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Thought You'd Never Loathe An Airline More Than Ryanair? Meet Royal Brunei

juliab — 2011-08-15T11:51:45-05:00

No wonder the baggage handlers have nothing to do

If, like us, you’re, ahem, not one of those pack lightly types, then you’ll know the little shrinking feeling you get in your stomach when you need to pack a suitcase. In fact, you’re probably so prone to going over the limit that you can tell at one lift whether a case weighs in at under 50lb, and your storage space is crammed with cheap Walmart holdalls bought when you got just one too many BBQ sauces/Elvis clocks/random bags of Egyptian tea.

As a sufferer of this affliction, you already fly JetBlue or Southwest over the legacy carriers. You know BA often works out than Ryanair when across the pond. You know when it’s worth attempting the crouch of shame, and when to admit defeat.

So it’s for you people that we’re adding another airline to the no-fly list: Royal Brunei.

Brunei Fights the LCC Effect

amandak — 2008-02-22T09:20:01-05:00

The explosion of low cost carrier routes throughout the Asia Pacific region of late has been good for some, but not for others. In particular, the tiny nation of Brunei, which used to receive quite a lot of through-traffic with passengers taking advantage of pretty cheap Royal Brunei Airlines flights, has noticed its airport getting a bit emptier recently.

But never fear, the airline has a plan! A recent agreement between Royal Brunei Airlines and the Brunei Tourism Board means that passengers transiting in Brunei, with a minimum four-hour wait for their ongoing flight, will be offered a free city tour of Brunei.

Included on the city tour will be sights like the historical water village of Kampong Ayer, several main mosques and the royal palace. If you've "been there and done that," you can swap your free tour for a free meal at the airport departure hall's Coffee Garden. Whether or not a whirlwind city tour can be enough to tempt you to fly Royal Brunei remains to be seen, but we just like that such a cool idea is out there.

Related Stories:
· Tour to Showcase Sultanate's Best [Brunei Times]
· Brunei Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: ctsnow]

Miles--Air Miles--For Your Bimmer

djk — 2006-11-29T11:56:42-05:00

We wouldn't be surprised if this move was inspired by, or perhaps ordered by, Prince Azim of Brunei. He's been known to shower celebrities with random gifts and must own oodles of BMWs already. Royal Brunei Airlines is offering frequent flyer miles to Royal Skies members who buy BMW cars. Prince Azim could scoop up a few dozen jalopies and be off on a trip in no time. That or he could take a private jet.

The deal goes like this: for every $10,000 you spend on a new BMW, Royal Brunei will give you 1,000 Royal Skies miles. That's a pretty measly promotion; you could earn almost 7000 miles on a $1000 economy-class round trip from Brunei's capital to Brisbane, Australia, but would have to spend about $66,000 on a BMW for the same mileage benefit. We've heard good things about Royal Brunei, and BMWs are cool, but putting them together in such a way isn't all that hot. File it under funny but not terribly useful, perhaps along with Air Tahiti Nui's vampire promotion.

[Photo: cannuk/leginmat]