Virgin Blue seems to have a bit of money to splash with. After negotiating with Boeing, in the first instance they're purchasing 50 brand new 737-800's with 20 options and another 30 purchasing rights, taking it to a total of 105 aircraft possible.The aircraft are swappable for 737-700's or 737-900's if needed. Whilst the price of course has not been disclosed, they quote that … [Read more...]

You read that right - the action has been blocked by the High Court due to discrepancies the ballot (hey.. that's familiar from somewhere.... ).Therefore strike timeables are abolished, and services should run as normal.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8598456.stm has the latest updates as well as the fallout of the proposed strike. … [Read more...]

And after much moaning, it seems KLM is once again offering it's EXCELLENT Free luggage tag offer - and this time, its available to the United Kingdom!Cheer you may as you can upload your own pics, populate the tags, and off you go - and they last... about 3 years or so (with regular use... and the help of an office laminator).So what are you waiting for? Head off to … [Read more...]

One of the things some frequent fliers like to do is "trick" or try to legally avoid paying certain fees. Like all good wheezes, you needed to have a brain and the ability to use it when calculating your fare, ticket, and if you'd be able to make it work.Airfarewatchdog.com (and they're not getting a link - because they're a bunch of idiots) it seems have been skimming sites … [Read more...]

If you're booking with KLM and you're doing a few short hops, now could be the time to lock those tickets in as Quidco are doing £7.50 cashback per booking.  If you're doing lots of short EU hops, this could be quite fruitful for a few extra clicks - try http://www.quidco.com/klm-uk/ Expires: Sunday 4th April(Of course.. you have to have Quidco account... ;)) … [Read more...]

Well if it isn't BA, Lufthansa, or ATC controllers, it has to be the railways. In particular, the The RMT and the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) are planning four days of action from 6 April, that in theory could close the national rail network.This is down to proposals to cut 1,500 jobs and changes which would see more work being done in the evenings and … [Read more...]

So I'm looking at a cheap hotel on my way from Frankfurt to Atlanta.  In this case - whilst some would say "get a hostel bed" to minimise the costs to nothing, my polite response is "kindly take a hike".So I'm in the £40/€40 a night bracket. In this case, points are not the priority, rather just a crashpad to go in, snooze, fall out of bed and catch the flight … [Read more...]