I was at a wedding recently and got chatting to someone on my table about travelling. This always excites me as I love to hear about other people’s plans – you never know where it might inspire you to go next! We got on to the topic of miles and points so I suggested that… Read More You learn something new every day… For me it was about Emirates
To finish off the trip report, I thought it would be good to compare our highlights and favourites of various aspects. Favourite flight MA: Of all the flights taken, I think the most enjoyable was the Dreamliner 787-9 LAN return flight from FRA to MAD. The plane appeared clean(er), and cool. The cabin crew were… Read More Episode 8 – Reflections
The final leg of our trip was back to Dublin to finish our ticket, and then part ways to fly home separately. We took the Heathrow Express back to the airport and used North Fast Track security – through in moments. We made our way, via Starbucks of course, to the South Lounge and were… Read More Episode 7 – the final leg
We had booked the shuttle bus to the airport for 0800, but there was one outside and leaving at 0750 so we jumped on that one, and were at the airport 10 minutes later. In contrast to Frankfurt, which we found to be very tricky to navigate, Madrid is a breeze. We went via Fast… Read More Episode 6 – the wide-bodies’ ageing cousin
After a busy day, We checked out and took the train back to Frankfurt Airport. This time it was one of the lovely DeutsheBahn ICE trains, which are fabulous. We were the airport about 5 minutes faster than it took in reverse, but I think that we lost this time again in having to go… Read More Episode 5 – same drill; different day
Lovely, relaxed breakfast at the Intercontinental Hotel in Madrid – Mister Airmiles has already reported on this. Swift checkout followed by a taxi ride had us at the airport in no time. I can’t get over just how big the airport is. It has 4 runways, acres of space in the terminal (T4 and satellite… Read More Episode 3 – the wide-bodied jet of dreams
We had arrived onto the plane and a short delay turned into a big one. We had missed our slot and there was an issue with a door that wasn’t closing properly which needed to be check out by Engineering. Once cleared, we took off about 90 minutes late. The plane was an Iberia A340-300… Read More Episode 2 – The first wide-body and the perfect airport hotel
The first part of the trip was, for me, heading back to London. As usual, MummyAirmiles is writing in italics. As readers will know, MummyAirmiles is joining up with MisterAirmiles on a few days’ jaunt round Europe, experiencing different planes and their various versions of business class travel. Bring a retired lady of leisure and… Read More Episode 1 – Afternoon tea over the Irish Sea
Irregular operations occur when things go wrong for whatever reason. In my case, it was the cancellation of my flight back from Nice. A planned air traffic control strike meant that BA were asked to reduce some of their services the day before, which meant us. I got a text and email at about 1600… Read More When things don’t go to plan – my first experience of IRROPS
MummyAiriles emailed this evening to let me know how her latest trip is going. Thankfully for her bank balance, and my inheritance, it is a relatively cheap trip thanks to the bestowal of some Emirates Skywards miles. Some months ago, MummyAirmiles reported on her Emirates business class trip to Mauritius and back from the Seychelles… Read More MummyAirmiles flies easyJet – Emirates pays!
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