Economy Class & Beyond

Merger mania!

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Welcome to International Airlines Group.Who's that you're asking? It's the new name of the the combined BA/Iberia merger (or what the holding company is called) when it completes at the end of the year. Both the British Airways and Iberia brands will be maintained as is.The company will have its headquarters in London, with BA shareholders retaining 55% ownership and Iberia … [Read more...]

Don’t Grab the first *S Silver you see…

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(I was going to write a bit on BA and IB merging up, as well as the UA and US mating dance, but it's going to have to wait for a bit...)No doubt you've been round the interwebs and seen an entry on View from the Wing and Lucky's One Mile at a Time about a free Star Silver with 2000 miles to boot with BMI (and I'm not linking up the post - and there's a very good reason for … [Read more...]

Sense breaks out: BA and Unite talk, LH and Vereinigung Cockpit also talk.

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It seems that sense has been slapped into these companies - and not before too long.British Airways and Unite have resumed talks with"serious progress" had been made and discussions would continue over the next few days.  It's been noted there will no further strike dates would be set while the talks continued. Meanwhile Lufthansa and Vereinigung Cockpit have agreed … [Read more...]

Apple iPad – TSA Says you don’t need to get it out….

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According to Yahoo and Blogger Bob's TSA Blog, you don't need to get your iPad or any Slate type product out for screening.The TSA state "Electronic items smaller than the standard sized laptop should not need to be removed from your bag or their cases. It’s that simple."andOnly electronics the size of a standard laptop or larger (for example Playstation®, … [Read more...]

The race to the bottom sinks to new lows – Spirit charges for HAND LUGGAGE.

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Just when you think travel can't get any worse with airlines unbundling every charge (translation - asking you to pay more), Spirit Airlines has decided to take it one step further... by charging for large hand luggage items.You read that right Hand Luggage.Now, this is the "American" definition of Hand luggage, which is 1 large Rollaboard bag and 1 personal item (say a … [Read more...]

Err… What the? (Women try to take body on plane)

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As I'm trying to avoid any Election 2010 coverage, this is the top story in England at the moment"Women try to take body on plane at Liverpool airport"Obviously this warrented a look.The police arrested two women after they tried to take the body of a dead relative onto a plane at Liverpool John Lennon Airport.I'm  honestly *speechless*, and I can't come up with anything … [Read more...]

Well, a Monday improvement.

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So I was ranting about Virgin Trains on Saturday about some of the junk they were fielding for a Saturday.Lets fast forward to Monday.Engineering possession have ended, with the train routed along the fast route to Birmingham (with no silly diversions) A Proper Pendolino in 9 card (and not a crammed to the gills Voyager) Train service booked for the 1 hour and 20 minute … [Read more...]

Airplane p0rn – Continental 767

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It's Easter Sunday, and as it's Sunday - it's time for some airplane p0rn.This week - it's a Continental Boeing 767 being towed to the gate at Newark Airport.More airplane p0rn of course next week! … [Read more...]

Reasons to feel ripped off: Virgin Trains

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So muggins has to go down south this weekend, and for once, I decided to take Virgin trains instead of Chiltern. Now Virgin promises fast services to London from Birmingham. Which is good - on a Monday to Friday weekday.Bring the weekend in... And things go downhill quickly.Let's count the problems:1) An Extra 35 minutes to the journey due to diversions2) Not 1 diversion but 2! … [Read more...]