Charlie: Ray, all airlines have crashed at one time or another, that doesn’t mean that they are not safe. Raymond: QANTAS. QANTAS never crashed. Charlie: QANTAS? Raymond: Never crashed. Charlie: Oh that’s gonna do me a lot of good because QANTAS doesn’t fly to Los Angeles out of Cincinnati, you have to get to Melbourne! Melbourne, Australia in order to get the plane that flies to Los Angeles! In those words from the movie “Rain Man”, Qantas was immortalised as the world’s safest airline. What was not strictly true was the “never crashed” statement. Qantas, which…
Dont use GoldCar rent a car in Spain
Not my article but helpful one recounting someone being stung by a car rental company in Spain–some helpful warnings http://www.spanish-fiestas.com/holidays/goldcar.htm
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…
I LOVE JetBlue
An hour late but the ground crew did an excellent job of updating things. Midnight Blue was the plane (all JetBlue planes are named) delivering me to the amazing JetBlue Terminal 5 (NB terminal has free wifi).
America’s Worst Airlines
Having just had a horror United Airlines recently, I found this report very fascinating. US News used information produced by the UN Department of Transport and produced an excellent slide show. Best to worst Hawaiian Airlines (excellent on time performance and customer satisfaction ratings) AirTran (high customer satisfaction and good baggage handling) JetBlue (great customer satisfaction) Southwest ( lowest % of customer complaints) Continental (consistently good for six years) Frontier (similar rating as Continental) US Airways (scores have been improving) American (the worst airine for baggage losses) Alaska (good on-time performance but passenger dissatisfaction) United (with…
I have reached 12.5 weeks in the air
Flew my 222nd Qantas flight today — from Melbourne to Sydney. Also my 53rd (horrible) United Airlines flight from Sydney to Los Angeles (see separate blog article) Altogether 673 air flights totalling 2091:51 hours of flying (12.5 weeks sitting inside tubes of metal)!! In Miles 938,092 In Kilometer 1,509,714 Check out my flight memory.com with travel maps, airlines flown etc. My favourite airlines are listed here. My least favourite airlines are here.
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).
Legitimate online travel agencies
Following my last post, I have compiled a list of legitimate agents. Feel free to add to the list: Australia bestflights.com.au expedia.com.au Lastminute.com.au Trailfinders travel.com.au webjet.com.au Zuji.com Canada Cheapflights.catravellastminute.caOnline Travel Centretravelocity.ca Hong KongPriceline.com.hkzuji.com.hk/ NZ Expedia.co.nz House of Travel webjet.co.nz Singapore Priceline.com.sg South Africaflightsite.co.za Uk eBookers expedia.co.uk Lastminute.compriceline.co.uk Trailfinders.co.uk travelocity.co.uk USA Priceline.com Expedia.com orbitz.com travelocity.com
Almost had $1200 stolen
I am very internet savvy. I am very cautious about online transactions am someone others contact when they are checking on spam or online rip offs – and I almost got stung for $1200. What stopped me? Some red flags that I think through before booking on-line. I recommend that you need to consider these red flags whenever you book online. While on my Facebook, up popped the advertisement shown here. I clicked the link and got the website of Cheaper-Flights.net.au Red Flag #1 Unknown Supplier I had never heard of Cheaper-Flights but this is not unusual on the internet so…
A Difficult Decision..Your advice please
This is not really a difficult decision! Which flight will I choose from Pittsburgh to the New York area?
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