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  1. The World’s Favourite Airline

    October 6, 2007 by dafyd

    Silverjet, which is, apparently, a luxury airline, has released this is awfully clever pastiche of a legendary TV advert.

    You need the free Macromedia Flash Player to watch this video. Download it here.

    If you’re reading this in a feedreader, or in Facebook or the like, you’ll have to click through to the actual post. Make sure you do, though – it’s totally worth it.

    Only problem I have with it is that it makes me think of British Airways. People will call it “that British Airways advert”. Surely that spoils the point somewhat…?

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  2. Carbon Neutral

    September 11, 2007 by dafyd

    In the past year, I have flown 21,714.3 miles (including my flight home in a fortnight). That has, apparently, created 3.96 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

    That’s not a good number. We’re supposed to be trying to reduce the amount of CO2 we pump into the atmosphere, not create more.

    So today, I offset my flights’ carbon emissions. British Airways has a link with an organisation called Climate Care, which funds projects to create sustainable energy. It works out how much a tonne of CO2 costs to offset, and the conscientious flyer pays. And they give you a nice certificate to file and prove your green credentials.

    Anyway, now I feel green. So would it please stop raining?

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  3. Exchange

    January 22, 2007 by dafyd

    Flashback to a month ago…

    When I was packing, ready to leave Alexandria, I knew I had too much luggage. It always happens. The fact that I couldn’t actually lift one of the bags suggested that it was far too heavy. But anyhoo… these Egyptians are lax about the rules, I’m sure they’ll let me get away with it.

    I got to the airport (such as it is), and it turns out the baggage allowance I had was one bag, weighing 23kg. I had two bags, one of which weighed 32kg. Oh well… I have to get it home somehow. Out comes the credit card.

    It took them a while to sort out the payment (the computer wasn’t working, or something), but by the time I’d got onto the plane I assumed everything was sorted and I was £100 lighter.

    This morning, five weeks later, I discovered on my credit card statement that British Airways hadn’t actually charged my card until last week, which meant that because the exchange rate had changed a fair bit (there were 10 Egyptian pounds to the sterling when I left, now there are 11), I’d been charged about £10 less than I was expecting. Which was nice.

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