Recent content by Otisblue

We went through BHX twice in October which was our first experience of the new security set up. Both times my wife's bag was rejected. First time, the agent looked at the screen, a few touches of the screen and gave the bag back.....no questions or inspections.....second time, the scanner had...

LichfieldBlue, thanks for posting. We had been looking at going to Auckland in Jan/Feb. We had been looking at fares/routes for a few weeks but could not find a fare that suited us, and had given up. Next day, your post turns up, i looked again but for Feb/March and managed to find a really...

Arrived back at BHX yesterday on the Qatar from SIN/Doha. First time with Qatar. We were flying business, but Qatar were absolutely fantastic. The whole experience was just superb, and the crew on all flights were amazing.....all very engaged, friendly and could not do enough for you. Doha...

The best experience i have had from Birmingham to Singapore is via Zurich. I am going to Singapore next week via Doha so will be able to let you know how that goes. We do have a long layover on the way back from Singapore due to the flight time back to Brum

Just back from a weekend in Vienna. Went out Swiss on Thursday morning, full flight, and back direct on the Eurowings today, on another full flight...all good at BHX,no issues at all.....

Just back from a week on the Costa Del Sol, flying Jet2. Jet2 experience was excellent again. Everything at BHX was great. Baggage was going around the belt when we got through border control, which only took a few minutes in itself. Also just booked a solo spotting trip to Lax/Las Vegas in...

Arrived back yesterday from a few weeks in Florida. Originally this trip was booked on the United flight. Once that was cancelled, the routing we ended up with was.... BHX-FRA-Toronto-Florida Southwest ( RSW/Fort Myers) out RSW-Newark-FRA-BHX return No problems at all out from BHX, security...

No worries BrumX. Hong Kong Airlines would be great, and I think they would be a perfect fit for BHX.

Thanks Ray. I have used the bigger hubs in the past, CDG, AMS, FRA and had an OK experience, but after using Zurich in the past year, it is so well organised, quite compact, and the transit times are great, much better than the bigger hubs. Also found all of the ground crew and FA's so nice...

(y) we are Coton in the Elms, Sheldon ex pat. Whenever we go to the Smisby Arms we sometimes go through Moira. If you have not been to the Smisby Arms, worth a trip for the food. It is run by another Sheldon ex pat Blues fan as well (y)

We did not take too many actually Brum X, but here are a few from the cable car and one from the hotel room. They are not that good due to being taken through the cable car glass and the distance. It was a fantastic view though !! The road bridge in the foreground is the new road bridge to...

Just got back from HK this morning....sorry this is a bit long, but thought our airports experience on our trip might be of interest..... Outbound from BHX was fine, no issues at all. Check-in was swift, security there was a small queue, but it moved quickly, boarding was great, quick and all...

Yep, just got to the hotel in Hong Kong. Two great flights, as usual with Swiss. Was really hoping it would be the C Series from Brum though, but had to make do with the F100. The first flight for me in ages to/from Brum where the flight has not been packed. Probably two thirds full, nice...

Off to Hong Kong tonight. A bit of sightseeing, bird watching and lots of spotting. Flying Swiss.

Off to Los Angeles tomorrow on Swiss ( via Zurich ). Then driving up to Vegas next Monday for the NBAA. After what has gone on this week with Monarch and in Vegas not looking forward to this trip as much as I was. But, life goes on.