to … [Read more...]

Minimal updates for a while

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My Dear Readers, both far and wide. At the moment, I'm reducing my blog output for a bit due to some big matters closer to home that affect my current job and work position. The fact is at the moment due to Her Majesties Government acting like a bunch of cost cutting lunatics, The Department of Health cutting back funding and Local NHS organisations forgetting the drive … [Read more...]

Hong Kong E-Channel… Darn useful

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PREFACE/CORRECTION: Some of this article (including a couple of images and a list of airlines) is based on the post from Australian Business Traveller at http://www.ausbt.com.au/fast-track-for-frequent-flyers-at-hong-kong-airport. Other bits of the post came from the Hong Kong Government Web Site and Wikipidea. Whilst some of this post came from my actual experience with … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – LuxAir Dash-8 Q400

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It's Sunday again so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, it's a LuxAir Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 taking off from a rather overcast Barcelona Airport 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...]

Safety Video Saturday – StarFlyer

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It's Saturday so it must be time to stow your luggage, your tray table, bring your seat into the upright position and secure your seat belt as it's time for this week's safety video. This week - it's StarFlyer of Japan. Another safety video next week! … [Read more...]