Economy Class & Beyond

Trip Report: Gold Run 2 – Blame Canada – It’s only a mileage run anyway! (To Vancouver with EI, BD, AC and CO)

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Gold Run 2: Blame Canada! It’s only a mileage run anyway!* - Locking in Gold for another year (with BMI, Air Canada, Continental and Aer Lingus) - BHX-DUB, DUB-LHR-YVR-IAH-LHR (*I blame South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut for that) Previous reports are at the back end of this trip report. WARNING: This trip report does contain potty mouth words. It's one of the few … [Read more...]

BA: BREAKING: Vote for Strike Action passed.

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Like old women who can't settle an argument without bitching loudly, BA and Unite are at it again - with Unite members voting for strike action. This is protest at the removal of travel perks from members of staff who went on strike last year and other forms of disciplinary action.Thankfully, dates have not been announced yet - but you can bet they'll be soon. Turnout seems to … [Read more...]

BD/LX: More Services to Basel from Heathrow and Manchester – with BMI Metal!

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It seems BMI is getting busy with its little family at Lufthansa, and taking on BA with a 3 times a day service from London Heathrow to Basel, as well as a service from Manchester to Basel.This will be operated on BMI Airbus A319 metal, with Swiss Codesharing these flights.There is the loss of the LCY-BSL service operated by Swiss AvroJetsService commences on both routes from … [Read more...]

FR: Attacks Court Decision about Boarding Passes – threatens more pain

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Earlier this week a Spanish court ruled that Ryanair's £40 charge to reprint a left at home boarding pass was "illegal", with court stating"the carrier was breaking international law by charging the fee, stating that the responsibility for printing boarding passes has always rested with the airlines."That obviously went down like a lead brick at Ryanair HQ, how today have … [Read more...]

Gold Run 2: Trip Report Pictures going live

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Apologies for the delay, but the pictures have finally started to go live!You can find them on my photoblog feed, but to make your lives easier here are the individual links: Birmingham to Dublin with Aer Lingus and the Travelodge Swords, Dublin Dublin to London Heathrow with British Midland InternationalThe London Lounge T3 and London Heathrow to Vancouver International … [Read more...]

AA: Buys new 777’s, opts for the 300ER’s….

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It seems American Airlines has decided maybe it's time to invest in expanding it's international growth, and has ordered two Boeing 777-300ER's from the options it has with Boeing.Subject to contracts being firmed up and local issues, these aircraft are due for delivery in latter part of 2012.This makes AA a rarity in the USA - the first carrier to use 777-300ER's (Air Canada … [Read more...]

The Final Fate of Flight US1549 – To Charlotte NC for exhibiting

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We all remember the Miracle of The Hudson last year (and if you don't, the basic summary - A US Airways A320 ingests birds into the engine in January 2009, ditches into the Hudson River, all passengers and crew survive - in fact I was flying through LaGuardia the day after the incident)There's been a lot of queries what is going to happen to the A320 that was involved. Well … [Read more...]