Economy Class & Beyond

Hello from Heathrow!

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Sorry if this is a bit basic - I'm blaming blogger. Well the adventure has begun... What will follow? Bad trains? Annoying Londoners? Me drinking coffee and watching planes take off? More to come... … [Read more...]

A warm welcome – but I still hate packing

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Greetings to those in my office who are reading this if you read to the bottom of my byebye email!   For those of you who are joining Ghettoife.com the first time, or are semi regular readers of this blog - it's time for the Sydney run! Update from the flat - Yes - I've almost packed now... next stop is the train ... (although packing is STILL a royal … [Read more...]

E-Smoking is bad for a MD-11s Health.

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So in early August, a FedEx MD-11 had to make an emergency landing at Miniapolis St Pauls on 14th with an onboard fire. (Yes they're DC-10's.. but close enough....) Now whilst concerning itself, the cargo that was on fire was - electronic cigarettes (as sold in various pubs and certain Low Cost Irish Big Mouth Carriers) Made up mostly untested chemicals, nicotine and … [Read more...]

Ein Bier bitte von Lufthansa!…

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It seems Lufthansa has caught something from the basketcase airlines it's been buying. Specificity it's gone all Munich Beer Festival on us. So it's decided to go traditional on outfits. Oh I can't resist it.... words escape me... Image - Deutsche Lufthansa AG Press release: … [Read more...]

World Traveller Plus – We know you’re weak…

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Well there has been a box nagging at me on the BA Manage My Booking page that said in so many words "You're weak and feeble. You won't be able to stomach 24 hours in steerage. Upgrade to World Traveller Plus.. One hit at £125..." Sigh. I am weak and  feeble. I ponied up my £125 and instead of sitting in steerage, I'm now sitting in steerage plus... which … [Read more...]

Airplane p0rn – SouthWest 737-700

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It's that time of the week again - Airplane p0rn.  To celebrate the mass rollout of WiFi on SouthWest, it's got to be a classic Canyon Blue SouthWest 737-700 at Philadelphia International Airport (Unit N268WN) Might be more next week - might not... depends on the travels.... … [Read more...]

Credit Cards and Miles – The view from the UK

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Whilst there are bountiful offers in the USA for Credit Cards and Current Accounts that give you 25,000 miles on signup, the picture is a little different over here, as in most current accounts tend to be service driven, with the user paying for extra services to be bundled into the account. However, there is a veritable feast of miles for grabs out there in case you're on … [Read more...]

The Aussies… they’re tugging at the heart strings again

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Qantas in the middle of cuts and tourtures have gone out for the heartstrings with this one - the Relaunch of "I Still Call Australia My Home" Just click and watch it. I swear they're punishing me for not booking an A380 seat for next week http://www.qantas.com.au/flash/miniSites/iscah/tvc/QANTAS_2009_TVC.html Youtube linky will appear when I can get it! … [Read more...]

The Friday News Roundup

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It's Friday again, so it must be time for me to look at the news for the week: Ryanair takes its balls away... Ryanair pulls aircraft and services from Manchester - Analysis on here on why O'Liar is talking once again out of his back side. BBC News, GhettoIFE.com Korean Air - Profit! Korean Air posted a net income of 78.5b won ( or about $62.4 million) for Q2/2009 … [Read more...]

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