Economy Class & Beyond

Storing those photographic memories…

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As a lot of you know, I more than fiddle with a camera in my spare time. However, there comes a time when I have to start pruning the photo collections. Why you may ask? I've recently switched to a Canon 6D, and the file sizes are... well... enormous.  I shoot Camera RAW files (as well as a lot on the iPhone), and here are the output files of a simple file (ISO … [Read more...]

BA introduces short-haul hand-luggage only fares at Heathrow and City

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For those with some memory, British Airways introduced hand baggage only fares at Gatwick as a trial, and then extended the trial to all short-haul routes from that airport. Well, bad news. The trial is now creeping its way to British Airway's other bases at Heathrow at London City. In addition, new semi-flexible and full flex fares will be introduced. So what are the … [Read more...]

The Heathrow Hotel Hoppa – Useful or Useless?

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Apart from muggins missing his flight yesterday, there was another thing that got on my nerves... twice in fact. And it's Heathrow Airport's Hotel Hoppa. Now, whilst the Holiday Inn Ariel isn't that far out of the sticks (for example, from my room I could see the threshold of 27R), getting to T5 can present minor issues - especially when you need to go in the early … [Read more...]

All Three Airline Alliances: We want to stay at Heathrow please…

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The debate over expansion of airports in the South East of England continues to rumble along, with all three of the airline alliances stepping in to voice their concerns. And you never guess - they all want to stay at Heathrow - but build that 3rd Runway! Oneworld and British Airways are happy with their T5 home and constantly refurbished T3 Star Alliance who are … [Read more...]

The media turns on Ryanair as tonights Dispatches looks closer…

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It seems to be a media field day today on Ryanair as tonight's Dispatches from Channel 4 is about to air, as the eyes of the media turns to the ultra low-cost carrier. EDIT: The show is on Channel4's catch up service - 40D at http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/4od Ryanair 737-800 taxing at Birmingham Airport - Image GhettoIFE.com. Already, The Guardian, … [Read more...]

I’ve got a golden ticket… (to give to a BA Staff member)

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I must admit, there have been times when I've flown British Airways, and I've been a tiny bit frustrated over service (or a lack of it). There are other times that service aboard their planes has blown me away (in both Club World and World Traveller. Now, the normal method of thanking staff is to file a www.ba.com/welldone.... and I've got to admit - sometimes I feel it isn't … [Read more...]

The only reason the Saturday away rule applies… is to make cash (As Brussels Airlines demonstrates…)

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Yes, I'm stating the obvious again, but once again - European airlines are the masters of the Saturday away rule. Allow me to elaborate. The Saturday night away rule is used by a lot of airlines to separate business and leisure travellers - with business travellers prepared to pay hand over fist, whilst the leisure travellers will put up with the inconvenience of a night … [Read more...]

Ethiopian 787 Incident – Not Battery Related from the looks of it.

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According to a couple of reports (BBC, FlightGlobal), it looks like the fire on the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 is not linked to the onboard Lithium Ion Batteries according to the UK Air Accidents Investigation Board As we're all aware, an on-board incident on the parked airplane - ET-AOP -  which required 13 fire tenders at one point assisting in dampening down the plane … [Read more...]

Happy 4th July

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Just a quick message to wish my readers in the United States of America a Happy 4th July. Image - San Francisco MegaDO08 - Holga 120N on Fuji Velvia 100 The final part of the trip report will be out a bit later on today! … [Read more...]

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