Economy Class & Beyond

Lufthansa adds extra Transatlantic routes from Munich

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Lufthansa are adding a pair of extra routes for the Spring/Summer 2014 timetable, with Toronto and Mexico City joining the map from Munich. Munich – Mexico City LH520 DEPART MUC 22:25 ARRIVE 04:25+1 LH521 DEPART MEX 10:30 ARRIVE 05:10+1 Commences 3rd April 2014 LH520 does not operate Monday and Wednesday (5x weekly service) LH521 does not operate Tuesday and Thursday … [Read more...]

Air India swaps aircraft between Mumbai and London – capacity drop ahead…

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Air India is preparing to tweak its operations Mumbai to London Heathrow operation, with an aircraft swap of a Boeing 777-300ER to a Boeing 787-8. The timings on the route remain the same operating as follows: AI131 DEPART BOM 06:30 ARRIVE LHR 11:30 AI130 DEPART LHR 13:15 ARRIVE BOM 03:05+1 Commences with new equipment from 30th March 2014 Operates Daily Booked Equipment: … [Read more...]

TRIP REPORT: Tiers and Dreams – The Introduction

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Chicago XV - Tiers and Dreams Feature an American Airlines Tier Points run and British Airways new 787 Dreamliner. Welcome to my traditional autumn audit where I look at airlines and see how well things are going on a particular route, operated by particular airlines. In the past, this used to be a United love fest, but as I'm now a BA Executive Club member - I'm … [Read more...]

Hilton to remove Points and Fixed Miles!

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It seems we're in full devaluation season as Hilton is to stop offering Points & Fixed Miles in their HHonors Programme -  on stays on or after January 6, 2014 - according to a release at http://hhonors3.hilton.com/en/promotions/update-to-hhonors-earning-style-options-faq.html. The only earning options will be: Points & Points (HHonors Base Points + HHonors … [Read more...]

Emirates prepare to take Paris to A380 operation only.

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Emirates are preparing to boost their capacity between Paris CDG and Dubai, with the change of equipment from a mix of Airbus A380 and Boeing 777-300ER equipment to a pure A380 operation The new operational timetable looks like this: Dubai - Paris CDG EK071 DEPART DXB 04:30 ARRIVE CDG 09:40 EK073 DEPART DXB 08:20 ARRIVE CDG 13:30 EK075 DEPART DXB 15:00 ARRIVE CDG … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – United Airlines Airbus A320

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, it's a United Airlines Airbus A320 in landing configuration on final approach for Chicago O'Hare International Airport 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 with me … [Read more...]

GhettoIFE makes Photoblog.com’s front page!

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In the other remaining minutes of my days, as well as writing for GhettoIFE.com, I also maintain my own Photoblog, where all the images I take on trip reports end up (as well as a few other things). And occasionally, my images are taken notice of.  I logged into my account, and found this: Image - Photoblog.com 3rd November 2013 I wasn't sure, so I checked this … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – Virgin America Dancing….

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It's Saturday again, so it's time to stow your luggage in the overhead bins, place your tray in the upright position and turn off your personal electronic devices (or if your airline has been cleared by the FAA to use electronic devices in all phases of flight, put them down for a minute) This week, it's Virgin America with their new dancing safety video: Another … [Read more...]

JetBlue and Delta allow electronic devices at all stages of flight

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After yesterday's news where the FAA allows certain electronic devices to be used in all phases of flight, both JetBlue and Delta are out of the gate first. JetBlue posted this to their twitter feed: Image - JetBlue via Twitter - https://twitter.com/hellojetblue/status/396401561502371840   Meanwhile, Delta has posted the following on their Twitter … [Read more...]