It seems unbundling is the name of the game, with Swiss announcing they are offering to sell lounge access at Zürich and Geneva Airports Swiss Airbus A320 at Barcelona El Prat - Image, Economy Class and Beyond As part of the unbundling, passengers in economy class can buy access lounge access. For those who don't have Star Alliance Gold, or a Business/First Class … [Read more...]

Whilst British Airways seems hell bent on cutting back in its lower cabins, for its FIRST class passengers - there's a new treat: British Airways Gin. British Airways Gin - Image, British Airways The Gin will be avalible on one place in the entire British Airways network: The bar of the Concorde Room Bar at Heathrow Terminal 5. The Gin has been blended for the airline by … [Read more...]

EVA Air continues its ties with Sanrio... the home of Hello Kitty and friends. For EVA Air's next trick, please welcome Gudetama to the air. Who is Gudetama? It's The Lazy Egg. Seriously.  To quote Sanrio: Eggs are yummy… boiled, baked or raw. There are many ways to make an egg, but eggs are so lazy (gude gude in Japanese). Look closely and you will see the eggs that … [Read more...]

It seems that British Airways are still trying to be the airline sponsoring the year that is 2016, with an announcement they are to change their credit card fees. British Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner taxing at Heathrow Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Currently, the fee is a flat £5 to use a payment method other than a debit card - meaning payments like … [Read more...]

A couple of days ago, United Airlines revealed its latest plan to entice customers who are wandering away to the low-cost carriers, with a "cheap" fare deal called - United Basic Economy. United Airlines Boeing 737-900ER on approach to Chicago O'Hare - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Basic Economy is United Airlines attempt to take on the low-cost airlines/ultra … [Read more...]

Here's two breakfasts served on Transatlantic flights in economy class.  The flights were roughly the same distance, and took about 6 hours 45 or so to get from A to B. Both of these breakfasts were served within three weeks of each other. Your job is to identify the carriers in question. Who served what?   This should be easy for my Twitter followers (as … [Read more...]

Good morning from Washington DC where currently, I'm recovering from the exhaustion of Thursday... and enjoying a bit of BAcon. And with good reason. Thursday travel experience was not ideal... in any sense. Let's start at the beginning. Manchester Airport seemed to forget how to run security operations at the airport, and was doing an impression of the TSA. That … [Read more...]

To fly, To serve. Those words seem more and more hollow under Alex Cruz, as further changes are being made. We all know about the catering debacle that's going on in short-haul, as well as various stupid little cuts that have going on. British Airways Boeing 777-200 taxing at Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond (Editors note: I've chosen this image for a reason. … [Read more...]