Economy Class & Beyond

It’s a bit blowy out there…

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For those of you travelling around the United Kingdom today, there are disruptions to train services being disrupted heavily, roads, and some flights being disrupted, rescheduled or cancelled due to the high winds that are causing major problems (see BBC News) . Cancellations galore on the rail network - see http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/today.html BA … [Read more...]

Iberia pilots to walk out again…

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If you've flying Iberia next week, I'd consider having some alternative plans in your pocket as SELPA - the Spanish Pilots Union are going out on strike. Again. The pilots who have been out on strike during the festive period (18th December and 29th December 2011) caused about a 1/3rd of all Iberia flights being cancelled. What's more annoying for travellers is the next … [Read more...]

Travel Technology – This is how I roll…

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Gary has written about his travel tech. As a paid up member of The IT Crowd (and yes, I have said "Have you tried switching it off and on" more than I care in my career so far), this is my travel kit when I haul anchor. Minor disclaimer - as well as an IT Person, I am a Photographer. The kit is therefore tailored to that need too. Computer Yes, I'm a Mac (and for me … [Read more...]

Priority Club introduces a 50k redemption tier

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InterContinental Priority Club is re-jigging it's award chart, with the introduction of a 50K  (50,000) points redemption stay on some InterContinental Hotel properties. Additionally, it seems that Crown Plaza has a 35,000 point redemption charge for some properties Data - Priorityclub.com - Click the image to enlarge Addtional notes from others … [Read more...]

UK Train Fares go up as of today

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Well the promised train fare rises have finally hit. The rise which was meant to be inflation +3% (near enough 9% rise), which has been capped to 5.9% Regulated fares such as Long Distance Peak Fares and Season Tickets will be regulated to 6% average. However there are some wonderful discrepancies. London to Glasgow goes up 8.1% Crewe to Chester hits a massive … [Read more...]

2011 in Review: Stats and Numbers

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So lets do the end of year stats for my person travel this year in the air. Map - www.gcmap.com Segments Flown: 33 Miles flown: 60,477 Longest Leg: London Heathrow T3 to -Vancouver International Airport, 4708 Miles Shortest Leg: Birmingham Airport UK - Dublin Airport,  200 Miles Airports visited: 20 New Airports: Vancouver International , George Bush … [Read more...]

British Airways 777-200 suffers a Bird Strike at YYZ….

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It seems British Airways is a plane down for bit with one of their Boeing 777-200's suffering a bird strike strike according to The BA Source G-VIIU - A Boeing 777-200ER suffered the strike to the engine nacelle and wing. From the looks of it, the bird itself was not ingested by the engine, but the damage is... enough. Reports indicate the plane made it to the ground … [Read more...]

Brussels Airlines to commence JFK route

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With a hat-tip to Xander who commented about one of my pictures yesterday Airline Route confirm the launch of a Brussels Airport to New York JFK International operated by Brussels Airlines. The route is due to commence on 1st June 2012, operating the following legs SN0501 - DEPART BRU 10:20 ARRIVE JFK 12:35 SN0502 - DEPART JFK 17:15 ARRIVE BRU … [Read more...]

ANA announces more 787 routes

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All Nippon Airlines (ANA) have announced dates when it intends to operate 787 on Japanese Domestic routes. The routes hubbing from Toyko Haneda Airport will serve the following: Commencing 23rd January 2012 Tokyo Haneda - Osaka Itami Tokyo Haneda - Yamaguchi Commencing 1st March 2012 Tokyo Haneda - Matsuyama International services are still restricted to the … [Read more...]

Air Asia abandons counter check-in fee for international flights

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In what seems like a turnaround for a low-cost carrier, Air Asia has announced that it will be abolishing the counter check-in fee for all international flights. The RM10 fee (~$3/£2 or so) will no longer apply for International bookings from 22nd December 2011 onwards, however Domestic flights with Malaysia (which is fairly spread out) will be required to pay the fee - or … [Read more...]