Economy Class & Beyond

Continetal and United Merge… and It’s an airline!

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Well Continental and United have announced they want to tie the know, and convince and airline called... United.It seems like Tiltons tarting with US Airways and the call off of that merger was impetuous enough for Continental to drag United up the isle.A picture says a 1000 words, so here it is...Both companies are going to merge in the attempt to bring a bit more … [Read more...]

Pictures from ATL or Bust are now live!

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Good news everyone! The pictures from the trip report are now live at Photoblog.They have been split down into inconvenience you further.To BHXBHX-FRA with Lufthansa + Hotel SavoyFRA-ORD with UnitedORD-ATL with UnitedThe Hyatt Regency AtlantaThe Embassy Suites and ATL-IADIAD-LHR Part IIAD-LHR Part II - Night time over London The trip report is about 3/4 written, and should be … [Read more...]

United… Do me a favour and extend the Travel Waiver!!!

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I'm getting reasonably annoyed with this volcano business, and to be honest - the last thing I want to be doing is getting in the air.So at the moment, I'm waiting for United to declare the travel waiver so I can kibosh this trip.Alas, I can't. Why?One smegging day out!So it's a game of patience at the moment, and the time to reschedule everything. Oh the glamour of … [Read more...]

To kibosh or not (ATL or Bust)?

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To kibosh or not? That s the question.This coming Friday, allegedly I'm booked to do my Atlanta run, heading off to FRA, then onto ORD and ATL.Alas, this little annoying volcano thing is in the way.At the moment, I'm watching this very carefully as this progresses. However, here are the ugly results:Lufthansa has already opened up rebooking until the end of MayThe hotel on … [Read more...]

Merger mania!

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Welcome to International Airlines Group.Who's that you're asking? It's the new name of the the combined BA/Iberia merger (or what the holding company is called) when it completes at the end of the year. Both the British Airways and Iberia brands will be maintained as is.The company will have its headquarters in London, with BA shareholders retaining 55% ownership and Iberia … [Read more...]

Trip Report: Long way home – The Spring Commute with United and Continetal

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Long Way Home - The Spring Commute (LHR-IAD-ORD-CMH-IAD-EWR-LHR) Yet another Y Class spectacular with United and Continental. ----- Well after FAR too long on the ground, I'm up in the air at long last (but not as good looking as George Clooney alas). For those who aren't familiar with my trip reports, this is my Spring "audit" of the state of travel in Economy on a … [Read more...]

Greetings from the Wood Panelled Hell…

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More commonly known as the C17 United Red Carpet Lounge at ORD.Apparently I'm taking the scenice route home according to the check-in agent.If they define ORD-CHM-IAD-EWR-LHR "scenic" then yes... although I prefer to call it "The Long Way Home..." More from Port Columbus Later... … [Read more...]

iPhone Apps – Is there an App for your airline or alliance?

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Update History:- List Created 27/02- Last Updated 13/10, Welcome Austrian Airlines!I hate and love the iTunes App Store with both a single breath - least of all when I'm hunting for decent travel applications.Even when hunting for Airline Apps, it can be a bit of a challenge - so to help things along, I'm going to try and build a list of Airlines who have iPhone apps - with … [Read more...]

Tokyo Haneda (HND) begins to open up – Why should you care?

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I'll demonstrate in some simple graphical steps...Tokyo and her airportsView Larger MapIn distance terms (driving) it's 82.5km from Narita, or 25.2km from Haneda - or in other words, 1 and a half hours vs 30 minutes or so. Any way you cut it, that's a time saving. Japan and the USA are starting to open up HND to long range traffic (with BA having a poke around too when an Open … [Read more...]

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