Economy Class & Beyond

Diamond Club Problems – To fudge up a database once is careless, to fudge it up multiple times takes class…

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It seems BMI's is having one heck of a little SNAFU with the online Diamond Club. When you try and log in, you might see this Not good to see - after a day. Not good to see after two days. Worrying after three days. We're now on FIVE days. There have been rumours of some datacentre issues, and other data issues, but again, the communication from BMI has been … [Read more...]

Lufthansa: Pay by PayPal or it’s an extra £4…

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One of the things that REALLY do annoy me is credit card fees when you book flights.  What was a fee for processing a card is rapidly turning into a profit centre. Today's example of this is Lufthansa's £50 single UK-Germany fare. Here's how it's built up: Ok - apart from the fuel surcharge rip off and the fact I want to go to Frankfurt - not somewhere in … [Read more...]

Promos: BA Go Dr Evil, InterContinental twists the knife on HHonors…

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British Airways - 1 Meeeillion Miles! British Airways are running a Dr Evil contest, with the chance to win 1,000,000 (1 Million) miles, and also an upgrade to BA Gold Details at www.ba.com/bamillionaire Notes: UK Residents only Must register as a UK Executive Club Member (Euro/World Members excluded this time) Deadline: 9th February 2010 IC Group … [Read more...]

So I try to ticket a flight on United.bomb….

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So muggins decided to try to ticket a flight on United for a little trip to Atlanta. Nothing overly magically difficult (Frankfurt - Atlanta - London)... until it comes to ticketing the thing. United.com was showing this ticket for $415. Unitedairlines.co.uk (which is the same site with a UK interface) was charging £387 for the same fare.  So of course, I … [Read more...]

Three More Words.

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BLOODY UNITED.BOMB (and that's the polite way of putting it) More when I wake up tomorrow and at a console. One more hit on Expedia and Orbitz....Update: It's worked. Orbitz came through. Rant about United.bomb *much* later, and an expansion of what's to come... … [Read more...]

BA and Unite – Back into court (Anything you can do I can do better…)

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Like an old couple, British Airways and Unite are heading back to the courts to get another part of the dispute settled. This time Unite is taking BA to court Unite are claiming that it was not consulted properly over the changes that were imposed on its workers - including crew reductions on Long Haul, and the pay freeze. BA argues it needs to cut losses and claims it … [Read more...]