Economy Class & Beyond

Strike Day: IAA Goes on strike.

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It seems it's time for another strike, this time with Irish ATC walking out over modernisation and working practices after 15 controllers were suspended for failing to cooperate with the new technology implemented. Shannon, Cork and Dublin are affected by this action which starts from 14:00 to 18:00 (20/01). Aer Lingus has cancelled 64 flights, RyanAir cancelling 48  … [Read more...]

Ryanair Declared “puerile and childish”. What’s new?

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(I've almost caught up with my posts - dread the thought I might be up to date by tomorrow afternoon. Of course stranger things have happened - normally whilst I'm in the queue to board the plane). How long is it since I've bitched about O'Leary's pestilence of an airline? Far too long it seems. The Office of Fair Trading enforces both consumer protection and competition … [Read more...]

Paddy Power takes bets… Monarch gets pissed.

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The thing with the British is that we love a flutter on anything - from the Grand National (a horse steeplechase), the winner of Strictly Come Dancing (Dancing with the Stars for our US viewers)  to the Christmas Number 1 Record (or sticking one in the eye for Simon Cowell). It seems there also seems to be the question of "Which airline will go bust next?" To which … [Read more...]

Ryanair’s flights – Pricless (c) – For everything else, there’s Prepaid MasterCard…

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Well after yesterdays announcement that Abbey and Travelex are abandoning Visa Electron, Ryanair is taking advantage of this, and abandoning the Electron platform too. However, to preserve customer choice and wider acceptability, instead of lowering fees for other debit or credit cards, they'll now accept PrePaid MasterCards only as a fee-free form of payment. Avalible as … [Read more...]

Visa Electron starting to dissapear…. what next?

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GhettoIFE.com towers would like to apologise this week - I'm down with a cold... the joy of work. Things could be more odder than normal... It's been reported that Abbey (Santander) and Travelex will be stopping issuing Visa Electron cards. Why is this remotely important? For those who buy tickets on Aer Lingus, BMIbaby, Easyjet, Flybe Jet2, Ryanair and a lot of the … [Read more...]

The News Roundup

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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...]

Once again – BBC and Odius Little Man Lock horns

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It's turning into straight BBC vs O'Liar fight now, thanks to the growing spat. For those in the UK - watch http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/front_page/newsid_8285000/8285260.stm. Of course, there's arguments of editorial bias, and downright arguments - FT Alphaville posted a wonderful transcript of the letter which Ryanair posted themselves (PDF)... One page this … [Read more...]

Auntie goes after the Odious Little Man… and makes a nice music video…

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If there's one thing you can trust the BBC to do - and it's "Watchdog" programme - it's to go after companies. Especially if Anne Robinson (of The Weakest Link) is at the helm.  This week it's the turn of the aviation industry's scum - Ryanair. It's of course, an attack on Ryanair's so called cheap fares policy, and the idea of removing check-in desks and replacing … [Read more...]