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Thomson Airlines. Charter Airline That Is As Good As Scheduled Ones

…or me. The airlines on the London – Kefalonia route were either “low cost” airlines, like EasyJet and RyanAir, or charter airlines, like Thomson and Thomas Cook. Based on my charter airline flight experiences over the years I associate them with unsocial departure times, surly service, lousy food options and cramped and uncomfortable seats. As I am 6’ 2” tall (that is 185 cm for the metric minded) with long legs I had found the seat experience rea…

Airlines / United

United Airlines Business First Class. Cabin, Seats and Service Review

Continental United Airlines Business First Flat Bed Seat Continental / United Airlines Business First is a hybrid of First Class and Business Class service that the airline has been rolling out across their fleet. This is a review of the cabin, flat bed seat and service. This was the first time that I had flown Continental (now merging with United) out of London Heathrow to the USA. Before the changes in flight agreements, they were only code sha…

Continental Airlines USA Review

Airlines / Continental Airlines / Tips for Travellers / travel / Virgin Atlantic

Continental Airlines USA Review

…e it could be partly the fact that by law no foreign ownership of domestic airlines or foreign competition on domestic routes is allowed which stops anyone from outside the USA entering and changing the game. It is also unlikely the US carriers while make a major change as most of the US carriers are struggling with near bankruptcy or just again starting to make money after the events of 9/11 hammered their businesses. Many flights in the USA are…

Virgin

Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Review. Still Special?

…ase in the cost of fuel, and the global downturn, added to the pressure on airlines. Fares seem to be on sale and offers more often than ever before, and it is well known that airlines like Virgin and their peers have often fallen in and out of loss. Is this pressure on costs affecting service? Especially on Virgin which has always tried to have little additions, and special add-ons, to make it a bit less formal than the old “flag carriers” like B…

Find Out How To Get Professional Help Applying For Your United States ESTA: Reduce The Stress

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Find Out How To Get Professional Help Applying For Your United States ESTA: Reduce The Stress

…do you need one? If you are a United Kingdom citizen and travelling to the United States you have to apply for an ESTA before you leave. This is the “Electronic System for Travel Authorisation” which the government there introduced to help improve security by pre-screening visitors to the country. It replaced the forms that you had to fill out on en-route. It is essential to have one before you leave and you are likely to be refused entry or face…

Podcast: Airport Security

Airlines / podcast / Tips for Travellers / Top Tips / travel / travel podcast

Podcast: Airport Security

…perfume etc away. If you really want something buy it on the plane as most airlines have a fairly good lien up and most UK airlines let you order on-line in advance these days and collect on the flight to make sure that it is in stock for you. Try and be patient. It is very likely flights will not go on time until things settle down and the airport authorities have increased the number of trained staff that they are now out recruiting. If the seco…

Getting Disembarkation Day Right

Cruise Tips

The Best Way To End Your Cruise: Getting Disembarkation Day Right

…mmend or offer flights after 2pm, however, smart travellers know that many airlines only open their check-in desks two hours before a flight. So, a late afternoon or early evening flight means sitting at the airport for many hours, hanging around until check-in opens. I experienced that after sitting for four and a half hours in Athens’ airport for a 3pm flight after my Seabourn Greek Islands cruise. There was only one small café, a Mc Donalds and…

cruise ships port miami

Cruise Tips

Cruise Shutdown: What To Do About Cruise Bookings and Plans

…se lines are offering cancellation right up to 48 hours before you embark. Airlines are also offering cancellation and amendment at really short notice for those flights they haven’t cancelled. So, I’m actually doing nothing regarding my bookings. I’m just letting them sit there and waiting to see what happens. This also means that I’m not putting more stress and strain on the cruise lines which are madly trying to solve the problems they’ve got a…

cruise line loyalty programs

Cruise Tips

Best and Worst Things About Staying Loyal to a Cruise Line

…trictly for that cruise line only, unlike airline loyalty programmes where airlines tend to be part of bigger groups. With One World, Star Lines and Sky Team, for example, groups of airlines offer membership, and as you build up status with those, you can benefit from that status on other airlines, and you can often move the points between them. This is not necessarily the case on cruises. I have very high Diamond status on Cunard, but if I go on…

Cunard

Cunard World Cruise Week One Highlights (Southampton to the Azores)

…referred option. This is available behind the counter at pharmacies in the United Kingdom. I have also used Dramamine, which is the popular brand sold in the United States which equal success. Departing from Southampton on a World Voyage in winter makes it essential to be ready for rough winter seas, as the ship has to navigate through the North Atlantic on its various routes. Cunard did provide for those that had forgotten to bring anti-motion si…

Airlines / transportation / Virgin Atlantic

Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Seats and Cabin. Luxury Airline Experience

…layout so every seat has aisle access. This is a positive as unlike other airlines business class where you get someone climbing over you when lying down, inevitably they kick you and wake you up. Overall the seats in Upper Class are very clever as you have one side that you sit on (as per the picture above) and then when you want to sleep or lie down, you push a button and the seat flips over and turns into a flat solid bed. You then are given a…