In March, the United States implemented an electronics ban which affected a total of 8 countries such as Africa, the Middle East Turkey and more. Basically the ban meant passengers couldn’t take devices with them in the cabin if they were larger than their mobile device, Emirates even banned noise cancelling headphones. The ban was […]
If you’re a regular reader of the blog, you should know by now that I travel to the Middle East ALOT. Why? because I love to fly the ME3 as they have some of the best premium products in the air and I love the country, it’s a very interesting and relaxing place as strange […]
This giveaway is a very belated one but oh well, to celebrate my move to the BoardingArea network, I’ll be giving away a heap of amenity kits and pyjama sets. The giveaway is to thank my readers for their constant readership and I also need to clear space in drawers 😉 For this giveaway there’s […]
Last month Etihad and Lufthansa announced they would greater enhance their partnership. Things are moving pretty fast and we will be seeing more and more results of the partnership as time goes on. If you missed the announcement, here is what the airlines will be doing: Etihad signed a four year 100 million US dollar contract to use […]
If you’re not on social media you wouldn’t have seen but I was recently interviewed by Richard Quest from CNN about the whole Residence experience and my blogging in general. If you haven’t yet seen the video here it is: I surprisingly only made one minor mistake, not too bad for my first ever interview! […]
The next few reviews are all out of place due to camera issues, but they should all be done within the next few days. Anyway, after staying in London for a night and a day I was headed to Abu Dhabi on Etihad. I’m a massive Etihad fan, so I was quite excited to visit […]
At a press conference, today held in Abu Dhabi CEO of Etihad Aviation Group James Hogan and CEO of Lufthansa Group Carsten Spohr announced plans to greater enhance their partnership. For a few weeks, there have been many rumors about a possible merge between the airlines or even Etihad joining Star Alliance, but both have been false. Per […]
Not sure if this is a good or bad thing, but Reuters are reporting that both Etihad and Lufthansa are currently in talks about a possible merger. Per Reuters, According to the paper, managers from both companies have for weeks been examining the possibility of Etihad taking a 30-40 percent stake in Lufthansa via a capital increase […]
When it comes to planning flights, holidays, etc. I’m absolutely terrible at it. But with award tickets you have to be flexible and be prepared to book a bunch of tickets close to departure. Last night I noticed a had a flight in credit from AA pre-devaluation, so I decided to use it before it […]
Last week I wrote about Qatar launching Canberra services which was a move a lot of people didn’t expect but could potentially be quite valuable for the airline. After the announcement many asked if their big competitors Etihad and Emirates would start Canberra services and they said No. Per the Canberra Times, “Emirates continues to explore new […]
Following on from my Washington to Abu Dhabi flight I had a short transit before I left for Brisbane. I absolutely love the new Etihad first class lounge, so I went for a quick visit to have a bite to eat and get a haircut, yes get a haircut in the lounge, how awesome! After my haircut, I […]
As you could probably tell by now, I am a huge Etihad Airways fan, so when deciding how I was going to get home from Washington, I immediately looked at availability out of IAD. As luck would have it, there were first seats available which I immediately booked with 115,000 AAdvantage miles. I also found […]