I’m a big fan of the A300, probably one of my favorite Airbus types (I don’t know why, probably because it’s the first Airbus type I ever flew on). Don’t mean to hijack this thread, but when is Swiss OFFICIALLY joining Star?

By road. 😉

Remember, this isn’t American football. For a domestic away fixture, most UK clubs will only travel with a 16-18 man squad and a small support staff.

That’s fair enough. Thanks for that Lance.

It’s only a guess, but I think it might have brought Manchester United back up from their Saturday evening match against Portsmouth. United seem to use G-ELNX quite a lot for travel within the UK.

Well that’s not very roomy travel for an entire football squad, a small RJ that seats 50. Where does all their gear go?

I thought the TED LCC was made up of A320’s pulled from the UA side of the operations?

It is WD. UA/Ted hasn’t purchased any ‘new’ aircraft in quite some time. The forming of Ted had absolutely nothing to do with being recognized as a brand new carrier to purchase new planes.

this is directed towards my preference for Star Alliance airlines on which I will pay a premium to get frequent flyer miles, lounge access and a much better chance of an upgrade.

Ditto. Couldn’t have said it better myself. I will fly Star, no matter what, even if it is more expensive. Most people think I’m crazy, but they also haven’t gotten random upgrades due to flights being overbooked, had lounge access, nor have gotten as many award travel tickets the last 7 years as I have.

I detest the locos, in my case, Southwest. I have flown them 3-4 times (out of respect in these situations based on traveling with a group who could care less about ff miles, elite qualifying, etc.) and with my most recent experience with them about a year ago, I will never fly them again.

I fly on United roughly 40,000 miles per year, and I never get any pilots sounding suicidal, pension or no pension. So Boeing is to blame now? That’s the most ludicrous thing I’ve ever heard! None of the airlines you mentioned fly Boeings.

There were other films but they introduced Kindergarten cop over the PA as the main movie. Given the listings in the magazine were wrong and no PA was made there was no way to know which film was what.

All the films where not digital quality as the sound was not crisp as digital is and neither was the picture.

Yeah, well, that’s when you flip through the channels during the opening credits and find one that appeals to you. Either that, or watch Kindergarden Cop, which is a classic. At least you had channel 9 and good grub. Not crisp digital sound? Big whoop. :rolleyes:

UA is due to upgrade their long haul cabins soon, anyhow.

AKL – LAS is a route for people who want to get to Las Vegas fast, avoid LA by all chances

Yeah, but realistically, are there enough customers to make this route viable?