Economy Class & Beyond

(UK) Free Starbucks Rewards Gold!!!!

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Let's be honest, there's only a few statuses I care about (and even then I'm letting one of those go this year)... so imagine my surprise today when I went for a Starbucks in Birmingham when I found out Starbucks UK is offering their Gold status... for FREE. Free Gold? That sounded way too good to be true... but a quick check of the Starbucks UK site confirms … [Read more...]

REVIEW 2015: My Travel Year

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It’s time to review my personal travels in 2015. Firstly, the mapMap by the Great Circle Mapper - www.gcmap.com So let’s have a look at what I’ve done. Longest Segment:  HKG-LHR (5994 miles) Shortest Segment: LHR-MAN (151 miles) Total miles flown: 66213 flown Segments flown: 58 flown New Airports … [Read more...]

REVIEW 2015: What you missed between July and December

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It's that time where I start reviewing 2015... before we hit 2016. Lets have a look at some of highlights of 2015 JULY The Davis Commission suggests a 3rd runway at Heathrow. The UK Government decides to let the report age until the end of the year. Free WiFi at Frankfurt Airport? It does exist I present my first Snapshot of Qatar Airways A350 in Economy Class And … [Read more...]

Hyatt Hotels hit by Malware

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It seems that Hyatt Hotels has joined the list of hotels that have been attacked by Malware. It seems the hotels systems have been hit by malware on the payment systems at Hyatt-managed locations. The issued statement goes into little detail sadly of which properties are hit and where (which would had been nice), nor the dates that have been hit. December 23, 2015 … [Read more...]

Aer Lingus says no to Hoverboards

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Aer Lingus is one of the latest airlines who are saying no to Self-Balancing Scooters - sometimes known as Hoverboards. The fact they actually don't hover in the air is besides the point. Aer Lingus Retro A320 taxing at Dublin Airport - certainly not hovering, and hoverboards not welcome So why? It's down to the Li-Ion battery. According to the airline: "the problem with … [Read more...]

Brussels: Public Transport affected during terror alert

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I'm sure you're all aware that public transport in Brussels (Metro primarily) has been affected due to an increase in terror alert in the city (with the city remaining at the highest level of terror alert). The Grande Place, Brussels - Image, Economy Class and Beyond However, other public transport services are affected. Inside Brussels, the Metro/PreMetro will … [Read more...]

Lufthansa Miles and More Credit Card offer – bonus miles on offer

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If you're collecting Lufthansa Miles and More miles - this could be up your street as MBNA are making a new bonus of up to 10,000 miles for signing up for their credit card. So what's the offer? 1,500 bonus miles on first spend 8,500 bonus miles after spending £1,000 within 90 days of opening the account There is an additional offer on the card, which if you redeem 7,500 … [Read more...]

Remembrance Day/Armistice Day (11th November 2015)

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"Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" - the Poppy installation at the The Tower of London shot last year - Image by a kind contributor. On the eleventh hour on the eleventh day in 1918, then guns fell silent, signalling the end of hostilities on the western front of the First World War. In the UK, this is marked with two minutes of silence as we remember in that conflict, … [Read more...]

BREAKING: Flights been Sharm el-Sheikh to the UK delayed pending review

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This is just breaking, but the UK Government has placed on hold flights between Sharm el-Sheikh to the United Kingdom. According to the release from Number 10 Downling Street While the investigation is still ongoing we cannot say categorically why the Russian jet crashed. But as more information has come to light we have become concerned that the plane may well … [Read more...]

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