Economy Class & Beyond

MBNA and United offer a Signup bonus of 12,000 miles

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It seems that MBNA and United are boosting their UK offering with a new offer for new applicants with the  MileagePlus Credit Card. The offer is for a  welcome bonus of 12,000 United Mileage Plus miles on a £1000 spend with 90 days of getting the card. The card also offers A dual card product with a MNBA Visa card and MBNA American Express card The Visa card earns 1.25 … [Read more...]

Tiers and Dreams – AA99 London Heathrow – Chicago O’Hare

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Chicago XV - Tiers and Dreams AA99 - London Heathrow T3 to Chicago O'Hare T5 Contents: Tiers? And Dreams? Huh? Off to Heathrow, American Airlines FlAAgship Lounge American Airlines AA99 London - Chicago - THIS SECTION Crowne Plaza O'Hare Back to O'Hare, AA AAdmrials Club American Airlines AA1380 Chicago to St Louis, St Louis AAdmirals Club, AA1685 St … [Read more...]

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...]