Economy Class & Beyond

Video Saturday – Making the 747-8

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It's Saturday, so please grab your popcorn, uncork your wine, crack open a drink for for Video Saturday. Today, I found a great documentary about the making of Boeing's latest iteration of the Boeing 747 - the 747-8 (presented by National Geographic, uploaded to Youtube. Back to Safety Videos next week! … [Read more...]

Frontier Airlines to try to be an Ultra Low Cost Carrier

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Denver based Frontier Airlines is trying its hand at being an ultra cost airline - hitting people where it hurts... in the wallet. Firstly Carry on luggage to be charged on basic fare, with Checked luggage to be charged on basic and Economy Fares  The charges look something like this - and are dependant on fare class, frequent flyer membership of Frontier and where … [Read more...]

Reminder: Tesco UK Clubcard collection period ends 4th May!

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For those of you in the United Kingdom who shop at Tesco, their current Clubcard collection period is coming to an end on Saturday 4th May. To ensure that your Clubcard points hit your account by the deadline ensure any spend is complete by Thursday 2nd May as it takes 2 days for spend to hit your account. Any other spend might not hit in time and may be carried forward to the … [Read more...]

United to buy Embraer 175’s… lots of them

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United Airlines has got out its chequebook again and has ordered 30 Embraer ERJ-175 Regional Jets, with options for 40 more aircraft. Image rendering - United Airlines The aircraft will operated by United Express with the exact operators of the aircraft "to be decided". The ERJ-175's will be used to swap out existing "50 seat jet aircraft" in the United Express … [Read more...]

Swiss Business Class sale fares from the UK

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Swiss has launched a bunch of sale fares from its 4 UK destinations to Bangkok, Beijing, Cairo, Dar es Salaam, Dehil, Mubai, Muscat, Nairobi and Singapore. Depending which airport you go from will indicate the starting price: LHR LCY BHX MAN Bangkok 1790 1811 1788 1790 Beijing 1590 1610 1587 1590 Cairo … [Read more...]

Cebu Pacific targets its first long haul destination – Dubai

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Cebu Pacific will launch a direct service between Manila and Dubai from the 7th October 2013. This is one I've been watching on and off as Cebu Pacific has been in the process of obtaining Airbus A330 aircraft... and my thoughts where were they were going to deploy them too. The Manila to Dubai run will be Cebu Pacific's first long haul destination, with the timings … [Read more...]

Back into Action, Back to the Back: To O’Hare, AA T3 Lounges

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Part 5: Back to O'Hare and a hop around the AA AAdmiral's Clubs... Back into action, Back to the Back - To Chicago with American Airlines, American Eagle and British Airways LHR-ORD, ORD-YYZ-LHR Index: Dodging the Sword of Damocles (The Introduction) To Heathrow, T3 Lounges AA99 London Heathrow T3 to Chicago O'Hare T5 Hyatt Regency O'Hare One Time … [Read more...]

Ryanair extends reserved seating

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For those of you who choose to use Ryanair (be it through choice or otherwise), some interesting news regarding seating has been released. Currently, you can reserve seats in row 1, 2, 5, 15, 16 and 17. Well, Ryanair are extending reserved seating with 2 extra rows at the back of the plane - Rows 32 and 33. This makes a total of 45 seats reservable on a Ryanair flight. For … [Read more...]