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I Dream of Somewhere Else

May 9, 2008
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AerLingus Aggressively Sells Insurance

January 29, 2008

AerLingus has recently started to aggressively sell insurance every time you now buy a flight. Instead of the usual on site offer for an insurance quote there are now three little buttons hidden within the flight booking process where you have to opt out of having an insurance quote sent to your email address [...]

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Holiday Plans 2008

January 14, 2008

We have been trying to decided where we want to go on holiday this year as we want a holiday that is a big holiday for us. We had look at the prices of flights to Canada and then came across other flights to South Africa that look interesting for us. I know [...]

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British Airways

April 23, 2007

This has been my best email for a while.
This scene took place on a BA flight between Johannesburg, South Africa and London, England. A white middle aged woman was seated next to a black man. Obviously disturbed by this, she called the stewardess.
“You obviously do not see it then?” she responded. “You placed me next [...]

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Friday 13th – A Problem?

April 13, 2007

According to the Stress Management Center about 17 million people are affected by the fear of today. Some won’t fly, do business, drive, and even some people will not get out of bed.
Fear of Friday 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia, quite a mouthful.
So where do this originate? There does not seem to be any [...]

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Airlines – Liars or Just Good Business?

April 12, 2007

Are airlines telling us the whole truth – it does not seem so. A friend last night complained at the price of his ticket from Paris to Dublin. Aer Lingus advertise it at €10 each way – so one would assume €20. But no…
After taxes and charges the actual cost was €98 [...]

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