Economy Class & Beyond

*** BREAKING *** UA 757 Fleet Grounded.

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This just in from the Wall Street Journal:United Airlines said it is in the process of temporarily grounding its 96 Boeing 757 jetliners Tuesday and into Wednesday so it can perform checks on earlier modifications it did to the air-data computers on those planes.The unit of United Continental Airlines Inc. discovered it hadn't properly complied with steps required by the … [Read more...]

BD: Morocco Moves Zone

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Intresting news from BMI with Morocco moving redemption zone from Zone 5 to Zone 2.Instead of costing 40000 miles for a Y class round trip with all the taxes, this now drops to 12000 miles instead. Of course, for Diamond Club Gold holders, Gold Upgrades or CUVs can also be used to bump up to business.A logical move this is - least of all it is being served by Short Haul … [Read more...]

LH: The Curse of E T L Fares – L Fares go worldwide.

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For those who fly Lufthansa in Europe, the curse of E T L fare codes are well known. These are low mileage fares that earn a pittance of miles in their own scheme, and less to nothing in everyone else's programmes.So they're fares to avoid.Alas, this gets much more difficult as L fares are now being rolled out worldwide on Lufthansa. So if you're on the hunt for miles, and … [Read more...]

NYC: Trip Videos now loading, on Youtube….

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Yup, I've had the iPhone4 out again, and it's been busy shooting video. Head over to my YouTube channel to see my bad camerawork, or hit the links below...Segment 1Landing at IADSegment 2 taking off from IADLanding at LGAPictures will be loading ... shortly! … [Read more...]

Airplane p0rn – United Airlines Boeing 777-200

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It's Sunday again (and it could be Saturday too as I'm a lemon), and if all is working out right, I'll be walking around New York, and getting ready for my homeward legs. But it's still time for some Airplane p0rn! Today, it's a United Boeing 777-200 on final approach to Chicago O'Hare International More of course next week! … [Read more...]

NYC: Trip Update

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Well as you can guess I've made it to my base in New York. Quick trip notes in a line or less: BHX-AMS - Jokey crewAMS - There's a reason why people call it S**tholeAMS Group 4 Security - Bunch of...AMS NudoScopes - GrrAMS-IAD - Probably the best example of a UA Crew I've had in agesIAD-LGA - Two words - Manhattan View!More on the trip as I get time. For now it's time to go out … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – United Airlines 777 (Classic)

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Ok, I dropped the ball with posting this weekend. Call me asleep or in a different time zone. Or both. But here's a video you don't see (as it's manual safety demo for some reason - probably because there's two versions of the UA 777), It's what I didn't see yesterday - The United Airlines 777 Safety Video. And cue Rhapsody in Blue... … [Read more...]

The revenge of the Volcano…

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Reports are indicating that Geologists detected the high risk of a new eruption after evaluating an increased swarm of earthquakes around the island's second largest volcano.This volcanoe - Bárdarbunga - is showing signs of increased activity, which provides "good reason to worry".More at The Telegraph - … [Read more...]