Economy Class & Beyond

Accor Hotels offer double cashback via Quidco

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For those of us who use Quidco*** for cashback purposes and for booking hotels, they have a good offer with Accor Hotels***  than can really slash the cost of hotel stays (especially if you're a member of Le Club which then gets you the lovely points). The magic numbers you're looking for are: 3% for Etap Hotel, HotelF1 and Formule 1  * 3% for Ibis Budget 7.5% for … [Read more...]

Quidco offers 14% Cashback on Intercontiental Group properties

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For those of you who are still enamoured with Priority Club and Intercontinental properties, here's a juicy bit of cashback. Quidco*** are offering 14% Cashback on bookings made through the Holiday Inn site (which as we all know allows you book InterContinental's, Crowne Plaza's, Staybridge Suites, etc etc etc). This compares quite favourably against TopCashback who are only … [Read more...]

FAA to review Boeing 787 Dreamliners – No Groundings at present

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Well this isn't unexpected, but its been coming after some high profile news articles, with the US Federal Aviation Administration announcing they are to launch a review into the Boeing 787 Dreamliner - in particular they will be reviewing its design and construction. It's important to note at this point, the 787's that are out in the real world can still fly, and are not … [Read more...]

Kingfisher Airlines aircraft – now impounded

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For Kingfisher Airlines, it just got a lot more tougher to restart services with news that the remaining aircraft in the Kingfisher fleet have been impounded by the Indian Service Tax Department. The impounding notice states the aircraft cannont be flown outsite the airports where they are parked since the grounding of the airline. This is due to a high service tax bill that … [Read more...]

Boeing goes on the defensive over the 787

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It seems Boeing is going on the defensive on the 787 project, with the company stating the plane is "100% Safe to Fly". In a conference call, Boeing Commercial Airplanes VP and 787 chief project engineer Mike Sinnett spoke to reporters during a Wednesday conference call from the company. Due to the ongoing National Transportation Safety Board investigation of the JAL APU … [Read more...]

End of Year Travel Stats

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It's that time of the year again where I tot up where I've been, what I've done and put it all in easy to digest numbers as we hit near year in the UK :   Map – www.gcmap.com Segments Flown: 22 (Down 11) Miles flown: 60,477 Longest Leg: London Heathrow T5 <> Hong Kong International Airport, 5994 Miles Shortest Leg: Chicago O'Hare T1 > Toronto … [Read more...]

Saturday Alternative: How do you build an Airplane engine?

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In light of the tragic crash in Moscow Vnukovo Airport today of a Redwings TU-204 with the loss of four people, I'm not putting up a safety video today. Instead, I'm going to put something else up which might be interesting to a few of the readers here which on the BBC earlier this year - How to build a Jumbo Jet Engine*, which takes you behind the scenes at Rolls Royce … [Read more...]

Merry Christmas from GhettoIFE

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Well, it's Christmas day here, and at this point, I'd like to wish all my readers a very happy Christmas Day. Where-ever you are in the world, I hope you are spending this period with the ones you love. --- Speaking of Christmas, all I expect out of most airlines are either 1) an eCard or 2) Christmas sales notifications. One airline however stood out by sending a … [Read more...]

Little reminder: Time to get those Diamond Club Miles converted…

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If you haven't have done already, and you're outside the United Kingdom, it is coming to the last gasps of BMI Diamond Club, and you should be getting your Diamond Club Miles converted to Avois by 31st December. It is easy enough to do, takes 5 minutes tops.  I've published a little guide how to transfer your Diamond Club miles to Avois. Just ensure that all your details … [Read more...]

Minimal updates for a while

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My Dear Readers, both far and wide. At the moment, I'm reducing my blog output for a bit due to some big matters closer to home that affect my current job and work position. The fact is at the moment due to Her Majesties Government acting like a bunch of cost cutting lunatics, The Department of Health cutting back funding and Local NHS organisations forgetting the drive … [Read more...]