Category Archives: Cobblestone Flight Review

CFR Flight Nerd Trivia: Airport codes… Mk II

I’ve written about these clever combinations of three-letter airport codes before – but it was cool seeing the ad campaign in real life on larger-than-life (well, sort of) posters in the London Underground…

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CFR Airport Reviews: MXP – Milan Malpensa

Welcome to a new category – with some luck, a new line of entries – in the CFR family: airport reviews. I have dipped into this once before – in this post on preferred and not quite so preferred airports … Continue reading

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CFR Flight Nerd Trivia: Holy Mackerel, lots of planes

A snapshot from flightradar24.com a few moments ago – man, lots of people in lots of planes going to lots of places… For travel-maniacs such as me, flightradar24 is a cool tool (ok, playtoy ). And it lets me track … Continue reading

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Cobblestone Flight Review: MUC-HAJ on Lufthansa

I was just about to claim that I had decided to write up a review of this flight as it was my first domestic flight in the series – but it actually isn’t as I have covered Turkish Airlines’ domestic … Continue reading

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CFR Flight Nerd Trivia: Airport codes used for clever advertising

Picked up the image above on The Daily Dish, turns out it is from a “Brilliant Travel Ads” post by Copyranter. I’ve written about my favourite airports (and codes) before here – I’d just like to take the opportunity to … Continue reading

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Cobblestone Flight Review: The Trip From Hell part two: CPH – ORD – LAN on Scandinavian/United

Let me start right off by saying that the flying SAS part of this trip was the one that went well. Yes, SAS is my hometurf airline, and yes I do like them as an airline – but even then, … Continue reading

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Cobblestone Flight Review: The Trip From Hell part one: CPH – YYZ – DTW on Air Canada

On Sunday, Dec 9 it was the plan that we – a colleague and I – should fly via Toronto to Detroit and head up from there by car to Lansing. And no, we were not going there as demonstrators … Continue reading

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CFR Flight Nerd Trivia: In a holding pattern over London

Just two quick images from the flight into LHR from CPT the other day:               Not everyday you get to see a holding pattern mapped out so clearly while you’re in it. This appears … Continue reading

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Cobblestone Flight Review: CPH-LHR-CPT on British Airways

Actually, I am not going to say very much about the Copenhagen – London flight as there is not much to add relative to last time I flew there and wrote about it here. The BA website is still not … Continue reading

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CFR Traveller Tips – making (corporate) travel a little easier. I hope.

There is a wealth of regular columns out there, offering a plethora of tips to travellers. And the major players in the news world, newspapers as well as special-interest magazines and websites picks up on the topic at regular intervals, … Continue reading

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