These days the process of going through airport security raises the blood pressure considerably. It is unpleasant and often humiliating. The picture that comes to mind includes long queues, unpacking all your goods onto a conveyor belt, scrabbling in your…
comfort
Air Malaysia child-free upper decks on A380 craft
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Air Malaysia have announced that no passengers under the age of 12 will be permitted on the upper deck of their A380 aircraft. The economy section of the lower decks of their A380 aircraft will be child-friendly. (There are 8…
fitness
Holiday preparation – A free, easy exercise programme
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For those of us in sedentary occupations our vacations are an opportunity to be a little more active. Even if we do not wish to partake in heroic levels of activity, a number of tours, excursions and destinations require quite…
Planning
Travel tricks – use a packing list
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A trick that a number of independent travellers have found useful is to have a packing list. This is simply a list of all the items that you intend packing in your luggage. The packing list has two main uses.…
Anticompetitive
Johannesburg to Hong Kong illegal ripoffs
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If you flew between Johannesburg and Hong Kong in recent years, on Singapore Airlines or South African Airways, then you were probably illegally ripped off. The South African Competition Commission have indicated that South African Airways and Singapore Airlines will…
health, sleep
Sleeping pills don’t work and they can kill you
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Sources of travel advice very frequently recommend the use of sleeping pills to grab sleep when travelling. That is ill-advised of them because that is medical advice, not travel advice. Our article How to sleep on board an aircraft conspicuously…