https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K906IyHM1sk I only came across this yesterday. It shows the moment a Blue Line train operator falls asleep and the crashes in to the station at O’Hare. The accident injured 30 people but no one was killed mercifully.
BA FlighPath – a chance to re-live your travel history
GhettoIFE has posted about a new feature in the BA Exec Club web site. His stats are 41,858 miles flown, 5,023 minutes in the air, 5 Cities and 4 countries. His travels are 1.7 times around the world. When I checked mine, I noticed that it only pays attention to BA flights – all my…
MH370: Objects found….122 of them, by satellite
The Malaysian Government has announced that satellite images have identified a further 122 objects in their search area. Whilst they are not confirmed as being the remains of MH370, they are as large 75ft in length. Apparently the search area has now been divided in two – east and west. As the weather is reported…
BA sale until 25 March from London
BA has launched a short sale (2 days remain) for many destinations in various cabins, depending on the route. New York Club – £1693 for April Premium Economy – £888 – Oct to March 15 Economy – £424 – Oct to Dec 14 Buenos Aires Club – £2720 – Dec Premium Economy – £1189 –…
MH370: Chinese Government claim they have found ‘large debris’
The Malaysian Transport Minister has said that the Chinese Government will be making an announcement in a couple of hours about ‘large debris’ that they have located. The images, from the Southern Indian Ocean are being checked the BBC states. This is the BBC quote: Malaysia’s Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein broke off the question…
BA changes upgrades for Gold Members at 3,500 Tier Points
BA rewards Executive Club members with extra benefits once they have pass their Gold Threshold and continue to earn Tier Points. The extras are quite attractive, but BA has just enhanced them by changing the offering at 3,500 Tier Points to 2 individual upgrade certs rather than 1 cert for 2 people. This is a…
BA – How much do you want for an upgrade? £3798 from London to Dublin!
In October I am travelling from London to Dublin. I usually get offered a low cost upgrade when undertaking a booking within Europe for BA – £59-£89 are fairly typical. This booking never offered that option so today I checked to see whether BA had an offer for me yet. Well they do, and that…
MH370: Australia says it may have found debris
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that the Australian Prime Minister is saying: The Australian-led search for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight has had an apparent breakthrough, with satellite images showing two objects in waters off Perth. Prime Minister Tony Abbott told Parliament on Thursday afternoon that an Australian P-3 Orion aircraft had been diverted…
Austrian Offers in Business Class – 12 April – 1 June
From 12 April to 1 June, Austrian has some offers from the UK, in Business Class. Dubai – £999, roundtrip Beijing – £1100, roundtrip Delhi – £1099, roundtrip Books in to P class as some planes have the nice new Austrian 767 Business Class on them. (P does not earn with United’s Mileage Plus). If…
Good service from Royal Jordanian
Just this last week I got some excellent service from an airline on which I have no status and which I have never flown – Royal Jordanian. Booked to travel, using American miles, from London to Male I was scheduled as below: Unfortunately, Royal Jordanian have stopped flying to Colombo it transpires. RJ called the…
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