Economy Class & Beyond

Emirates gets ready for Christmas

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Christmas preparations are continuing around the world - with Emirates preparing for festive season (following on from their Thanksgiving special) So, let's dive in with menus and food, with the Christmas menu returning to the skies across all cabin classes. These will be catered out of Dubai International to select routes to Australia, New Zealand, the United … [Read more...]

A simple #PaxEx Improvement – Travel Authorisation consoles

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I know a lot of us are well organised, and plan ahead - and by that we do a little research, and ensure we have Visas or Travel Waivers all in hand. But there is a small sub-set of passengers who do forget these things. Now, filling in such a form is stressful enough - but forgetting about it until you get to the airport can add to the stress. However, on my travels … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Brussels Airline Airbus A319 at Brussels National Airport

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It's Sunday again, and I'm a train back to Birmingham - so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week waiting at the Non-Schengen part of Brussels Airport is a Brussels Airlines Airbus A319 - as it waits it's next turn out of the airport. Brussels Airlines operate a fleet of 22 Airbus A319 aircraft (the smallest of the Airbus family it uses). The airline … [Read more...]

Last Week on Economy Class and Beyond (16th December)

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It's that time of the week again, as we look back on the last week at Economy Class and Beyond Passenger Experience To Fly, To Sleigh – British Airways lines up festive IFE options and food Brexit means ETIAS fees are due from 2021 Points IHG offers up to 80% bonus on purchased points SAS Eurobonus to offer *LIFETIME* Gold Status Routes and … [Read more...]

Long Way Home – Bussing Back

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Bussing Back Home - Long Way Home In this adventure: I’ve got to stop looking at odd routings and thinking they’re good ideas Sleep? What’s that concept? Off to Heathrow T3 Lounging around Heathrow T3 AA99 London Heathrow to Chicago O’Hare The Hyatt Regency O’Hare The Nutella Cafe Fooding Around Chicago The Canon 100D … [Read more...]

Long Way Home – AY1335 Helsinki Vantaa to London Heathrow T3

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Fooding around Chicago – Long Way Home In this adventure: I’ve got to stop looking at odd routings and thinking they’re good ideas Sleep? What’s that concept? Off to Heathrow T3 Lounging around Heathrow T3 AA99 London Heathrow to Chicago O’Hare The Hyatt Regency O’Hare The Nutella Cafe Fooding Around Chicago The … [Read more...]

In Travel – Brexit means ETIAS fees are due from 2021

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For the Daily Mail/Dail Express reader who jets off one a year (and for the rest of us who travel because travel is enjoyable), it seems one of the side-effects of the annoying process that is Brexit (Britain leaving the European Union) will be that UK Citizens - whilst able to enter the European Union Visa-Free, you will need to apply for an ETIAS (European Travel Information … [Read more...]

Long Way Home – Two Hours and 20 in Helsinki Vantaa

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Two Hours 20 in Helsinki Vantaa - Long Way Home In this adventure: I’ve got to stop looking at odd routings and thinking they’re good ideas Sleep? What’s that concept? Off to Heathrow T3 Lounging around Heathrow T3 AA99 London Heathrow to Chicago O’Hare The Hyatt Regency O’Hare The Nutella Cafe Fooding Around Chicago … [Read more...]