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BA First Class flight to Beijing

First is your ticket to exceptional comfort and impeccable service in an elegant surrounding. It’s the finest way to travel. I don’t get to travel like this often but after saving thousands of air miles it was a well deserved treat to fly BA First Class, long haul from London to Beijing. With your own private spacious suite, a fully […]

BA fly A380 with flights to/from Frankfurt

Happy to post this on behalf of a passenger and follower of Joe Journeys that was lucky enough to fly British Airways on day 1 of operation, 4th commercial BA A380 flight from Frankfurt to London Heathrow. The new A380 is now being deployed on short-haul flights in order to give cabin crew and ground […]

BA Lounge Toronto

British Airways has a dedicated lounge in Terminal 3 of Toronto Pearson International airport YYZ. Looking out at the airfield, have your pre-flight dinner or chill on one of the many plush chairs. In many ways, it is similar to that of the BA Galleries Lounge at Heathrow T5. As part of the ‘Sleeper Service’ from Toronto […]

BA Tripseeker puts Malta in Montana

British Airways has placed the island of Malta in the state of Montana, according to its online Tripseeker map. Yep, while researching possible places for 2014 I discovered the error while using its Tripseeker tool, to find that Malta was incorrectly placed in the United States. Though not a bad fare of £108 return, considering […]

Cloud Nine Cocktail

Cathay Pacific is known for its excellent in-flight service, but that might just be because they love getting passengers liquored up during the journey. “The Cloud Nine” is one of their best signature cocktails, and the combination of Cointreau, Sprite, and vodka will make those long-haul flights just fly by. Cocktail lovers onboard Cathay Pacific […]

Club World on British Airways

One of the best things that could happen to anyone is getting an upgrade on a long haul flight, such was the case when I flew from London to Tokyo on British Airways when I was upgraded to Club World. With a better seat that fully reclines and delivers a fully rested arrival, big screen […]

Concorde Room Heathrow T5

As a First traveller, you will glide through check-in and fast track security with the minimum of fuss, so you will have more time to enjoy the hospitality of the Concorde Room lounges at London Heathrow T5. The Concorde Room, one of British Airways elegant departure lounges, exclusive to London Heathrow Terminal 5 and New York JFK Terminal 7, […]

Dreamliner to Toronto on BA

British Airways announces the arrival of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner with routes to Toronto and Newark from September 2013. Though the BA website does have my scheduled flight listed as an operational flight, they cannot guarantee the aircraft I will be travelling on, but keeping my fingers crossed. The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner cabin interior […]

Emirates celebrates 5 years flying the A380

The Gulf carrier, Emirates, unveiled its first, long-awaited A380 in July 2008 and now celebrates five years of flying the A380. Emirates has 35 A380 aircraft in its fleet and a further 55 on order, making it — by far — the airline most committed to the Airbus superjumbo. It was five years ago, on […]

Finnair Lounge – Helsinki

The white decor, padded walls, lighting of the Finnair Lounge immediately have a wow factor about it, modern and contemporary. Though it looks the part, it does have some unusual characteristics for a business lounge. The reclining chairs facing the runway look comfortable but lack any power outlets for charging mobile devices including laptops. Instead […]

First Class Lounge, Heathrow T5

Exclusive to British Airways, the first-class lounge, Galleries, Heathrow terminal 5. Champaign bar is one of many options available for the fast track passenger, including a dedicated wine bar, spirits bar, snacks, coffee and tea, breakfast buffet and even food made to order. It may be only 10 am but the joy for finishing breakfast […]

First Class on British Airways

Spoilt. First Class on British Airways, after years of collecting I finally indulged by using my frequent flyer points to upgrade and experience what its like to travel in upper class. Here I am with champagne in hand, warm nuts, pillow placed behinds my head, 30000 feet on a 747 jet to London from Moscow. […]

Flying Economy on American Airlines

First time flying American Airlines, economy, London to Miami on-route to Santiago. I was hoping to fly the ‘new’ American Airlines from adverts I’ve seen, but it wasn’t to be. I wasn’t fortunate enough to experience the updated interiors and entertainment, inflight wifi and in seat power, instead I flew on a 777-200 with many […]

Inside the BA Dreamliner

Loving the new BA Dreamliner. After a shaky start, the full features of the new aircraft could finally be enjoyed on my flight from London to Toronto, British Airways new aircraft for the busy route. The windows are amazing and large. The dim feature is impressive since the Dreamliner doesn’t have shutters, instead by pressing […]

New British Airways interiors

New British airways interiors as the airline starts updating its image. Ok, nice style but reminds me a bit of the 70’s, which I don’t mind anyway, a decade I remember well. I like the seat magazine holder with separate elastic pocket, no more bulging bags below the tray stuffed with rubbish. A brown interior with no […]

On Board Five-Star Chef for First on Etihad Airlines

First Class in-flight meals on Etihad—the Abu Dhabi-based airline—are now being prepared by a qualified chef. One person is dedicated to cooking, preparing and plating the meals served in the front of the plane. Etihad announced the hiring of 110 restaurant-caliber chefs to fly back and forth from Abu Dhabi to a handful of cities […]