Economy Class & Beyond

SNAPSHOT: American Airlines AA87 London Heathrow to Chicago O’Hare

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Time for another Snapshot - this time, looking at American Airlines AA87 between London Heathrow T3 and Chicago O'Hare Transit and Security Clearance: Sadly, changing planes at Heathrow can never be a simple task - whilst it is a matter of following the signs and boarding the shuttle bus - there re a couple of complications - namely the American Airlines security and … [Read more...]

Snapshot – British Airways Domestic Manchester to London LHR

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Lets start this trip how its meant to go - with a snapshot - looking a British Airways UK Domestic flight between Manchester Airport and London Heathrow T5. (For those of you know are unfamiliar with how I do reviews these days, please see this post - explains it a lot better) Boarding: A bit of a mess if we're honest - with no defined queues. Had to push through for … [Read more...]

SNAPSHOT: Holiday Inn Express, Sheung Wan

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Time for another Snapshot - this time looking at the Holiday Inn Express, Sheung Wan Location The Holiday Inn Express is located near Sheung Wan MTR station, and about a 10 minute walk away from it. There are multiple ways to get to it. Alternatively, you can use the MTR shuttle from Hong Kong Station to deliver you there.  Be warned, it's the first stop on this run so sit … [Read more...]

SNAPSHOT: Cathay Pacific CX0376 Düsseldorf to Hong Kong in Business Classs

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Lets continue the snapshots as I take a look at Cathay Pacific between Dusseldorf and Hong Kong aboard CX0376. The route The route is a new one for Cathay Pacific, which started operations on 1st September 2015, operating four times a week between Hong Kong and Düsseldorf. The plane It's a Boeing 777-300ER. The plane operates in a four class configuration (First, Business, … [Read more...]

SNAPSHOT: British Airways BA0936 London Heathrow to Düsseldorf in Club Europe

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Time for the first in a few snapshots from my recent Hong Kong trip. First up, lets take a look at BA0936 between London Heathrow and Düsseldorf in British Airways Club Europe. Boarding I might have mentioned this, but boarding was from the bus gates at Heathrow Terminal 5 - the Gate A10 complex. As the UK can't even decide Heathrow gets a 3rd runway, expecting bussing at … [Read more...]

So was my Cathay Pacific business class Experience….

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Like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ebc_Ie1M0 Or Like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gFOPvmp4O4 Or... like this? And the midnight snack.... well.  More 3am, but.. Two Snapshots later on today.   Welcome to Economy Class and Beyond - Your no-nonsense guide to network news, honest reviews, with in-depth coverage, unique research as … [Read more...]

So… what do you get on a UK Domestic 40 minute flight?

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One of the questions I'm never asked is what you get served on a 40 minute UK domestic flight between London and Manchester. This was flown on British Airways - which styles itself as a full service carrier on this segment. So before flying, there's a bunch of identity checks to ensure the right person is boarding the right flight. Once that's done - it's pretty … [Read more...]

SNAPSHOT BA214: British Airways Boston to London Heathrow in World Traveller

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Time for another snapshot, this time looking at one of the shorter Trans-Atlantic hops out there - between Boston Logan and London Heathrow Airport. The Airport It seems there were a lot of things broken or needing fixing when I passed through Logan airport Umm. How am I supposed to self check in with this screen? I'd love to know how to do a CTRL+ALT+DEL on this screen. … [Read more...]

SNAPSHOT: Short Haul AA Segments in Coach and First

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Time for some more snapshots as I look at some US domestic segments. Firstly, we'll cover Chicago to Washington Regan in Coach. I documented some of the fun of this in Delayed due to fish, but here's some experience pictures. The plane(s) The plane which had to be pulled to delay due to fish was an AA 737-800... with a clown nose (old AA bodywork, new style … [Read more...]

SNAPSHOT: AA55 Manchester to Chicago O’Hare

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It's time for another snapshot of my travels, this time aboard American Airlines 55 between Manchester and Chicago O'Hare. What's the difference between a snapshot and a trip report? A snapshot is a very quick overview of a flight, a hotel stay, where a trip report segment is the full on blow-by-blow commentary. Today, it's a snapshot! Check in It seems AA enjoys … [Read more...]

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