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United Redeems themselves!

This sunset shot taken en route from LAX to Pittsburgh. This was my 53rd United Airlines flight and my 60th flight at LAX!. This was a superb flight…pretty much 5 out of 5! Friendly staff, clean plane. Thanks Rob and team! This flight was in huge is contrast with yesterday’s abysmal United Airlines flight from Syd to Los Angeles (check out review).

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666

I just flew my 666th flight. Wondered if I should have been superstitious? It was a stock standard flight from SYDney, Australia  to MELbourne, Australia. Bad Luck:  I tried to get onto an earlier flight to find they were all full. A combination of school holidays and a check in meltdown at competitor Virgin Blue meant there was no capacity on any earlier flight.Good Luck: Qantas upgraded me to business class.Bad Luck:  the plane was severely delayed as it had been hit by lightning between Perth and Sydney. Technicians took a few hours to look over…

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Trip Review: Emirates- comparing the A380

How many people really care what aeroplane they are in? I do care because I sit in two planes a week, on average. These planes are my favourites: Boeing 717 (flown 18 times) Boeing 747 (83 times for 660 000km) Boeing 777 (alas only 7 times) The plane I have recently fallen in love with is the A380, the world’s largest passenger plane: First flew it with Singapore Airlines from Singapore to Sydney last November Then I travelled on the Qantas one in June from Los Angeles to Sydney (blog post here) This week’s adventure on the mega Jumbo…

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