You've got me reet worried now - I'm going to Tenerife for the first time at Christmas and I'm flying Jet2 from ....... Newcastle. The flight is hust at the right time for them to have drunk their first eleventeen pints of Stella. Oh, heck.
colleague who wanted to spend the entire flight doing work which needed my input
Easy way around that....I always make sure I book on a different flight! 🙂
Noise cancelling headphones are a must, that's true. Oh, and if I'm flying long haul at a weekend - work laptop goes in the hold! Tablet, plus phones, plus a nice glass of wine. Lovely.
Yes, you do. Half term, ski season on the likes of Sleaze or Thomas Cook.
Was this before Postit sales went stratospheric?
OP you went in half-term week, there's the problem. Our trip back was much better in late November only the nervous lesbian to deal with!
Tracksuits* along with jeans banned in British Airways first class. One doesn't travel in anything less.
Although “leisure suits" (pronounced, I assume “lee-sure") are permitted. Of course, if I'd just coughed up £10,000 for the seat I might be inclined to wear whatever the hell I want and dare them to throw me out. Does a mankini count as “smart casual"?
Just so you can familiarise yourself with your future traveling companions failedengineer....
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The flight is hust at the right time for them to have drunk their first eleventeen pints of Stella. Oh, heck.
Hah. You need to spend more time at airports for early flights. The bars are already in full swing at 7am anyway
You've got me reet worried now - I'm going to Tenerife for the first time at Christmas and I'm flying Jet2 from ....... Newcastle.
You'll be fine, Christmas in the Canaries is way too expensive for a lot of chavs.
My Mrs is flying out with Jet2 on 21st Dec but she's usually well behaved, at least when I'm around she is.
You need to spend more time at airports for early flights. The bars are already in full swing at 7am anyway
*Shudders*
Have done a few skiing trips in the past, ex-LGW, on early, early flights with Thomas Cook (Neilson hols). Bars are full of SAGA-louts at 0530, swigging a double G&T "coz we're on olly day, innit?". Vile.
My current travel rule is that I might permit myself a cheeky Bloody Mary in the flounge after 1030, but any flight before that? Nah. Never.
Easy way around that....I always make sure I book on a different flight!
I think my whinging as just been in touch with Lord Karma, since I've just had confirmation of flights to Dublin on Wednesday...with Ryanair!!!!
Even worse, I've been booked on a Saturday am flight back. WTF????? I must have done something seriously wrong 🙁
EDIT: panic over, i'm having dinner on friday evening so not enough time to catch last flight back.
I flew from Cardiff to Dublin with Aer Arran for a couple of work weeks. It was an interesting mix of people. On the Friday it was mostly people going to Cardiff for a nightout.
There were a couple of right bimbos sat in front of me on one - nice, pleasant enough, but dressed like Barbies and pretty funny. They were wondering where the in-flight movie was (it's a 45 minute flight) and rather shocked that it was a small plane with steps built into the door. Really, were you expecting a jumbo?
When air travel was exclusive.........
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If you travel in a pith helmet, you have a 75% chance of a free flight upgrade. Well known fact.
Do Giro do one?
Well the rot starts with this tautology:
the hoi polloi
I mean, frankly, I couldn't abide spending more than a minute with anyone who wasn't aware that "hoi" is the nominative plural of "ho" the Greek for "the", making [i]the hoi polloi[/i] tautological. Cattle class or not.
Me? I just get as wasted as possible on diddy bottles of wine and pray for oblivion. It's the only way to be sure.
that nufc tat is remarkably neat.
that nufc tat is remarkably [s]neat[/s] sexy
FTFY
I think that some of the most obnoxious people I've encountered on planes have been in the forward cabins. Their behaviour in airport lounges can be even worse.
I think that some of the most obnoxious people I've encountered on planes have been in the forward cabins. Their behaviour in airport lounges can be even worse.
This often crops up, but I can't say that it rings true to my experience. The most animated I've seen most people in the Flounge at LHR has been when someone has allowed their phone to ring out loud. Shockingly bad form. 😉
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Ourmaninthenorth drives northbound on his hols. How apt 😆
making the hoi polloi tautological
Well not really, tautology refers to expressing the same idea multiple times. I do this all the time, it's something I do every day.
Adding needless words would be considered to be thought of as redundancy.
The most animated I've seen most people in the Flounge at LHR has been when someone has allowed their phone to ring out loud.
The Flounge at LHR can be amongst the worst given that everyone is there because of their entitlement (which too many seem to equate to "importance") rather than where they're actually sitting...
Still, I think the best/worst toy-throwing I've seen has generally been in the lounges in Hong Kong.
Only travel on flights that leave London City airport, it's the only sure way to avoid them.
There are worse travelling companions, generally American often called 'Mary Beth' and weighing in at half a ton which, even in business class spills into your space, whilst insisting on trying to converse with your cute british accent until you have to force yourself to be very rude and don the noise cancelling headphones an essential travel accessory.
Ourmaninthenorth drives northbound on his hols.
Well, sadly I do have to come back now and again.... 😉
Worst passenger I ever encountered was when I was flying back from Sydney HKG-LHR in upper class. A youngish bloke pissed out of his mind kept robbing bottles of wine from the bar and was being very rowdy disturbing everyone's sleep.
jota 180 - that's the same flight that we're on. I'll be wearing a Newcastle shirt and reading the Sun if she wants a chat ........ (only joking, Rohan and the Guardian, of course),
everyone is there because of their entitlement (which too many seem to equate to "importance") rather than where they're actually sitting...
Valid point. I tend to go out on to that little "balcony" bit. Far quieter overall. That said, there's more of the "it's free so I'll get trollied" mentality in the Club Galleries than the Flounge, IMO.
HKG lounges? Always been pleasantly impressed with the CX lounges there. Especially those awesome little "pod" seats they have. Oh, and the noodles!
LAX has to be the worst Flounge, though. Utterly packed out, as BA and Qantas both leave at a similar time. Very little privacy/space. Sat next to a very pleasant, if a little vacant, Scottish singer for a while and chatted to her and her entourage. However, as lounges go, way too small and crowded.
Flew buiseness class with BA to Seattle last year.
So glad i was not in 1st class, as there was screaming kids in there all the way (9 hours)
I would have loved to see the forum posts from the 1st class passengers after that flight :0)
Don't think the airline or destination matters much - there was a similar 'chair-kicking and threatened violence' incident when I flew with Singapore Airlines a couple of weeks back.
Worst passenger I ever sat near was on a BA flight - coke'd out of her mind. I can only think she'd considered smuggling her stash, only to bottle it at the last minute and snort the lot before going through security. She spoke/swore/kicked/fidgeted/reclined/un-reclined/got up/sat down constantly, barely pausing for breath for about four hours.
Valid point. I tend to go out on to that little "balcony" bit. Far quieter overall. That said, there's more of the "it's free so I'll get trollied" mentality in the Club Galleries than the Flounge, IMO.HKG lounges? Always been pleasantly impressed with the CX lounges there. Especially those awesome little "pod" seats they have. Oh, and the noodles!
The balcony is better, but the whole place is a bit crowded these days.
The CX lounges in HKG seem to bring out the worst in humanity, particularly in the way that people speak to the staff. Still, I've seen some pretty effective coping strategies deployed 😉
I would have loved to see the forum posts from the 1st class passengers after that flight :0)
You've been to [url= http://www.flyertalk.com ]flyertalk.com[/url] then 😀
You've been to flyertalk.com then
If you think this place is bad.....! 😉
You've been to flyertalk.com then
"My champagne wasn't chilled to my liking, what compensation am I due"?
Yep, that's about the level! With one slight edit.....:-)
"My champagne wasn't chilled to my liking, what compensation am I due? Do you have ANY IDEA HOW IMPORTANT I AM? DO YOU? DO YOU?"
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Feel my status! Go on, feel it!
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I think that some of the most obnoxious people I've encountered on planes have been in the forward cabins. Their behaviour in airport lounges can be even worse.
Wishful thinking maybe?
IME that's not the case..
People keep saying to me "Oh the other end of Ibiza from the clubs is a lovely place to go on holiday".
So it may be ... but you still have to endure a shared flight with the P***** Up Party Posse!
Talking about chavs and public transport, I got mistaken for a plain clothes police officer on a train the other day by a big group of chavs. I would have been flattered about my apparent manliness if I wasn't so worried about getting killed to death.
Was wearing a grey North Face jacket, jeans, trainers and had a black bag on me? Wtf lol
North Face jacket
TNF jacket is almost standard issue for plain-clothes/off- duty coppers, soldiers too..
We've been to Goa twice with Monarch, full of gobby scousers, 'eh eh eh eh eh' both times, the plane was more like a cattle truck. Then we went with Kingfisher last year which was full of very quiet & polite Indian folk, in January wer'e upping it again & going with Qatar. We'll see how that goes.
TNF jacket is almost standard issue for plain-clothes/off- duty coppers, soldiers too..
and pretty much all UK citizens between the age of 16 and 60
Sat next to a very pleasant, if a little vacant, Scottish singer for a while and chatted to her and her entourage.
Oh yeah? Who was that, then? Could well be someone I've seen play, and possibly met. 😀
Thinking about it, I had just buzzed my head and had a white ipod earphone in one ear so I could listen to music and hear stops/what was going on around me etc.
I guess the outfit just added up then. Knew the RAF used a lot of TNF, didn't know coppers did.
CZ, she was on a "talent" show some time ago, and rather surprised people.
