Economy Class & Beyond

Airplane p0rn – United 777 … with a difference.

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Time for some Airplane p0rn.This week, it's a United 777... with a mismatched nose cone (or sometime known as a clown nose)  Lets zoom in on some of United's finest work... and not having a correctly coloured nose...God bless Maintenance eh?More airplane p0rn - of course - next week! … [Read more...]

So I try to ticket a flight on United.bomb….

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So muggins decided to try to ticket a flight on United for a little trip to Atlanta. Nothing overly magically difficult (Frankfurt - Atlanta - London)... until it comes to ticketing the thing. United.com was showing this ticket for $415. Unitedairlines.co.uk (which is the same site with a UK interface) was charging £387 for the same fare.  So of course, I … [Read more...]

Three More Words.

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BLOODY UNITED.BOMB (and that's the polite way of putting it) More when I wake up tomorrow and at a console. One more hit on Expedia and Orbitz....Update: It's worked. Orbitz came through. Rant about United.bomb *much* later, and an expansion of what's to come... … [Read more...]

Flying United Discounted Business (Z Fares?) Good News – 200% Earning From *TODAY*

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So if you're one of these odd people who choose to book Z fares on United, and trying to maximise mileage in Diamond Club, from todayish (01/02/10), United fares now earn 200% of the base mileage in BMI Diamond Club scheme. Whilst not the greatest option over the pond, it's not a bad option by any stretch of the matter (as I found out by accident)- and for 200% Diamond Club … [Read more...]

Maximing LHR-ORD – Part II – Segmentally Yours.

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Ok - I'm behind schedule (as usual) so here's part two of the LHR-ORD post. So you remember the numbers? Good.  I skipped Code shares for one reason - I wasn't willing to handle them at this juncture. BMI offer the UA flights of LHR-IAD-ORD and back for £362, with a £2 discount for going direct. CO is one who also offers cheaper fares - £330 on … [Read more...]

Baggage fees. Hint: They’re going up. Again.

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Airlines and Shareholder love more income. Alas, they're targeting the consumer once again with more baggage rises. A quick overview (Note if you have some sort of Elite Status with the airline or alliance, it will probably reduce these costs to nothing): United First Bag:  $25 at the counter,  $23 online for a US Domestic Second Bag: $35  at the … [Read more...]

Mesa enters Chapter 11…

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Well it seems that the carrier that a lot of people don't like has entered Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection, citing the economy and the downturn. Mesa Air Group operates aircraft for Delta, United and US Airways which is included in its Chapter 11 request. Its joint Hawaiian inter-island operation Go!-Mokulele is not part of the filing. Jonathan Ornstein, chairman and … [Read more...]

Airplane p0rn – United 757

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A New Year, so of course... more Airplane p0rn! This week - a bit of snow, and as we mostly know, Chicago O'Hare tends to slow down.  This shot is of a United 757 at the C gates at ORD. More airplane p0rn of course, next week … [Read more...]