My flight with my 70th airline (LAN Chile) almost came to blows in the Check In line. Check In: 10/10 I get to stand in the priority check in queue because of the curse/benefit of having flown too much! When I arrived at Auckland, New Zealand airport for my 430am Check in for Sydney, I went straight to the Priority Line. As I stood there, I observed the man in the regular line was eyeing me carefully. When the check in clerk gestured to me to move forward, he was off! He roared across with his…
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A letter to United – you are terrible
Dear United Airlines Not flying with you between Australia and the USA again (I still have to fly home with you!) because: your 747 is so old and so tatty, it looks like no one cares. So much so the woman next to me was nervous that the maintenance was being done in the same slip shod fashion. your staff were very unfriendly They didn’t care and resented the passengers being there. The Cabin crew chatted through the safety briefing. They gossiped loudly in the galley when people were trying to sleep. They visibly read magazines…
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).
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…
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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