Creating a Photo: Back to New York with British Airways - PART 1 - To LONDON Featuring the British Airways Airbus A318E. Or - “World. Enough now. Stop it. Please. Pretty Please...” The Introduction To London (this section) BA 1 - London City Airport - Shannon - New York JFK OTE: Apple Store, Grand Central Terminal Holiday Inn Long Island … [Read more...]
Trip Report: Creating a Photo – To New York with British Airways Airbus A318E (Introduction)
Creating a Photo: Back to New York with British Airways Featuring the British Airways Airbus A318E. Or - “World. Enough now. Stop it. Please. Pretty Please...” The Introduction - THIS SECTION To London BA 1 – London City Airport – Shannon – New York JFK One Time Exception: Apple Store, Grand Central Terminal Holiday Inn Long … [Read more...]
Quick Hotel Report: Hilton East Midlands Airport
Quick Hotel Report : Hilton East Midlands Airport. Price paid: £39 Points Earned: 509 HHonors points, 1000 BMI Miles + 1000 BMI Double Double Miles. This is part of a new series of “reports” that don’t qualify as trip reports, but stays I’ve done for various reasons. I'll be updating these every now and again as I travel around the UK. … [Read more...]
TRIP REPORT: A Last Star Fling? With United and Air Canada – The Introduction
A Last Star Alliance Fling? To Chicago with United Airlines and Air Canada (and a guest appearance from BMI) LHR-IAD-ORD, ORD-YYZ-LHR Index: The Introduction (this entry) Welcome to what might be a last big fling with Star Alliance for a bit - unless I decide to make a push for Senator Status... or some other madness overtakes me.... which for … [Read more...]
TRIP REPORT – Narrow Minds and Narrow Bodies – To Denver with United, Aer Lingus and FlyBe
Narrow Minds and Narrow Bodies - To Denver with the New United, Aer Lingus and FlyBe - BHX-DUB, DUB-EWR-LAX-DEN, DEN-SFO-EWR-BFS, BHD-BHX Or NOT ANOTHER BLEEDING BOEING 757!!! Hello dear readers. And welcome to my end-of-year trip. Why? For miles of course and to maintain status - so I don’t have to fly in January in a mad panic. Newbies! Welcome to the … [Read more...]
TRIP REPORT – A Smooch of Chicago and a Kiss of DC – with United – LHR-ORD-IAD-LHR
A Smooch of Chicago and a Kiss of DC - LHR-ORD-IAD-LHR with United Yes, it’s October. That means it’s time to decamp back to my favourite city to visit in the world - Chicago. And yes, that means I write lots about the usual things. So yes, settle dow for a mix of the the usual ramblings, iPhones in Sickbags, paint falling off planes, and general geeking. And if … [Read more...]
TRIP REPORT: Multi-Modal-Mayhem – Back to Toronto with a multi-modal bevvy of madness… With Eurolines, Brussels Airlines, Air Canada and Lufthansa
Multi-Modal-Mayhem - Back to Toronto with a multi-modal bevvy of madness... With Eurolines, Brussels Airlines, Air Canada and Lufthansa Well I did promise I have something on the boil. Guess I’m starting to understand the mistake fares that happen. Oh well. As usual, we’re in traditional Kevincm territory here - that means it’s back of the plane, … [Read more...]
Trip Report – Crossing back across the city one day later
Well as the last trip report was a bit depressing, I'd thought I'd repeat the trip in reverse. And what a reverse it is... The Tesco that was closed, has been reopened...Even the Oasis is open as usual...Even Sainsburys...But I leave final images to CyberCandy who got hit in the first wave:Birmingham, it's people and the city will march on. And not let these people win. … [Read more...]
Trip Report – From One Side of Birmingham to another
As some of you know, there has been a bit of chaos in the UK at the moment, so I'd thought I'd take the opertunity to show you some of the caranage that you can find on a 2 mile commute through a city. For reference points, I live on side of the ring road, and work the other side of it. Therefore catching the bus round the city can be mad (as some of the areas where these … [Read more...]
SEN for £128.20? -BHX-ZRH-BCN-ZRH-BHX with Swiss and Helvetic
SEN for £128.20? -BHX-ZRH-BCN-ZRH-BHX with Swiss and Helvetic Hello all - Told you I had something on the boil... and welcome to rare GhettoIFE trip report - an intra-European Trip report. Normally, I wouldn’t bother with an intra-European trip report, but this seemed to be a good reason - in fact one purpose only... and it’s the express purpose of getting … [Read more...]
