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Not Up in the Air
I haven't yet seen Up in the Air, starring George Clooney as the mileage-obsessed frequent flyer. This delay is not due to lack of interest. Rather I was expecting to see it on the inflight...
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How to get to | Afghanistan
This is part of a series of blog entries on how to get to countries and places. Here is a link to the index. I plan to eventually cover every country and some other places. If you have a request for a...
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Reader question - Tahiti
Melissa asks for information on Tahiti."We’re off to Bora Bora & Moorea for 10 days – we’re lucky enough to be able to stay in the OWB at both Hilton’s but, not into posh places to eat within the...
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Frequent Flyer Mileage Expiry
Edited to add - this post is no longer being maintained. However, my new site at Boarding Area has a mileage expiry post which is being regularly updated.Prompted by US Senator Charles Schumer's...
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How to get to | Mozambique
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Avoid 32B if flying Club Europe on British Airways
If flying Club Europe on British Airways look out for aircraft code "32B", for that is an A320 with no business seats, instead of the wider convertible seats on their other aircraft.At the moment only...
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Coming soon - a new home for Musings of The Global Traveller
As mentioned a few days ago, Musings of The Global Traveller will soon have a new home.While there are still a few more toys to play with buttons to press to complete the move, with the considerable...
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How to get to | Slovakia
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Badly targetted frequent flyer offers
In my email inbox today was the latest in a long history of badly targetted offers from Lufthansa Miles & More.The email included as "selected offer for your mileage balance" the Silver Promotion....
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My Mileage Expired (times two)
Despite recently outlining the mileage expiry policies for many frequent flyer programs, I've just lost a few thousand miles from 2 different programs.I had a small balance of Singapore Airlines Kris...
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Airline schedule padding
The other day I came across a reference to a 1964 KLM schedule for London Heathrow to Amsterdam flight having 1 hour 0 minutes duration. The same route today has a scheduled time of 1 hour 30 minutes...
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How to get to | British Columbia
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A great weekend trip
It was good to be back in the air again this weekend. So many things went well, which made the weekend far more pleasurable than it could have been. I took a longhaul run - about 24 hours of flying, 9...
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ESTA a year on
It is now over a year after ESTA (the US electronic visa waiver system) has started and worth a post on how it has developed.Despite the initial promises of saving travellers time by replacing the...
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Japan Airlines sticks with Oneworld
For the past few months I've been watching the Japan Airlines slow-moving financial drama from afar. Not only is the airline in need of significant short term financial support and a major overhaul to...
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How to get to | British Virgin Islands
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Bomb joke backfires
Another day, another report that someone making a joke at an airport gets into trouble. This time it was an Australian visiting Hamilton airport (source NZ Herald), who was arresting for joking about a...
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Win 1 million Miles and More miles
Come up with a catchy name for Lufthansa's A380 and you could win 1 million Miles & More miles. Good luck.AttentionIf you are still reading this site then you haven't yet switched to the new...
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Changing flight loyalty
The other day a friend was commenting to me on how much his flying patterns had changed in the 8 months since Qantas was replaced with their low cost subsidiary Jetstar on New Zealand domestic (and...
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Competitours - experience Europe in personalised "Amazing Race"
Last year I wrote about the launch of Competitours - a cross between the traditional European tours, independent travel and The Amazing Race. It seems the initial tours went well for Competitours is...
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