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On Virgin Atlantic premium economy

Post author:mikal
Post published:May 10, 2007
Post category:Travel

Welcome to Mikal's badly organised travel tips. On the trip to Dublin I flew Virgin Atlantic premium economy. That's kind of like anyone else's business class, given the classes on Virgin are economy, premium economy, and upper class. It's much cheaper than anyone else's business class fare to Heathrow though. I thought that premium economy was pretty good... The seats are old and both of the ones I sat in were subtly broken, but the seat spacing is excellent, the seat is wider than normal, and reclines just that little extra. The extra money was worth it given I got off the plane and walked straight into a meeting in Dublin, and on the return flight I got a heap of work done. Premium economy even offers power for laptops, although my corporate-issue iGo doesn't work with the new Lenovo x60, and Virgin didn't have a tip for the x60 in their collection. That's a pretty common compliant with the newer Intel Core2 laptops though -- they draw too much power for older universal power supplies. I got around the power problem with two "eight hour" batteries for the x60. The quotes are because I actually get more like four…

I-94s at the airport

Post author:mikal
Post published:July 23, 2006
Post category:Travel

Andrew is having some pain with his I-94, I suspect the first problem is that he flew United who are self admitted cunters. Secondly, you're meant to hand in the I-94 at boarding not check in (or at least that's my experience). All is not lost though, apparently you're meant to mail the I-94 back to them, although that wont be processed in time for your return to the US. Update: my brother assures me that it's no big deal to mail the I-94 in, even if you're returning quickly to the US, as they're not processed in real time at the airport either. So, perhaps the delay isn't a problem...

I like screen oopsies

Post author:mikal
Post published:September 6, 2005
Post category:Travel

I've already posted this image today, but it was buried in a bunch of other stuff. Check it out: Funny. Especially given United's terrible check in service.

Mental note: Avoid this airline

Post author:mikal
Post published:June 9, 2005
Post category:Travel

I hereby make a mental note to find out who this airline is, and avoid them like the plague. Four Two mac minis lost in one trip from luggage whilst in the care of the airline. [tags: theft luggage baggage handler]