Long haul and low cost is the kind of combination cheapskates like us have been craving when it comes to airfares, and Air Asia X has been hinting at cheap London to Asia flights for ages now.

And while they're still not admitting that those kind of flights are going to happen, they've planned a press conference in London for November 25. Boss Tony Fernandes will be there, and he's promising "massive news for London."

The punters are predicting £350 ($525) London to Kuala Lumpur fares to start in early 2009. We're thinking cheap legs like these will be the new way to travel round-the-world. Just imagine: All the joys of low cost travel like no legroom, no food and no entertainment, but for 10 or 12 hours at a time. Sounds fantastic!

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In a time where Skybus and other low cost carriers are aiming to take no frills to the extreme, Emirates Airlines is bucking the how-low-can-you-go trend and going top shelf:

"Passengers' expectations on long-haul flights are different," says Dermot Mannion, an executive at the airline. "The low-fare model will not work on long flights. Passengers want good service, comfort and certainly some food."

First-class features include; vanity mirrors, 19-in. video screens with 150 selections and in-flight e-mail. There is a personal minibar, the ever popular in-flight mood lighting that ends with a ceiling display of the Dubai night sky. Hot, young, flight attendants (we are not making this up, they tout their "young beautiful staff".

The price of a first-class seat from New York to Dubai: $8,999. Yeah, as per usual, you have to pay dearly for quality. However, look how much fun the passenger who brought us the above video tour is having just pushing buttons to open and close parts of his "capsule". We even hear a bit of laughter during the video tour--does anyone remember laugh-ter? On a long haul flight?

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