Economy Class & Beyond

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...]

Flying United Discounted Business (Z Fares?) Good News – 200% Earning From *TODAY*

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So if you're one of these odd people who choose to book Z fares on United, and trying to maximise mileage in Diamond Club, from todayish (01/02/10), United fares now earn 200% of the base mileage in BMI Diamond Club scheme. Whilst not the greatest option over the pond, it's not a bad option by any stretch of the matter (as I found out by accident)- and for 200% Diamond Club … [Read more...]

Airplane p0rn – SAS A340

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Time for this week's airplane p0rn. And this is one taken on the ground in Downtown Seattle - about a block from the Space Needle - A SAS Airbus A340 climbing out and beginning its long flight back to Scandinavia. More Airplane p0rn next week! … [Read more...]

Updating something that’s good – The Great Circle Mapper (Review).

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In a lot of my trip reports (and a lot of others I read), you'll find a little map in there 9 out of 10 times. I use and prefer the maps generated by Karl L. Swartz's Great Circle Mapper (old version). Here's one generated by the old version Maps generated by the Great Circle Mapper Well it seems Karl has been very busy and has released gcmap.com and has put some … [Read more...]

Blog Admin: Things that appear in the middle of the night.

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Hello gentle readers (both new and old). A few announcements: 1) More old trip reports are appearing as I get the chance to tidy and press publish.I've added: If you're going to San Francisco - The SFO MegaDO 08 - with BMI and United  - LHR-SFO-LHR (also on FlyerTalk   Gold Run - Mr Kevincm Goes to Washington with Aer Lingus and US Airways - … [Read more...]