Economy Class & Beyond

Back to the Star Alliance Lounge

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Well sometimes it's good to go back home - least of all for a decent bacon roll first thing in the morning.And Orange Juice.That may or may not contain vodka. (sorry for the bad photo ... Photobooth is REALLY Playing up this morning).More probably after the gate scrum... or probably from Washington or Chicago... … [Read more...]

Greetings from the “Great British Lounge”

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.... Or as a lot of us know it better - the BMI Number 1 lounge. National Express did there job - sort of - and check in was it's wonderful self. More from the Star Alliance lounge in a bit. First I need coffee...- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone - apologies for the spelling! … [Read more...]

On the road!

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After a mad dash to the coach station, I am on the road... When it pulls out.What a morning so far - no thanks to my memory cards finding an unintentional new home. Although with two incidents so far - the moat recent departing from Stand 13 at Digbrth.... Next update: LHR....- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone - apologies for the spelling! … [Read more...]

The winter of discontent continues – Aer Lingus delays profit announcement on staff rejecting cost cutting

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It seems that EI is in a spot of reconsideration at the moment as its crew have voted against a cost cutting proposals.With the rejection of the cuts, EI will post a trading update instead of profits publishedTo quote EI..."Following the outcome of recent staff ballots it is necessary to revise the provision for restructuring costs and amend the preliminary results … [Read more...]

Welcome new readers – We’re on another trip report!

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Welcome new readers to GhettoIFE.com, your humorous and informative guide to travel. As most of you know, I'm Kevin - your eyes and writer on this journey, here to document yet another trip to Chicago through photos, text and of course at the end of it - the inevitable trip report.I've just opened this post to create a tag you can search through the posts related to this trip … [Read more...]

Airplane p0rn – BMI Baby Boeing 737-300

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It's that time of the week again, where I do some more Airplane p0rn!This week - it's a BMI Baby Boeing 737-300 taking off from Manchester InternationalAs you may have guessed, a lot of the stuff recently has been from the archive. Well next week, I am getting my ass in the air and doing a LOT of photography, inculding some "live" airplane porn now I have a working blogger … [Read more...]

The cost of loosing your passport….

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Many trips ago, I managed to misplace my passport on a trip to the USA. But what is the actual cost of loosing a passport? The numbers are actually shockingLets assume for some odd reason you loose your passport, and never want to travel again... Emergency Passport Cost £100.00 Embassy Charge (currently $147) Photo £7.00 About $10. Costs - FCO/British … [Read more...]

USA: Want to come in? That’s $10 please.

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Oh dear. It seems that Ombama didn't read the Travel Promotion Act 2009 that has been signed into law today.Specificialy the bit how it is to be funded - a $10 charge for visitors entering the USA. The act is likely to come into force by the end of the year to help fund tourism marketing campaigns and "to explain US Security Protocols"Of course, this has to be paid online, so … [Read more...]

Lufthansa – No: We’re not naming our A380 “Starlingrad”

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The problem with the online world and social media is sometimes, things don't always go to plan.Take Lufthansa for instance. They decided to harness the power of social media to name their brand new Airbus A380.  With an offer of 1 Million Miles on the table, some wag was going to have some fun with this.And so they did.A Russian woman nominated the name of  … [Read more...]