Delta’s in flight safety video featuring the red headed flight attendant Katherine Lee become an Internet sensation with her finger wag informing people that smoking was not allowed on any flights. Delta has now released a new in flight safety video with the same tone of being informative while entertaining. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KZW20cEfdk Some of my favorite…
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Ghana Nigeria and Kenya – Kenya
Index The human pin cushion Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya trip report – pre-trip The flights Accra Coconut Grove The rain forest Nigeria Air and Sheraton Flight problems and ATM fund Kenya The trip home The delay of our flight by 12 hours created some problems. I was now having to take an overnight flight and…
Virgin Airlines offering a free trip to space for the top frequent flier
There’s Diamond status with Delta, Premier 1K status with United, and Executive Platinum status on America Airlines. Virgin Airlines tops them all with Galactic status. Forget priority boarding, upgrades, and access to lounges. The person who flies the most miles on Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic, and Virgin Australia from now until August 13, 2013 will…
Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya – Flight problems and ATM fun
Index The human pin cushion Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya trip report – pre-trip The flights Accra Coconut Grove The rain forest Nigeria Air and Sheraton Flight problems and ATM fund Kenya The trip home After holding business meetings for a couple of days in Lagos, it was time to leave for my next destination –…
Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya – Nigeria Air and Sheraton Lagos Hotel
Index The human pin cushion Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya trip report – pre-trip The flights Accra Coconut Grove The rain forest Nigeria Air and Sheraton Flight problems Kenya The trip home The bus left the Coconut Grove Beach Resort in Elmina a little late. It was a 3 hour trip from Elmina back to Accra…
Only 5 1/2 hours to go
I’m flying to Maui as a non-elite on United. No Economy Plus for me – just straight Economy. Above is the extent of my legroom – going to be a fun flight!
Why I chose United Economy over British Airways First Class
I made preparations to experience British Airways First Class all the way back in 2009 by applying for the British Airways Visa Card when there was a 100,000 British Airways Avios sign up bonus. My wife did the same and we each hit the $2000 spend in order to get the total of 200,000 Avios…
Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya – the flights
Index The human pin cushion Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya trip report – pre-trip The flights Accra Coconut Grove The rain forest Nigeria Air and Sheraton Flight problems Kenya The trip home I had to apply for a visa for Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya. I used a travel broker for all three but made a mistake…
The Animal Lounge
Business week recently did an article about how transporting animals is a pretty lucrative freight business for some major airlines such as Lufthansa, Emirates, and Air France / KLM. Lufthansa alone transported over 110 million creatures last year though the number is a bit deceiving when you take into account the tons of worms and…
The winner of the Airline World Cup is Cathay Pacific
The Airline World Cup started with 72 airlines. Through regional voting, this was whittled down to 32 airlines. Cathay Pacific set the tone early with their 103-17 throttling of Finnair. It was on to Air New Zealand where once again a 62-20 result was never in question. In the elite eight, Cathay demolished Emirates 82-24.…
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