Economy Class & Beyond

AZ: What? You still actually fly Alilatia? How does £30 off sound?

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For those odd people who choose to fly Alitalia still, a little promotion came into my inbox (and it's a public voucher).And it's £30 off a return fare.Select your destination, type in the e-coupon code UK2SWEET2010 when asked and press the "Reprice" button.Restrictions:Tickets can be purchased between 13 and 18 October 2010 to fly between 1 and 30 November … [Read more...]

TG: Fancy a bit of Thai between Bangkok and Haneda?

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Well it seems carriers and approvals are coming all together well, with Thai Airways International putting their stamp on a service from Bangkok to Tokyo Haneda Services commence from 31st October 2010, and will operate on a daily basis.Timings however are the usual HND madness, with the following listed:DEP BKK   ARR HND    DEP … [Read more...]

AF: Reduce frequency, add an A380… and that’s a service…

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Air France is continuing with it's A380 rollout programme announcing a service to Montreal, with the start of a new service from 9th May 2011.This will form flight AF346 departing Paris CDG at 1610, arriving Montreal 1720 and AF347 departing Montreal 1955 and arriving Paris CDG the next morning at 0830 on the inbound. However, for the extra capacity to head this way, something … [Read more...]

U2: EasyJet can remain slightly Easy about it’s name….

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What is EasyJet without the Easy Brand? We won't discover that as EasyJet has managed to agree a new licence term and revision with it's founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. In return for Stelios agreeing to surrender the right to appoint himself as chairman and end EasyGroup's right to representation on the carrier's board, EasyJet will pay royalties of 0.25% of its revenues, for … [Read more...]

BA: Another new route – Gatwick – San Juan.

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British Airways continues to be busy, with them launching a service to San Juan in Puerto Rica from March next year. The service will operated via Antigua on a Twice a week basis commencing March 2011, operated by a 3 Class Boeing 777 - meaning this will contain Club World, World Traveller Plus and World Traveller. The service will depart LGW flight BA2157 as followsDEP … [Read more...]

Airplane p0rn – Cathay Pacific A330

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It's that time of week once again, and it's time for some more airplane p0rn.This week, its a Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300 landing and using it's thrust reversers at Hong Kong Airport.More Airplane p0rn of course, next week! … [Read more...]

Yes, the blog has got a little smaller…

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... as the latest trip report epic is now archived off into the ether.Of course you can get to it here or if for some reason you want to read up on some of my other adventures, you can always hit the Trip Reports section of GhettoIFE.com (and of course, it's on FlyerTalk as well!).More importantly, a lot of the photographic content is now being released and will be available at … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – Luxair

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It's Saturday again, so it's time to stow those tray tables and place your seats in the upright position, as we display this week's Safety video, from the small carrier Luxair (the airline of Luxenbourg) More next week! … [Read more...]

UA: Want Brunch in Economy on a UA PS flight? That’s $24.99 please…

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It seems United loves to come up with ways of fleecing out of more money.The latest wheeze is to charge for Economy Meals on their PS Service. Yes - they've got the ghual to charge for something that was free oh so long ago. "between New York Kennedy and Los Angeles or San Francisco - including a selection of sweet and savory brunch items and sparkling wine."Ooh. Sparkling … [Read more...]