It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane p0rn. This week, it's a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 taxiing at London Heathrow Airport, on the way to Singapore. More of course next week! … [Read more...]
YYZ2: Trip Pictures Loaded
Good news! The trip pictures are now all loaded for your entertainment. Again, they're all listed on my Photoblog, but for now, here's the full list: They're available on the sidebar to the left, but here's the direct links to them The trip bits: Part 1: To London - http://www.photoblog.com/kevincm/2011/09/13/yyz2-to-london.html Part 2: London to Brussels on … [Read more...]
Safety Video Saturday – Classic – Continental 767-400
It's Saturday, the end of the month almost so it's time to drag Larry Kellner back to see the now non-existent Continental Airlines to see what safety was like aboard a (now United) 767-400.... (Dear CO Fanbois. My blog, my rules. You've got your logo on United birds now... so just take this change you might like....) More next week! … [Read more...]
A Warning for those who collect Tesco points and convert them to Air Miles/BA Miles
Highlighted on Money Saving Expert, is the ending of the "Double Points" promotion that has been running at Tesco Supermarket/Store chain for for the past 2 years. What was 2 points a £1 is slashed back to 1 point a £1. Tesco say this is so that they can fund £500m of price-drops (whilst the cyncist would say this is an extra £500m of reduced … [Read more...]
BD/BA: The continued canablisation of BMI – sells 6 slot pairs to British Airways
It seems according to http://www.thebasource.com/ that IAG have purchased 6 pairs of slots at London Heathrow from BMI. According to the site, the six pairs of daily slots will start to be used from late October with both longhaul and shorthaul expansion. Whilst 6 pairs is not a lot, it's still a fair lump. Early indications suggest that slots from the Berlin and … [Read more...]
AK: Guess who is launching a Loyalty Scheme?
Our low cost carrier friend AirAsia is on the brink of launching it's own loyalty scheme it seems. Working with another Tony Fernandez company - Tune Money - a programme is being launched called BIG in a filing to the Malaysian stock exchange. This will be a loyalty point programme, and customers will collect the from AirAsia and other merchants. Once you've got a small … [Read more...]
UA: Changes to Mileage Plus… Peeking further into the changes.
Over at Milepoint, UA Insider has posted an update to the Mileage Plus Programme from 2012 Lets look at the beef of it and break it down into simple stuff: Elite Qualification This has two big changes, the first is is a minimum of Four Segments must be flown on United/Continental or Copa metal. In addition a new qualification level has been … [Read more...]
BA: To Fly, To Serve – The Aircraft of the Advert.
If you've watch the advert below, you'll notice a varsity of aircraft in the advert. This background video explains a bit more about them... including the Lady of the Skies - Concorde. 3 minutes and 30 of your life that if you like planes, you'll enjoy the making of the advert. … [Read more...]
Consumer Focus UK: ForEX charges too high, Banks “Huh?”
It's time to bash the banks again (what seems to be a hobby for the people of the United Kingdom) as the beedy eye of the regulator casts it's view over the dreaded "Forgien Exchange" Consumer Focus UK has forwarded a "Super-Complaint" for the Office of Fair Trading to consult on. Of course the banking industry is full of disgust being the whipping boy of the United … [Read more...]
BA: To Fly, To Serve
The new British Airways advert is out as part of a new advertising campaign, as well as the beginning of hardening and improving the products, with the emphasis "To Fly, To Serve" And this is the first of the adverts. From BA's past of Imperial Airways, BOAC, BEA and British Airways, to the appearance of a certain SuperSonic Airliner. Take a gander - well done BA. … [Read more...]
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