Economy Class & Beyond

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...]

Malev renationalised – Another Legacy Suffering

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Three years after being privatised, in an effort to save the carrier, Malev (Hungary) is renationalised with the government taking a 95% stake in the company, and the original privatisation owners (Airbridge) taking a 5% stake.The main reason of course - is the bad economic climate that is only starting to had towards a recovery. Malev has been through the fiscal mill recently … [Read more...]

iPhone Apps – Is there an App for your airline or alliance?

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Update History:- List Created 27/02- Last Updated 13/10, Welcome Austrian Airlines!I hate and love the iTunes App Store with both a single breath - least of all when I'm hunting for decent travel applications.Even when hunting for Airline Apps, it can be a bit of a challenge - so to help things along, I'm going to try and build a list of Airlines who have iPhone apps - with … [Read more...]

Saying sorry – the Diamond Club way

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A few days ago, a mystery transaction appeared in my BMI Diamond Club account for 1000 miles. Now a 1000 miles is always useful... but whyfor? Well a carefully worded apology came from Donnington Hall explains it all.."Over the last couple of weeks you may have noticed we've been experiencing some problems with the Diamond Club login on our website. To protect your data and … [Read more...]

A salutory lesson on Data Roaming – 2.5GB for £8000!

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For the masses out there who have brought 3G USB Modems (or as some call then "Dongles"), it's time for some sobering advice regarding them.William Harrison signed up for a 3GB/month Contract with Orange UK for a Mobile Data Plan - so he would have access to the Internet whilst on the move and during his internship in Paris. Now if was using his dongle in the UK,& 3GB would … [Read more...]