Economy Class & Beyond

VAT – On the up from 00:00 – 04/01/2011

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Just a reminder for those who don't visit UK shores, or people within the UK who have been living under a rock.Value Added Tax (VAT) is set to rise tonight from 17.5% to 20%.  So unless you're buying some food items or childrens clothes (which have 0% VAT) or certain fuels (rated at 5%), the cost of what you're buying jumps up by 2.5% or so from Midnight … [Read more...]

Airplane p0rn – Lufthansa Tails

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And for the final part of this Airplane p0rn special this week, it's a line up of Lufthansa Aircraft at Frankfurt-am-Main Airport. That's it for this special selection of Airplane p0rn for this week. Hopefully there should be some interesting news, mileage and other madness that'll populate this blog as we go into the new year. … [Read more...]

2010 – In Retrospective in Kevincm land

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Time to do some naval gazing, and look back in the year of travel for me.Firstly, where did I go this year? Stats: 44179 Miles flown, 24 SegmentsLongest Leg:  Seoul Inchon ICN- London Heathrow LHR 5520 MilesShortest Leg: Dublin DUB- Birmingham UK BHX, 200 miles New Airports and Places:Frankfurt-am-Main FRAAtlanta Hartslefield Jackson ATLSeoul Inchon ICNHong Kong HKGDenver … [Read more...]

Airplane p0rn – British Airways T5B Lineup

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It's the New Year, but not still excuse for more Airplane p0rn. And to begin the year, it's going to be something traditional for those of us who travel in and out of Heathrow - a line up of British Airways aircraft at Heathrow Terminal Five Tomorrow is the last of the specials for Christmas week, as we go back to the normal airplane p0rn pictures. … [Read more...]

The joy of train travel…

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Well it's new years eve, and if course - the trains are...Have a guess.Correct: Rammed solid, with stops to go before London. Oh well, I've got a seat. That's the main thing....- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone - apologies for the spelling! … [Read more...]

MU: Another 50 A320’s please…

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China Eastern Airlins have been busy and got themselves a later Christmas present of an order to Airbus for 50 A320's.These units will be delivered from 2012 through to 2015, and firmly puts aside the homegrown C919 at this time from this fleet.This is in addition to the 20 already ordered by China Eastern in 2009, with better fiscal terms for the airline.So where does this … [Read more...]