What with flying from Kuala Lumpur back home to Dublin in British Airways’ Club World, it seemed positively offensive to then have to downgrade myself to economy for my long weekend trip to Boston to see an old friend in
For my trip, once again, to the tiny German city of “Ochtrup”, I was hit by two major setbacks; British Airways flights’ to Dusseldorf, my normal arrival airport of choice, were being charged at a Kings’ ransom, while Aer Lingus
Even though I enjoyed British Airways all the way to Dublin from Kuala Lumpur, the return had a small complication. I could either fly out a solid 2 hours earlier with British Airways – which, given the very average flight
As long-time readers of the blog will remember, by virtue of being my former national carrier (before moving to Malaysia), I have a long and stretching history of travel with Aer Lingus, from the point when they wanted to be
The individual aspects of how a national airline is run seems to me to be something that is carefully examined and analysed, more than perhaps any other state or semi-state company, by large swathes of self-appointed armchair experts, myself included. Having
Since I started out travelling heavily, originally through backpacking and what you might call ‘extreme’ budget travelling, through to having a bit more cash and being slightly more relaxed in my travel plans (and also swearing never to fly Ryanair
People’s opinion to Europe’s “favourite†(it’s in quotations in this case, because it’s generally far from true) low-cost airline has generally been split between those who absolutely loathe the carrier, and those who say something to the effect that it
After well over two and a half years since living here properly, we're both landed (for now, anyway) back in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's sunny and overheated capital. Since we both lived here last, I can safely say the crazy levels
Last time around, I gave you a rundown of two of the most awful lounges I could ever have hoped not to set foot in; this time, things get decisively better. So much better in fact, it’s actually a tough call
Having been a happy Aer Lingus Gold Circle member now for over a year, and having eventually come to terms with the varying quality of the lounges on offer throughout Europe, I feel it’s almost a civic duty to share