Economy Class & Beyond

What’s in the Matching pack from Continental?

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In the last waning days of Continental in SkyTeam, I found out that status matches were still being offered to all commers. As a BMI Gold with a slim chance of NOT re-qualifying for BMI Gold (it was very close at one point), I decided to make contingency plans "just in case" Taking a punt (and in some seriousness, I am thinking to switching to Continental - least of all … [Read more...]

Korean Air goes for 747-8I – who else to follow(?)

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The 747-8I project received a very small boost today with Korean Air plumping for a grand total of 5 frames. You read that correct. Five. This actually takes KAL up to 12 747-8's (as they have 7 747-8F's on order) KAL say this is to plug the hole between the 777 and the A380, and it's a logical fit for the between the 300 to 500 seat market. I'm not overly convinced … [Read more...]

JAL… will it be Bachelor number 1 or Bachelor Number 2?

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The Battle for JAL's heart is well and truly joined, with Delta offering $1 Billon and now American offering $1.1 Billion. Its fast turning into one heck of a battle for the Far East (as whoever wins gets a very big chuck of the network out there to integrate into their own airline or alliance) American is part of OneWorld (which JAL is part of) whilst Delta would take … [Read more...]

** BREAKING – Airplane Geeks Rejoice – 787 Flight Targeted for 14/12/2009 (14 Dec)

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It seems that Boeing has declared its fixes to the wing good - and that first flight for the 787  has been pushed forward from 22nd December to 14th December. As those who have been paying some sort of attention to this ongoing mess-up that's making the A380 project look like light work - the 787 has had wing re-enforcement in the wingbox and side of the box, passing its … [Read more...]

On other Kevin sites…

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... yes I do have a minor web empire. And minor, it's very small - but hey - lets do some shameless self promotion. On Photoblog (you can access the most recent entries on the left hand bar), It's the Christmas season, so it's time for the Advent Calendar that'll be running all December. Have a look - it might put you into the semi festive spirit. On Raven Imaging (It's … [Read more...]

Ryanair’s flights – Pricless (c) – For everything else, there’s Prepaid MasterCard…

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Well after yesterdays announcement that Abbey and Travelex are abandoning Visa Electron, Ryanair is taking advantage of this, and abandoning the Electron platform too. However, to preserve customer choice and wider acceptability, instead of lowering fees for other debit or credit cards, they'll now accept PrePaid MasterCards only as a fee-free form of payment. Avalible as … [Read more...]

Visa Electron starting to dissapear…. what next?

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GhettoIFE.com towers would like to apologise this week - I'm down with a cold... the joy of work. Things could be more odder than normal... It's been reported that Abbey (Santander) and Travelex will be stopping issuing Visa Electron cards. Why is this remotely important? For those who buy tickets on Aer Lingus, BMIbaby, Easyjet, Flybe Jet2, Ryanair and a lot of the … [Read more...]

Blog Admin: Keyword Cleanup

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It's winter cleaning time here at GhettoIFE.com towers - so over the next few weeks you might find that certain keywords are being enhanced to increase visibility and user friendliness. Ok. That's the airline spin version - now for the translation ;) I'm cleaning up the blog a bit as the labels/keywords list is getting a bit unmanageable.  It should hopefully slim down a … [Read more...]

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