Archive March 2008

World’s 10 Most Dangerous Airports 2

Mar10

The folks over at ProTraveller have a thrill seeking post up about the Top 10 Most Dangerous Aircraft Landings. There are some unsurprising picks in there (Hong Kong’s Tai Kak for example), but there were plenty that surprised me as well. The videos are really fun to watch if you are like me and enjoy seeing every minute of an approach. In case you just want to know what the airports are, here are the Top 10:

  1. Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong
  2. Funchal Airport, Madeira
  3. Gustaf III Airport, St. Barts
  4. Courchevel Airport, France
  5. Princess Julianna International Airport, St. Maarten
  6. Wellington International Airport, New Zealand
  7. Paro Airport, Bhutan
  8. Narsarsuaq Airport, Greenland
  9. Saba Island Airport, Netherlands Antilles
  10. Lugano Airport, Switzerland


Virgin American Promotion: 30% Of All Flights 4

Mar6

Now of course luck and the fates would have it that the day after I book my first trip on Virgin America they come out with a great promo code that could have saved me lots of money. Sigh. Well luckily you are now better informed than I was. Any eleVAte member can plug in the promo code dfLOoxRC03kgw to get 30% off any main cabin fair. Virgin America Logo So what are you waiting for?  Check out some Virgin America flights on Kayak and get going with that code!

Happy travels.

UPDATE: Unfortunately it seems this coupon code was unique to my eleVAte account! Well, I wasn’t going to use it anyway so its no great loss to me, but you might be out of luck if you try this same code. For those of you with an eleVAte account though, check your inbox and spam blockers for the promotional email. And for those of you who aren’t eleVAte members, joining up (its free) may grant you access to this code. Sorry folks!