Economy Class & Beyond

The Last Push! AA45 Paris-CDG to New York-JFK

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The Last Push! The Final 700 Tier Points to BA Gold! AA45 Paris-CDG to New York-JFK - Business Class Contents! Why do I do this to myself? (The introduction) Off to Birmingham Airport, Air France AF1656 to Paris CDG Ibis Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport A Rushed Check in, AA Lounge AA45 Paris CDG to New York JFK A Delayed Transit, AA85 New York JFK to San … [Read more...]

The Last Push! The joy of check in and the AA Lounge at Paris CDG

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The Last Push! The Final 700 Tier Points to BA Gold! The joy of Check in and the American Airlines Lounge Contents! Why do I do this to myself? (The introduction) Off to Birmingham Airport, Air France AF1656 to Paris CDG Ibis Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport A Rushed Check in, AA Lounge AA45 Paris CDG to New York JFK A Delayed Transit, AA85 New York JFK … [Read more...]

The Last Push! Ibis Paris Charles De Gaulle

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The Last Push! The Final 700 Tier Points to BA Gold! The Ibis Hotel, Paris CDG Contents! Why do I do this to myself? (The introduction) Off to Birmingham Airport, Air France AF1656 to Paris CDG Ibis Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport A Rushed Check in, AA Lounge AA45 Paris CDG to New York JFK A Delayed Transit, AA85 New York JFK to San Francisco … [Read more...]

The Last Push! Off To Paris, Air France AF1565 Birmingam – Paris CDG

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The Last Push! The Final 700 Tier Points to BA Gold! Off to the Airport, Air France AF1565 Birmingham Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport Contents! Why do I do this to myself? (The introduction) Off to Birmingham Airport, Air France AF1656 to Paris CDG Ibis Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport A Rushed Check in, AA Lounge AA45 Paris CDG to New York … [Read more...]

Diamond Club Credit Card holder? Don’t forget your 10% BA Discount!

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For those of use who still hold MBNA Diamond Club Credit Cards (or the old BMI Mastercard, BMI Visa/Amex card), there's something I haven't been taking advantage of... and you need to as it saves money. How does 10% off BA Flights sound? I like that too... so it's a good idea take advantage of it... Firstly, you'll need to head to your Diamond Club account at … [Read more...]

British Airways makes AA seat assignments a bit easier…

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One of the things that has bugged me for a VERY long time when booking AA code-shares on the British Airways website is the inability to reserve a seat without digging into CheckmyTrip, then digging through the Amadeus Passenger Name Record (PNR) BA issues for a magical AA PNR and finally chucking the details into AA.com to get a result. And that's if I've been good. On … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – British Airways OpenSkies Boeing 757

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It's Sunday again, and it's time for some Airplane Art. This week, it's an Openskies by British Airways Boeing 757-200 at Paris Orly Airport after completing a flight from Newark 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...]

Hellloooooo Newark!

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Good evening from a slightly different part of Newark Airport than I'm used to (I'm used to Terminal C... Not Terminal B - or the bit I'm looks a bit of a building site...). Well, I did make it in the end to Newark Airport - thankfully the only challenge was to navigates the rabbit warren of Penn Station. That and the ticket machines that NJ transit need to be better … [Read more...]

BA 747-400 takes on a building – Accident at Johannesburg Airport

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An incident occurred this evening when a British Airways Boeing 747 operating a flight from O. R. Tambo (Johannesburg)  International Airport to London. From the looks of it - the plane was sent down a wrong taxiway. From the age olde question - which would win - a 747 or a building, I think we can safely say which won this round: Image via @HarrietTolputt on … [Read more...]