Economy Class & Beyond

Fares going down at Gatwick for British Airways

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British Airways must be feeling the pinch from all the other low cost carriers at London Gatwick, and has launched a new campaign of lower fares from/to Gatwick. Fares are down as much by 20%, for an undefined period (but not a short as a sale), and kick of from £39 a sector for Amsterdam, Bologna, Bordeaux, Malaga, Marseilles, and going up in steps from there (for example, … [Read more...]

Welcome to GhettoIFE.com… on Boarding Area!

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Well from the looks of it, we've migrated and have arrived at BoardingArea.com safely! For my new readers, Welcome to GhettoIFE! This is a very different sort of Frequent Flyer blog to the norm. I'll be focusing on UK and Europe mainly, but also I'll be casting my eyes worldwide on the latest happenings. In addition, you'll find out things such as: My Travels Airplane … [Read more...]

FR: Which? attacks over the Ryanair’s new PrePaid MasterCard…

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As covered last week at GhettoIFE.com, the Ryanair PrePaid MasterCard rates were announced. Well this week, Which? (the consumer group) has branded the card as "An Insult" to it's Ryanair's customers. Or to quote Which? fully they belive the card is "insult to UK consumers who have little opportunity to avoid such fees". Ouch. Ryanair argue the card will be more … [Read more...]

AA: The Vultures Begin to Circle

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If you're an American Airlines stockholder, then you'll probably be feeling the vultures circling with the 33% drop in share value yesterday, on fears that AA's parent - AMR may have to seek Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection. At one point, shares in AMR dived by 41%, with share trading halted. The problems AMR has are the twisted combination of high debt, sluggish demand and … [Read more...]

A3: Greek ATC Shutdown – expect others to follow.

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If you're planning to fly to Greece on the 5th October... here's a hint - start planning alterntives as Greek ATC is due to go out on strike that day. Aegean Airlines has already killed their entire programme of flying on the 5th October http://en.aegeanair.com/all-about-us/press-office/press-releases/press-release/?prid=324, whilst Olympic has not made an annoucement yet. … [Read more...]

UA: Lazy rebrand of the day

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The ongoing merger of United and Continental goes apace with the annoucement that the airline has decided what it's going to do about it's lounges. On the United side, it was The Red Carpet Clubs, meanwhile on the Continental side, they're know as Presidents Clubs. So with those rich heritages, what do you think United is calling their clubs going forward? Have a good … [Read more...]

Stelios’s Fastjet… Long Haul Ambitions…

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The Sunday Telegraph has managed to talk to Sir Stelios about his plans for FastJet. According to the peice, FastJet will take on the Long Haul flights as oppsed competing on the short-haul EuroRoutes. The name Fastjet is however a holding name for the project. The name "Stelios" is being banded around as a brand. Meanwhile the rumbling fight that is brewing between … [Read more...]

Seems like I’m not the only one to have trouble getting into Canada….

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From the BBC News Web site, it seems that I'm not the only person to have issues with customs in Canada. Russell Brand also has had trouble and was rejected entry into Canada based on "priors 10 years ago", and had to divert the plane he was on to a Canadian Customs port, rather than a little field somewhere else. The show he was due to perform - was cancelled (although … [Read more...]