I have flown 82 airlines. 28 of them are no longer in business. This is a ranking of all the 54 airlines that I have ever flown that are still in the air with my score out of 100. I rate each flight I take for every factor from Booking to Check-in to deplaning. and keep a tally of my rating using Flightmemory.com. The scores averaged out provide a ranking of flights, airlines and airports. Top Airlines 1. Qatar Airlines – 100% 2. Emirates – 100% 3. Cathay Pacific – 96% 3. Air New Zealand –…
Monthly Archives
Monthly Archives for January 2013.
Two Years of Travel Tips
One of the things I most enjoy doing is sharing my travel tips for better, less stressful travel. Over the last two years I have shared about fifty tips for better travel. Feedback has been universally positive. Thank you Here is the list of my travel tips for the last two years. I have grouped them into seven categories: Planning, Booking Travel, Accommodation, Trip Preparation, Packing, Travel Problems and En Route. 1. Planning Stop Wishing and Do it- Life’s Bucket List 20 Top Travel Tools Medical Tourism How far is it from? Great Tools 2. Booking Travel Be Date Flexible…
A wish for 2013 – an end to Bleugh Forms
Anyone get as tired as I do, of filling out their passport details on immigration forms and websites? It was only like 50 times last year! Then I have to stand in a line of sometimes thousands to be glanced at by a human being or questioned intently by them. London Heathrow, LAX and Sydney drive me crazy with the amount of time I spend standing in line. How much business and leisure time is wasted for millions of global travellers by these processes. I estimate I lost 36 hours in immigration form filling and line standing. And I am very efficient…
Aerosvit Zero
Ukraine’s eighteen year old flag carrier Aerosvit became the first airline to declare bankruptcy for 2013 with debts of USD530 million and assets of USD177 million. Ukrainian International Airlines will take over a number of Aerosvit routes. Related Posts The Airlines that Vanished in 2012
My Favourite Places 2012
These are some of the key places I visited in 2012 (with my overall rating of that place). Reviews of a place, where available are hyperlinked. Paris (98%) Wild About Berlin (97%) San Francisco (93%) Wellington (91%) Adelaide (91%) Cornwall Captivates Me ( 90%) Beautiful Budapest (87%) Chicago (87%) Seoul at last (86%) New York(86%) Perth (86%) Incredible Istanbul (85%) Buenos Aires, Argentina (84%) Marathoning in Hobart (84%) Sydney (83%) Washington DC (83%) Hip Hamburg (80%) Philadelphia (78%) Auckland (76%) Fish Soup in Baja, Hungary London Pre Olympics Charlotte, NC (70%) Los Angeles (69%) Visiting Virginia’s Norfolk (68%) Related Posts 12 Places to…
The Whackiest Stuff in the Travel Year
Every Wednesday, I post about something weird and whacky I observe or experience in the travel world. The posts get some mixed reactions: eg “Fantastic! Love reading your blog” and “I don’t understand the point of this post” and “I wish I could have that 30 seconds of my life back.” You can find all of my Wednesday posts via this link. Here are the year’s posts one by one in order of popularity amongst my readers: Hungarian Citizenship for Sale Invention for Slow walkers Air Zim flies with No Passengers A dozen please– a spelling mistake…
My Bucket List
I am moving to a new job in 2013 which will require me to travel less! Nonetheless, my bucket list for my life is: Visit 99 countries (currently 57) Visit (not transit through) all 50 US states (currently 46) Alaskan Cruise Walk across Hadrian’s Wall in England Yellowstone National Park Five major New Zealand hikes (currently 2: Milford and Queen Charlotte) Camino de Santiago Walk Hadrian’s Wall walk, UK Iguazu Falls ( have been to Victoria and Niagara Falls) Berlin Marathon (if I am going to run that far, I am going to do it…
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