Economy Class & Beyond

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...]

Fog in London – expect cancellations

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It seems once again, London is cloaked in fog, as autumn finally sets in. And as such, there are cancellations left, right and centre. Cancellations are expected at London Heathrow, Gatwick, London City Airport , British Airways advise not to turn up for your flight unless it is planned to operate. Heathrow Airport is advising to check with your airline into … [Read more...]

Miles and points: Value is in the eye of the beholder 

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We all have our own valuations of points and miles - for some by the dollar, for some by the cent or penny. For me - it's actually never been either of those two. For me - it's been the experience of those miles can give me versus the cash cost. This can be summed up in my side-trip to Washington DC yesterday. An operant unity arose to kill a few birds in one stone - as … [Read more...]

Finnair takes delivery of its first Airbus A350

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Finnair today took delivery of the first of its brand new Airbus A350-900 aircraft today. Finnair A350-900 on delvery day - Image, Airbus. With Finnaor accepting delivery of the A350, they become the launch operator of the type in Europe. Finnair will be using these aircraft to grow its operations to Asia as it will take delivery of nineteen A350 aircraft to its … [Read more...]

Norwegian plans Transatlantic operations to Boston, New York from Cork

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Norwegian Air Shuttle are ambitious. We all knew this when they launched their low-cost attack to the United States with Boeing 787s. It seems that Norwegian are  continuing to be ambitious, with plans to commenced operation from Cork. And Two of the Three Services will be TRANSATLANTIC with Cork to Boston and Cork New York JFK. An additional service to Barcelona will … [Read more...]

British Airways Flight 2276 – Fire At Las Vegas Airport

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News from Las Vegas International Airport this evening with a British Airways flight BA2276 suffered a major incident as it prepared to depart. It appears the left hand engine on the Boeing 777-200ER fitted with GE90 engines suffered a failure, causing a fire. The take off was aborted, and all passengers aboard - 159 passengers and 18 crew were evacuated via the emergency … [Read more...]