Chicago XV - Tiers and Dreams Feature an American Airlines Tier Points run and British Airways new 787 Dreamliner. Welcome to my traditional autumn audit where I look at airlines and see how well things are going on a particular route, operated by particular airlines. In the past, this used to be a United love fest, but as I'm now a BA Executive Club member - I'm … [Read more...]
Airplane Art Special – A BMI Retrospective
It's Sunday, and it's time for a very special Airplane Art This week, it's the British Midland International fleet from 2007 to 2012 as photographed by my fair hands and fair cameras. As you probably know,BMI is now part of International Airlines Group and will be merged into the British Airways unit over the next few months. As a result, there's a strong chance that the … [Read more...]
Airplane art – BMI Regional ERJ-145
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some Airplane Art. This week, in light of the news that BMI Regional is in the process of being sold, it's a BMI Regional Embraer ERJ-145 at London Heathrow Airport More of course, next week! … [Read more...]
BD: Speaking of the clowns in Revenue Management…. (EMA-FRA New Route)
Remember in the last post I talked about the clowns in revenue management? Well here's their version of a new route from East Midlands Airport to Frankfurt-am-Main. BMI Regional are to operate a 3x weekday and 1x Sunday from 31st October 2011. Timings: East Midlands (EMA) - Frankfurt (FRA) Monday to Friday BD1261 DEPT EMA 06:00 ARR FRA … [Read more...]
Airplane p0rn – Embraer ERJ 145
Time for some RETRO airplane p0rn - from a good 3 years ago A BA Connect ERJ 145 climbing out of BHX... when BA had a service in the regions. … [Read more...]
Trip Report – Saying Goodbye to a friend – LHR-PHL with United
Saying Goodbye to a friend - Travelling for the wrong reasons. A United Experience - LHR-ORD-PHL-IAD-LHR For DW - Have fun up there! What's a matter dear reader? You've forgotten how I write my trip reports? Well I'm going to be cruel this time - no rambling intro on how they are written, the bad humour, and random things in them. Heck. I just mentioned it. Oh clams - … [Read more...]
Welcome!
Welcome to GhettoIFE.com! I'm your host - Kevin - and I'll be here to guide you through the maze of modern travel, and hopefully add some insightful comment and humour. With GhettoIFE getting on for 2 years old, I've had a bit of a design refresh, and tidied up, so for older viewers who make it here - yes, it's the same content will all the usual sarcasm as always. As … [Read more...]
