Brrr! Chicago! Off to Heathrow Airport, Terminal 5, South Galleries Lounge Seriously… go somewhere warmer!!! Early morning Heathrow - Off to Heathrow Airport, Terminal 5, South Galleries Lounge BA458 London Heathrow to Madrid A MAD transit Iberia IB6725 Madrid to Chicago O’Hare Crowne Plaza O’Hare Dealing with Chicago Cold Hyatt Regency O’Hare More … [Read more...]
Brr Chicago! An adventure to the frozen city with British Airways and Iberia
Brrr! Chicago! An adventure to the frozen city with British Airways and Iberia Seriously… go somewhere warmer!!! Early morning Heathrow - Off to Heathrow Airport, Terminal 5, South Galleries Lounge BA458 London Heathrow to Madrid A MAD transit Iberia IB6725 Madrid to Chicago O’Hare Crowne Plaza O’Hare Dealing with Chicago Cold Hyatt … [Read more...]
Book it Danno! The Aftermath – Points, Reflections and Refunds
Book it Danno! Points, Reflections and Refunds Index: A Rock, A Hard Place and Tier Points To Birmingham Airport, Ryanair FR693 Birmingham to Dublin A morning around Dublin Dublin Airport, BA4467 Dublin Airport to London City Airport Travelodge, London City Airport A Morning at London City Airport British Airways BA001 London City Airport - Shannon, … [Read more...]
Air Berlin introduces ‘Bidding for Upgrades’
In an effort to extract more money out of passengers, fill seats, and grab the attention of the odd bargain hunter, Air Berlin is to offer paid upgrades up to 72 hours to departure via a bidding process. Air Berlin Airbus A3380 at Chicago O'Hare - Image GhettoIFE The offering called "airberlin Exquisite" is available for you to test out at airberlin.com/upgrade. airberlin … [Read more...]
Flying BA Club World… Fancy a free upgrade on one leg to BA First?
It seems British Airways are running one heck of an offer for those who can take advantage of it, where you can upgrade one of your Club World segments to First. This offer has been run before, but this time, BA are allowing semi-flexible fares to be upgraded as well. If you're booking fares in the C, D or R fare buckets, you have to 2nd October to book, with all travel … [Read more...]
UK Rail Network to get a major shot in the arm with upgrades
It seems that the state of the UK Railways isn't going unnoticed (least of all when I'm asked to pay sky-high fares ), with a formal announcement today over the upgrades Over the weekend, it was widely reported that the Midland Main Line (connecting London to Sheffield) would be electrified, but more meat on the bones has been added with today's … [Read more...]
BA the first retrofit of a 777-200 – what’s the upside for you?
British Airways has been busy on the quiet, with the Boeing 777-300ER's being introduced and now the first Boeing 777-200 has been retrofitted with some new things internally. For those in World Traveller (Economy Class) and World Traveller Plus (Premium Economy) is where the major improvements are with the seating from the 777-300ER's moved in - these include the dreaded … [Read more...]
Trip report Teaser…
From 9H on a United 767-300 on 21/10. For non regular business class flyers - look at the seat angle. Correct. It's in REVERSE... What does this all mean? You'll have to wait for the actual report when I've finished writing it... ;) … [Read more...]
Welcome!
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...]
