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Happy New Year!

Thanks for hanging out around here. And the best wishes for a joyful 2018. Image courtesy of Marco Verch on Flickr

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My Life Is All About Catching Up…

Travelling, travelling again, … sooner or later, you let your firm grip of the Email inbox slip that little bit. That has a nasty habit of suddenly catching up with you when you finally get back. And that’s when you … Continue reading

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Right, I need some hive-mind help

But before we go there, I need to apologise for the absence of the Monday thing – or at least explain why it didn’t happen. See, I’ve been away… (“No sh*t, Sherlock”, I hear someone say 😉 ) I’ve been … Continue reading

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CFR Notes – United’s Front Desk Problems

  I guess that anybody with just a passing amount of interest in air travel by now will have seen the debacle over United 3411 and the violently “re-alloctated” passenger. (If not, One Mile At A Time has a lot … Continue reading

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Easter Vacation

…off without electronics and data coverage 🙂 Photo by me

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CFR Notes – Making Rookie Mistakes and Getting Away With It

So, there we were, in good time – a colleague and me – in Madrid Bajaras airport, Terminal 2, with an hour and some until we should fly home. The trip back was Plan B, so to speak – we had … Continue reading

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CFR Notes – on Frequent Flyer Status nomenclature and a bit on the FLR airport

A couple of things for me to comment and/or speculate on from that picture of my boarding card from this morning’s flight from FLR to ZRH. I am talking about the “SK*P” coding right, oddly enough, where it says “luggage”. It would … Continue reading

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CFR Notes – why online check-in is important 

…and why it sucks when it doesn’t work. I’ll be flying Swiss from DXB to ZRH (late) tonight. And until an hour-ish ago, well after I had old-fashioned-like checked in at a counter at the airport, Swiss’ online check-in was … Continue reading

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Friday Base Camp Music™ – Songs To The Summit

…with the alternative title of “Peeing your way to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro”. Why that, now? Well, altitude sickness is your main enemy up there – and drinking lots and lots and having it come out the natural way … Continue reading

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Plane in evening sky

  

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