Re: List Making: Cheapest/Best Value Flight You've Booked

You have to live in a "medium city" Luckily I live close to SOU so I bagged a seat on the inaugural. michaelg90222 wrote: Two immediately come to mind for me over the past couple of years. £72 MAD-FRA on LAN business class (one way) Wow! Really green with envy for that!!!!! A quick check ...

Re: List Making: Cheapest/Best Value Flight You've Booked

Two immediately come to mind for me over the past couple of years.

£72 MAD-FRA on LAN business class (one way)
£21 PMI-SOU on Volotea (one way) (more than worth it for the 717!)

Re: Phobias. Share yours!

Crabs. I have no idea why. All I know is I'm terrified of them, they look horrible, and I wish they would go extinct. It's very annoying because I find all other marine life fascinating. I am very on edge during visits to aquariums, and I have to send people on reconnaissance missions to identify wh...

Re: Your most recent (last) airline and route for each type of airplane

A319.........Alitalia LIN-LHR EI-IMU A320.........Alitalia LHR-FCO EI-DSW (Special Jeep Renegade colours) A321.........Monarch LGW-PMI G-ZBAG A340-600 Iberia MAD-LHR EC-JLE B717........Volotea PMI-SOU EI-FGI B737-700 KLM LHR-AMS PH-BGU B737-800 KLM AMS-LHR PH-BXK B747-400 KLM HKG-AMS PH-BFU B767-300...

Re: Logan Air for FlyBe: Manchester to Inverness.

Hi Knightsofmalta, We missed each other by one day! I flew out of MAN to SOU on the 2nd and spotted G-LGNT on the apron. I'm impressed with the cabin, it looks very smart, and definitely better than my dilapidated Q400! I wish I had forked out a bit more money and gone for the Eastern Airways S2000 ...

Re: Volotea will add 6 new A319 in 2017

Good news for this great airline, although it is a shame to see the 717s on their way out. I had the pleasure of flying EI-FGI in May.

do we know where the 319s are being sourced from?

Re: LHR photography

No probs Kas! I have seen people park in front of the gate plenty of times before, but I've personally never risked it. I usually park here: 51.480248, -0.491785, and walk. Its free at the weekend (although haven't been since about March). But you have to pay during the week (not sure how much. I ne...

Re: LHR photography

Hi Kas, I usually go to the park in between the M25 and the A3044 for 09L arrivals (51°28'40.0"N 0°30'01.5"W). It is very quiet and you're not right next to the road. I think it's a nice alternative to the bridge as you're still at the same height due to the rise in the land. Its a very la...

Re: LHR Spotters Help!

Hi! Take a look at this: http://www.heathrow.com/file_source/Hea ... e-2016.pdf Myrtle Avenue is at the threshold of 27L. Simply find the week you are going on the chart and plan your visit accordingly (either before 1500 or after 1500 :) Keep an eye on the weather forecasts as well. If the winds ar...

Re: 30 Hours of chaos, courtesy of Monarch

Hi mattyfitzg, Thank you for posting a detailed account of your delay, it was an interesting read for me as I have also been at the hands of a long Monarch delay (although only 19 hours for me :P ) It sounded very similar to my experience, where we were stuck at Funchal overnight due to a very hefty...

Re: Favorite James Bond Movies

I think this will be very controversial, but my favourite Bond film is A View To A Kill, and I've never been able to put my finger on why! I do really like Christopher Walken as Max Zorin, and weirdly enjoy the silly scenes in this film. It always seems to be in people's worst list. I can see why, b...

Easyjet crew argument causes 90 min delay

An Easyjet Gatwick to Belfast flight (EZ835) was delayed by 90 mins due to an argument involving crew members, over what seems to be "the way one staff member was packaging or storing bottles of water". Apparently the feuding crew members were removed from the flight and replaced. Details ...

Re: Tracking aircraft you have flown

You are not alone my friend!

I was doing this very thing last night - wasting time while my girlfriend was engrossing herself in the various British soap operas. In fact, this is one of my favourite ways to procrastinate!

Re: Reminiscing LHR Terminal 1: BA LHR-BIO

Hi Pokfur! I was beginning to think that you were one of the ones that had been scared away by the new website, but glad to see you are still knocking around! https://s31.postimg.org/4yxaolojv/silly.gif First things first... then-fiancée-now-wife Congratulations!! https://s31.postimg.org/sffyvvvd7/p...

Re: Any Experience with the Airbus factory tour in TLS?

I went on the A380 production line tour last year and was well worth the trip! I booked on a specific tour in advance - i'm not sure if you have to but I did to make sure I was on an English speaking tour. When I visited, the tour started outside the Aeroscopia museum (coincidentally well worth a vi...

Re: Your 2015/2016 Booked/Flown List.

Flown: 07 Feb 2015___LHR to IST___BA___B763___G-BZHB 11 Feb 2015___IST to LHR___BA___B763___G-BZHB 03 Jul 2015___LHR to AMS___KL___F70___PH-KZR 03 Jul 2015___AMS to TLS___KL___E190___PH-EZP 05 Jul 2015___TLS to AMS___KL___F70___PH-KZC 05 Jul 2015___AMS to LHR___KL___F70___PH-KZM 01 Aug 2015___RAF He...

Re: Both ends of the Iberia spectrum: Dreadful A319 and pleasant A340

Hi superjeff, I agree with you about the Iberia narrowbody seating. I've flown their 319's, 320's, and 321's (and also Iberia Express' 320's) and seating is painful Even after this short flight I thought I would never be able to straighten my legs again. I don' t necessarily have a problem with BOB ...

Re: Both ends of the Iberia spectrum: Dreadful A319 and pleasant A340

Hi geoshina,

geoshina wrote:

Nice TR!! It was very informative and funny!

geoshina wrote:

IB A319 looks really cramped

Re: Both ends of the Iberia spectrum: Dreadful A319 and pleasant A340

Hi rhuns, Great report!! Thank you :D I thought the same thing on the menu pricing at first Glad I wasn't the only one to make that mistake! Maybe we should both go to the opticians :geek: I did think it was very pricey at the time, but I was so unimpressed with the A319 by that point I just dismiss...

Re: Both ends of the Iberia spectrum: Dreadful A319 and pleasant A340

€12.50 for a small tin of pringles! It's 2.50 EUR. At this point, the trolley came past, and the woman next to me bought a small packet of dried fruit and nuts for €12!!! It's 2 EUR. Well that's embarrassing... :oops: Yet more evidence that I really should book an appointment with the opticians. Ap...

Both ends of the Iberia spectrum: Dreadful A319 and pleasant A340

Hello all. I have finally found time to write this report on my trip back from Marseille where I traveled to watch the Euros. At this point I would usually say “COME ON ENGLAND” but I think, as usual in these tournaments, the less said that about that, the better https://s32.postimg.org/lgm1a6qnp/gr...

Re: Miserable Flights

A couple of weeks ago I had a dreadful Iberia A319 on my Marseille-Madrid flight. Awful 28 inch seat pitch (according to SeatGuru), crammed full, hot - not helped by the air from the overhead panel which wouldn't reach me (no free drinks either to alleviate the hotness), sweaty man next to me. Lucki...

Re: Most underrated plane spotting locations in the world

When 07L is in use for landing at LHR, I enjoy taking a seat on the grass in the wetland area near Colnbrook, in between the M25 and the airport perimeter road (coordinates -0.500585, 51.477403). It is much more pleasant than standing on the side of the busy dual carriageway or on the bridge close-b...

Re: Original A.net Smilies Here

Thanks for this! I use the smilies to enhance my trip reports and the new ones are... well... rubbish.

Is this just a temporary workaround, and do you plan to add to the selection or are the new ones permanent?

Re: When Heathens Fly. ;)

One of my sister's idiot friends used to take pleasure out of making me jealous by telling me what she's flown on. She once tried to make me jealous by telling me she had flown on "the Airbus". And on another occasion she told me: "We went on one of those new Dreamliners to Gran Canar...

Re: Volotea's First Scheduled UK Flight (and Some ZB)

Apologies for the delay in replying - I was away on holiday. And I come back to this new website :shock: Hi Sudenmorsian, Nice trip report. Thankyou :D I've always loved Volotea's paint scheme, and the interior looks nice as well. They have somehow managed to make a nice atmosphere from beige and br...

RE: Volotea's First Scheduled UK Flight (and Some ZB)

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RE: Volotea's First Scheduled UK Flight (and Some ZB)

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RE: Your Ridiculous Rules (listmaking, Etc.)

- I like to get to the airport early - like some on here I always tap the fuselage... but I have no idea why! - Window seat is a must (I was very annoyed recently when <acronym title="Monarch Airlines (United Kingdom)">ZB</acronym> told me at the gate that I had been moved to aisle seat)  <img ...

RE: Volotea's First Scheduled UK Flight (and Some ZB)

Hi InFlightVideo, <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/inflightVideo" class="quote" target="_blank">inflightVideo</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>Interesting re...