Economy Class & Beyond

#Teagate at British Airways lounges – Using Multilple Tea Bags?

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Oh dear. There's one thing a lot of British people love - it's Tea.  However, it seems some members of staff in British Airways lounges are getting snippy with the amount of tea bags one has, and if one takes them out of the lounge. Want two bags of tea? You uncouth person... and cause #teagate  (Tea and coffee station, British Airways Galleries First Terminal 5 - Image, … [Read more...]

The new Cathay Pacific Heathrow Lounge – A quick look 

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Time for something different as I look at the brand new Cathay Pacific Lounge at Heathrow Airport. Getting in There is a lift to the lounge as it is on to upper floor. Except on the day I visited, the lifts weren't working as intended, and it took the Cathay Pacific ground staff time to figure out what was going on. A bit of a service failure there. Check-in Check-in was … [Read more...]

Things you can buy on Swiss: Lounge Access

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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...]

To Gin, To Fly – British Airways introduces its own Gin

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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 reveals a new Sanrio character plane – Gudetama: the lazy egg

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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...]

To Pay a 1% fee, To Fly – British Airways adjusts its credit card fees

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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...]

United Basic Economy… because every penny counts.

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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...]

TAP Portugal takes delivery of new short haul seats

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TAP Portugal has been busy in the background, with supplier Recaro shipping over 6,600 seats to the airline as part of the refit project. The refit programme will cover 41 short to medium haul aircraft in the Airbus A320 family - including A319s, A320s and A321s. There are two kinds of seats that are being installed on TAP Portugal short-haul aircraft - the SL3510 and … [Read more...]

Lufthansa Suspends Narita service for the Winter

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The draw of Tokyo Haneda Airport continues to impact Narita International Airport as Lufthansa suspends its service for the winter. Lufthansa Airbus A340-300 at Frankfurt Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. The three days a week between service has been pulled between 9th January 2016 through to 25th March 2017, with reservations currently pulled for the … [Read more...]

The ongoing joke that is economy class Transatlantic Breakfast

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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...]