Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Norwegian flight DY 5819 LGW-HEL

Depature: 20.18 (18 .45)
Arrival: 00.41 (23.45)
Inflight service: B.O.B* Red wine
Landing: No comments, you can see my last comment here.

On top of being delayed with 1 hour, we got a bonus spelled STAND ARRIVAL. That's it folks, sorry for being grumpy!

High punctuality...

First this:


And then this:


After an autumn with only one delay of 15 minutes, the above situation tend to be quite humorous. It must be Mr. Murphy again...

Key-learning of the day: "Don't count your chickens until they're hatched"

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Norwegian flight DY 4459 ARN-LGW

Departure: 18.18 (18.20)
Arrival: 19.47 (19.55)
Inflight service: B.O.B* Red wine
Landing: Come on guys, you have to treat the bird gently. Maybe some "crash courses" at Finnair could make your landings smoother???

Jihaaa - SKY interior, exit row and free WiFi. Doesn't get much better on a budget airline, does it?

Thanks Norwegian for boosting my Christmas spirit! The Christmas music played when boarding and the little Christmas greeting on the screens made me realize that Christmas is just a few days away. This makes me wonder whether Norwegian should be the official Santa airline instead of Finnair?



Monday, December 12, 2011

Burn the itineraries!

I guess we all have experienced the hassle of having all too many itineraries when travelling. Papers all over the place and never the right one at the right time. Does it sound familiar? If it does, then I now the cure - it's called Tripit.

Personally i hate the fuss with sorting out the right itineraries, when for example checking in. OK I have to admit it, I'm not the most well organized traveller around. However, a couple of months back I found an app that has made the old travel documents unnecessary, and me better prepared when travelling. Imagine no need of printing itineraries or booking confirmations before you head out on a trip. It sounds amazing, and so it is!

The use of Tripit is as simple as could be. All you have to do is to get an account on Tripit and download the app to your smartphone. When you've done that, your'e almost ready to rock. After this you can either allow Tripit to scan your mail for itineraries/bookings or mail them to plans@tripit.com. Either way you choose, you will have all your different bookings bundled together into one neat travel plan, like the one below.

   
All of sudden you have all the information regarding your trip on your smartphone's screen. Of course you can drill down for further details regarding for example confirmation numbers, terminals and so forth.



All in all, Tripit works like a dream either you choose the free version or Tripit Pro. Tripit Pro has one feature that I like in particular and that's the fact that it monitors flights on your behalf. E.g. it tells you when web check.in may be available or if there are any delays to expect.

This may sound like an advertisement for Tripit, but it's not. I'm just a very happy user, that can't imagine going back to the time when I had to print all my bookings.


Norwegian flight DY 4280 HEL-ARN

Departure: 6.50 (6.50)
Arrival: 6.50 (6.50)
Inflight service: B.O.B (buy onboard) Nescafé
Landing: Well, let's wait and see (posted up in the air)

Have to say that I really like the new SKY interior onboard Boeing 737-800. It really makes the cabin feel light and spacious.


The draw back of no newspapers onboard is more than compensated with free inflight WIFI. Thumbs-up for Norwegian on this point, I like :-)))

A humble question to Norwegian: it seems you're into high-tech...but why no web check-in? It is year 2011, right???

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Finnair flight AY 634 HEL-ARN

Departure: 13.00 (13.00)
Arrival: 14.55 (15.00)
Inflight service: What, no coffee???
Landing: Soft as cotton

Got a bit grumpy due to lack of coffee onboard. Only juice and water served...strange I must say.

Thumbs-up for the professional Miss Sunshine, greeting everybody traveling in coach. A smile and a friendly welcome onboard can really light up even the darkest of days. Thanks, you made my day!

Thursday, December 8, 2011