Economy Class & Beyond

The Aussies… they’re tugging at the heart strings again

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Qantas in the middle of cuts and tourtures have gone out for the heartstrings with this one - the Relaunch of "I Still Call Australia My Home" Just click and watch it. I swear they're punishing me for not booking an A380 seat for next week http://www.qantas.com.au/flash/miniSites/iscah/tvc/QANTAS_2009_TVC.html Youtube linky will appear when I can get it! … [Read more...]

The Friday News Roundup

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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...]

Airline news Roundup

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Well it's near the end of the week (and it's been awful here) so lets do some news that might affect you.. or not BA's food Debcale Need I say much more? No signs of climbdown or anything alas. Qatar Wuss out - I mean "reassured by Boeing" over 787 Showing that indeed airlines are slaves to airframe makers sometimes, it seems Qatar are happy with the "reassurance" … [Read more...]

Cricket – It CAN be intresting when it’s tied to Air fares…

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Leather ball on wood. Nothing like the sound of it. Actually, it bores the hell out of me (that it can be painful if you miss the ball, and it lands somewhere else, but that's another blog entirely.) However, BA and Qantas decided in the spirit of "The Ashes" (an age old Cricket Series between England and the Australians) to have a little fun with this to drive sales, … [Read more...]

Welcome!

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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...]