Experience 009 Show Notes. Our first deep dive into two different flying experiences. The Seat 1A Podcast.
Jan 17, 2019
Recorded 06 January 2019
Written by: Geoff Dahl & Vinod Viswalingam
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In this episode experience we analyze two different flying
experiences. A Canadian domestic ULCC redeye flight delay &
cancellation. A trans-Pacific flag carrier flight booked with a
travel booking website which had issues with frequent flyer mileage
& extra legroom.
Geoff shares his delay experience with delays and a
cancellation on a Swoop (WO) redeye flight from YXX to YHM. What
went wrong on the flight, and what could Geoff have done better to
prepare? What can one possibly expect with a ULCC carrier versus a
flag carrier – particularly with landing in smaller centres?
We share a shout out to listener Trevor Hamilton.
Vinny shares a story about Trevor's experience with Air New Zealand
(NZ) return flight from LAX-AKL-MEL booked with Expedia. Did the
points get credited as expected? What to watch for to make sure the
points qualify for accrual – particularly on a third-party travel
booking website.
Vinny shares a points experience story with Korean
(KE) from YVR-ICN and how his fare class was linked to KE's
frequent flyer program SKYPASS.
Wait, there's more to Trevor's flight story...how a
dry leased EVA (BR) plane affected his extra purchased legroom from
AKL-LAX.
WestJet (WS) plane 'made contact' with catering
vehicle on tarmac.
Brussels Airlines (SN) A330 Suffers Inflight Dual
Engine Failures.
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SELECTED LINKS
FROM THIS EPISODE EXPERIENCE
- Abbotsford International Airport (YXX)
- Swoop (WO)
- John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (YHM)
- WestJet (WS)
- Seat 1A Experience 008 - show notes and audio
- Seat 1A Experience 007 - show notes and audio
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)
- Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW)
- Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)
- Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
- Auckland Airport (AKL)
- Melbourne Airport (MEL)
- Air New Zealand (NZ)
- Aeroplan Fare Options Booking Classes - version 14 (PDF file)
- Air New Zealand Long Haul Global Saver Fare Conditions
- ITA Software Computational Complexity of Air Travel Planning (2003 PDF file)
- Great Circle Mapper mileage LAX-AKL-MEL
- Vancouver International Airport (YVR)
- Incheon International Airport (ICN)
- Korean Air (KE)
- Star Alliance
- Skyteam
- Delta SkyMiles
- Korean Air SKYPASS
- Wet & Damp Leasing (UK Civil Aviation Authority)
- Dry Leasing (UK Civil Aviation Authority)
- EVA Air (BR)
- Boeing 777 300 ER
- Montréal–Trudeau International Airport (YUL)
- Great Circle Mapper Distance Comparison: AKL-TPE; AKL-BKK; AKL-SIN
NEWS ITEMS
bc.ctvnews.ca | WestJet
plane 'made contact' with catering vehicle on tarmac (03
January 2019)
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/westjet-plane-made-contact-with-catering-vehicle-on-tarmac-1.4239460
"...On Thursday morning, the Palm Springs-bound flight from YVR
was put on hold because the plane 'made contact' with a catering
vehicle, according to WestJet..."
airwaysmag.com | Brussels Airlines A330
Suffers Inflight Dual Engine Failures (24 December
2018)
https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/brussels-airlines-a330-suffers-inflight-dual-engine-failure/
"...A Brussels Airlines Airbus A330-223, performing flight
SN358 from Kinshasa to Brussels, suffered failures on both engines
at different stages of its journey..."
- Brussels Airlines (SN)
- N'Djili (Kinshasa) International Airport (FIH)
- Brussels Airport (BRU)
- Djerba–Zarzis International Airport (DJE)
- Airbus 330
- Air Transat Flight 236 (Aviation
Safety Network)
- GPIAA Portugal | Accident Investigation Final Report, All Engines-out Landing Due to Fuel Exhaustion, Air Transat, Airbus A330-243 marks C-GITS, Lajes, Azores, Portugal, 24 August 2001 (Government of Portugal PDF | 18 October 2004)
- C-GITS (Airfleets.net)
- British Airways Flight 'Speedbird
9' (Aviation Safety Network)
- G-BDXH (Airfleets.net)
SHOW
NOTES
- What's in today's show? [00:00:53]
- Geoff's experience with Swoop (WO) delay and cancellation at YXX [00:02:06]
- Dissecting of a ULCC experience [00:13:13]
- Summary of the recommendations [00:26:41]
- Flight with Air New Zealand (NZ) booked with Expedia - where are the points? [00:29:06]
- A review of booking classes [00:32:38]
- Vinny and his SKYPASS saga [00:42:03]
- Just because you've purchased extra legroom... [00:46:11]
- Wet Leasing and Dry Leasing airplanes [00:47:01]
- WestJet (WS) plane 'made contact' with catering vehicle on tarmac [00:53:52]
- Brussels Airlines (SN) A330 Suffers Inflight Dual Engine Failures [00:56:25]
- Wrap-up [00:58:42]