Richard Branson, where are you? Do you even care about the mess your formerly good airline, Virgin Atlantic, has become. Are you so content praise from the Virgin America fanboys that what happens on your flagship carrier matters not, anymore? I guess they’ll learn, as things degrade over there as well. [...]
I’ve been an unabashed Virgin fan, but the airline has amazingly –
unbelievably — now driven me closer to British Airways. The hated BA, which I
have to say, looks much better as I measure up the frequent flyer programs.
Virgin’s Not So Generous
Frequent Flyer Program is my post from last year, when I looked at how hard
it [...]
British Airways — you know, the airline
I generally love to hate –
may
face a strike action. Apparently it will be the first official strike in
like 10 years. Good job BA workers. I was about to book a flight on BA today,
then another one later this week and a third after that. Now I’ll seek
alternatives.
BA’s such a [...]
I’m not sure if the news has jumped over the pond about the radiation found
on at least three British Airways planes, all part of murder of former KGB agent
Alexander Litvinenko. I gather those with the radioactive material used to
poison Litvinenko flew on some BA jets, leaving traces of the material on those
jets.
It doesn’t look to [...]
I spent last week in Las Vegas sadly missing the lip balm I had to give up
when I went through security, since I neglected to put it within the now
required plastic baggie. The entire process seems absurd, but at least I now
have plenty of bags after purchasing some and also getting one mailed to me
today [...]
I’m no fan of British
Airways, but
this story (paid sub. required) from the Wall Street Journal gives me
another reason to think again before doing a BA flight. Last year, after an
engine flamed out minutes after takeoff from Los Angeles, the pilots decided to
"get as far as we can" with the remaining three engines on a [...]
As much as I hate British Airways, I love Virgin Atlantic for some of the reasons I’ve explained here. The only thing that really spoils my VA love is the insanity if you want to use your frequent flyer miles or other perks they offer you.
Decided to treat yourself by upgrading [...]
I just posted about the struggle to find my lost DS Lite left behind on a recent British Airways flight. That’s strike two with me recently for the airline, with strike one being my fun experience in Munich not being able to board an earlier flight. But in fairness, I’ve been meaning [...]
Coming back from Miami yesterday, I made the mistake of leaving my Nintendo DS Lite in the storage underneath my seat on British Airways, forgetting it when I left the plane. Since then, it’s been both an enlightening and frustrating experience to learn how poorly the company handles lost items.
Before I’d even [...]
My earlier rant about the no smoking light on airplanes will make more sense with this post, which also involved taking my camera into the lavatory. Don’t panic! There’s nothing to shield your eyes from other than perhaps a strange juxtaposition of smoking/no smoking signs. Seated upon your aerial throne, [...]
