Economy Class & Beyond

Airplane Art – Air Canada Airbus A330-300

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It's Sunday again, and if all is well, it's time for some Airplane art. This week, in the morning sunshine is an Air Canada Airbus A330-300 resting at London Heathrow Terminal 3 awaiting its next turn back to Canada. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next week! Want to keep up … [Read more...]

Video Saturday – Wizz Air low flypast

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It's Saturday again, so it's time to take to the observation places as we go to this week's video. This week, A  Wizz Air Airbus A320 performs a very low pass at the Budapest Air Show on the 1st May this year How low you're asking? Firstly watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUbDBbQkgdk. If you notice, the plane is well below the height of some of the … [Read more...]

Long Term Test Continued: Canon 100D (Featuring the City of Chicago)

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I'm going to continue a few long-term tests - both luggage and technology - with this segment looking at the long-term testing of my little Canon EOS Camera - the Canon 100D Canon 100D in hand with a 50mm f1.4 attached - Image GhettoIFE, Firstly, you might want to catch up with my initial thoughts of the Canon 100D, but in a sentence: It's not the absolute perfect … [Read more...]

Cold Chicago, Warm Planes – The Hyatt Regency O’Hare

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Cold Chicago, Warm Planes - To Chicago with AA and BA Hyatt Regency O'Hare   Let's Play "Stacking Discounts!" (The Introduction) We're going where the air is free (NX210 to LHR), BA Galleries Lounge AA Flagship Lounge AA87 London Heathrow T3 to Chicago O'Hare T5 Crowne Plaza O'Hare Hyatt Regency O'Hare One Time Exception - Millennium Park … [Read more...]

Thailand Travel Advice updates

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By now, you're all probably aware of the military coup d'état in Thailand. Various agencies have offered travel advice - here's a few highlights. Firstly, there is a military imposed curfew between the hours of 22:00 and 05:00 local time. Visitors to Thailand are not exempt for the curfew, except in the case of travel to and from airports. Even then, leave plenty of time to … [Read more...]

Cold Chicago, Warm Planes – The Crowne Plaza O’Hare

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Cold Chicago, Warm Planes - To Chicago with AA and BA US Immigration, Crowne Plaza O'Hare Let's Play "Stacking Discounts!" (The Introduction) We're going where the air is free (NX210 to LHR), BA Galleries Lounge AA Flagship Lounge AA87 London Heathrow T3 to Chicago O'Hare T5 Crowne Plaza O'Hare Hyatt Regency O'Hare One Time Exception - Millennium Park … [Read more...]

Using Proactive Upgrades on British Airways

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One of the things with British Airways fares is that some offer a Proactive Online UpGrade (POUG) on certain routes, and subject to capacity. POUG's allow you to buy up to the next cabin on an available flight, so for example, World Traveller to World Traveller Plus (Y to Y+) or Euro Traveller to Club Europe. A few things before we begin POUG's are variably priced. Some are … [Read more...]

Bombardier unveils the CRJ-900NextGen for American Airlines

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Whilst I love the Embraer E-Jets, it seems some airline executives prefer the Bombardier CRJ family of products. In the case of American Airlines, they've gone both ways, with E-Jets operated by Republic Airlines - and the unveiling of the CRJ900NextGen for American Eagle, operated by PSA Airlines. New CRJ-900NextGen in American Eagle paintwork in the PSA Hanger at Dayton - … [Read more...]

Cold Chicago, Warm Planes – AA87 London Heathrow to Chicago O’Hare

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Cold Chicago, Warm Planes - To Chicago with AA and BA AA87 London Heathrow to Chicago O'Hare Let's Play "Stacking Discounts!" (The Introduction) We're going where the air is free (NX210 to LHR), BA Galleries Lounge AA Flagship Lounge AA87 London Heathrow T3 to Chicago O'Hare T5 Crowne Plaza O'Hare Hyatt Regency O'Hare One Time Exception - Millennium … [Read more...]

Asiana reveals pictures of its A380 cabins (First, Business and Travel)

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As Asiana Airlines gears up to operate the double decks Airbus A380 aircraft, the airline has released some pretty pictures of the product. First up is First Class... which in some respects looks like an Underground train with the entryways into the suites (with a two door sliding soultion, a 32" screen,  in a 1-2-1 configuration on the lower deck of the plane Entrance to a … [Read more...]