Alas whilst the BMI Number One lounge may be excellent, its food offerings are poor. I've therefore decamped into the Star Alliance lounge for the traditional breakfast of Bacon/Sausage Rolls with far too much mustard, and an orange juice with vodka. At least I'll sleep on this flight.... (there's an automated post whilst I'm flying... it's a goodun) … [Read more...]
Good morning from the BMI Diamond Club Lounge..
And it sure is pretty. Here's a quickie shot taken with the Mac this morning. More later - I'm into my second coffee of the day, then Breakfast of Champions at the Star Alliance lounge.... … [Read more...]
The News Roundup
Sorry I haven't had a chance to do this this past two weeks - life at Kevin Towers has been close to a living hell. Those who know the words "Exchange Server Migration" will know where I'm coming from. As last weeks news is more or less irrelevant like any news (ask the The Daily Mail after this weeks furoiri over the death of Steven Gately commentary piece by one of … [Read more...]
BMI “trys” practices double entendres
Oh dear. It seems BMI is getting into the viral advertising and practising its double entendres (Safe for work) ... Of course.. they're talking about Rugby. Why... what did you think they were talking about? ;) Seems as though BMI need to get a bit further from the playground to do their advertising though.... … [Read more...]
Freebie Time
I haven't had time to do one of these recently, but as I've not got a lot of post about at the moment (other than the upcoming wonder that is a Chicago Trip), lets do some freebies! Free $20 for staying in a Hyatt Place or Summerfield Suites. Did you upgrade to Platium or Diamond when Hyatt did their last promotion? If so, this is a little cash generator for and night … [Read more...]
The Friday News Roundup
It's Friday, so it's time to have a quick wibble around the web to find out who's doing what. JAL - Seems like *everyone* is interested in them JAL has a few suitors after it now - Delta and American as reported before and now Air France has tipped it's hat into the ring. BBC News, Flight, CrankyFlyer American Airlines - One Beeillon Dollars! With no apology to … [Read more...]
The News Roundup, US Immigration, EK
It's Friday, so it's time to wrap up this week in Civil Aviation and ponder what people were thinking this week: US Immigration Considers $10 on ESTA service. I'm not going to repeat this here - head to my Soapbox entry. EK Send a A380 to BHX I wasn't going to cover this.. but hey. Here it is - an Emirates Airbus A380 landing safely at BHX (does that mean BHX … [Read more...]
Trip Report- The BA Y+ And Y Experiance – LHR-BKK-SYD-SIN-LHR AKA Thank You England and Australian Cricket teams!
The The BA Y+ and Y class Long Haul Experience (LHR-BKK/SIN/SYD and back)> AKA Thank you England and Australia (Cricket teams!) == Regular readers of my trip reports may go into shock at this juncture - yes - I'm flying a Non Star Alliance Airline, and it ISN'T a United or US Airways Trip report to the USA! Of course, it's still down the back-ish - some traditions … [Read more...]
Credit Cards and Miles – The view from the UK
Whilst there are bountiful offers in the USA for Credit Cards and Current Accounts that give you 25,000 miles on signup, the picture is a little different over here, as in most current accounts tend to be service driven, with the user paying for extra services to be bundled into the account. However, there is a veritable feast of miles for grabs out there in case you're on … [Read more...]
The Friday News Roundup
It's Friday again, so it must be time for me to look at the news for the week: Ryanair takes its balls away... Ryanair pulls aircraft and services from Manchester - Analysis on here on why O'Liar is talking once again out of his back side. BBC News, GhettoIFE.com Korean Air - Profit! Korean Air posted a net income of 78.5b won ( or about $62.4 million) for Q2/2009 … [Read more...]