Economy Class & Beyond

BA: Fuel Surcharge increases again

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It seems fuel costs are going to be the pain of the year, with British Airways increasing it's fuel surchargesThe minor bit of good news - shorthaul is unaffected. However, long haul is a different story: For World Traveller (Economy) flights over nine hours, the surcharge will increase from £76 a sector to £88.  On sectors less than nine hours, it will … [Read more...]

BD: Updates Earning Tables for BMI Metal flights – expect more changes…

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British Midland International have been busy and are applying new earning rates to their flights.And for those who know, this is another step on the road from Diamond Club to Miles and More with booking codes slowly aligning up with the bigger programme. The new booking classes will be on sale from 8 February 2011, for travel on or after 1 April 2011.Source: BMI.   … [Read more...]

Gung hei faat coi!

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From Ghettoife.com towers, May I wish you Gung hei faat coi! and a Happy (Chinese) new year all May the year of the rabbit bring you peace, prosperity and good luck!And lets face it, it can't be any worse than the year of the Tiger can it?May the year of the rabbit bring better luck all round! And it gives me the opportunity to drag out the lanterns sponsored by Cathay Pacific. … [Read more...]

Lonley Planet Apps – FREE!!!

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Lonely Planet are at it again, this time giving away FREE apps of their guide books for North America, including:USABostonChicagoLas VegasLos AngelesMiamiNew York CityNew OrleansSan Francisco SeattleWashington DCCanadaTorontoVancouverRather than give you the links, head to the App Store on your iPhone or iTunes to download. These have been live since 3am this morning, and I'm … [Read more...]

Egypt: FCO Lays on additional charter flight

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With everything that's going on, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has made the following announcement:A charter flight will leave Cairo on Thursday 3 February to enable further British nationals to leave as unrest continues.The flight from Cairo to Gatwick is to supplement commercial flights already being provided by British airlines.This flight is not instead of commercial … [Read more...]

LAM/TAM – Merger on Hold….

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Those at LATAM who were hoping for a quick merger have had to put the merger on hold as the Chilean anti-trust court has accepted the request of CONADECUS to investigate the impact of the merger in terms of competition. As such. LAN and TAM and has ordered to "suspend the (merger)process" whilst an investigation is conducted. This puts the 6-9 month merger plan in jeopardy, and … [Read more...]

Egypt: Latest updates

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Time for the daily Egypt update.First up from the FCO: We advise against all but essential travel to Cairo (all four governorates, including Giza), Alexandria, Luxor and Suez.  As a result of large demonstrations on 1 February, the nationwide curfew has been extended to 13:00-08:00 local time.  However, this does not extend to Red Sea resorts.  We recommend … [Read more...]

BD: As GLA goes, new destinations are added to SVG, BGO, CMN and RAK

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Well it didn't take long for British Midland International to announce what it was going to do with the slots and aircraft released from the loss making London to Glasgow route.New routes from London to Stavanger (SVG), Bergen (BGO), Casablanca (CMN) and Marrakech (RAK) have been added to the route mapDaily to Bergen and Stavanger and four-times weekly to Casablanca from … [Read more...]