Stories behind the stories. By Travel Writer, Amy McPherson
In case you haven’t been on a Ryanair flight since the 15 January or haven’t been catching up with the news, Ryanair introduced a new cabin baggage policy. Essentially, this super low cost of all low cost airlines are now charging you for wishing to bring your cabin bags into the cabin. Read: Everything you …
I promised that I’d give you a review, however I’ve decided not to keep to my usual review template but to simply write to you about this experience instead. Remember I have been on Air Asia Premium seats? That’s was the budget option and this is the first time ever I travelled in a full service business …
Date: 07 November 2013 Route: Sydney to Kuala Lumpur (LCCT) Scheduled time: 9:30pm departure time (departed a couple of minutes early) Seat: 1C Cost: AU$200 one way for original economy booking + AU$138 upgrade cost = AU$338 total, one way Air Asia introduced business class seats in 2010 and became the first and only low cost carrier to have …
I have spent the past three days in Australia’s western frontier – Perth. We arrived on Saturday, after an early four hours something flight that was both extremely uncomfortable and long for a domestic flight. Being caged in a giant metal tin 32,000 feet in the air for hours and hours is my least favourite …
Date: 10 March 2013 Route: Melbourne to Sydney Scheduled time: 11:00 am departure (on time) Seat: 4A (window) Flying is never comfortable, no matter what the airlines tell you. For my short flight from Melbourne to Sydney however, Virgin Australia managed to turn uncomfortable to pleasantly bearable. Virgin started off in Australia as the alternative …
According to Traveltalk, men misses more flights than women, blaming bad traffic, late connecting flights, and getting too carried away in bars, restaurants and duty free shops. The same article also reports that while this is the case, men often ‘charm’ their way into the next flight, while the same attempts by women are less …
