4/16/2008 at 9:15 AM
Tags: Iceland Express, Low Cost Carriers, Airline Gimmicks (all tags)
We've been in love with the crazy gang at low cost carrier Iceland Express ever since they taught us how to get a date with an Icelander. But with their newest gimmick, we positively want to marry Iceland Express. Because Iceland socks.
No, that's not a typo. Hit the Iceland Socks website (produced by Iceland Express) and you'll be confronted with several pairs of socks to choose from, and the ability to make your own mini-movie set in Iceland, featuring your chosen pair of socks. Just pick a few landscapes, add subtitles and you can send your movie to your friends. Trust us, it'll be hilarious!
We're always impressed with what Iceland Express comes up with to try to lure people to the country. Sock movies... really cool, but we still haven't booked our trip to Iceland.
Related Stories:
· Iceland Socks [Official Site]
· Iceland Express Impresses [Jaunted]
· Iceland Express coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: Iceland Socks]
by amandak
2/20/2007 at 9:30 AM
Tags: Austrian Airlines, Coffee, Airline Gimmicks (all tags)
Austrian Airlines already thinks it's pretty special for serving up strudel in its special snack box, and now the press wires are going mad over their new coffee house in the sky concept.
In the tradition of a typical Viennese coffee house, business class passengers now get a choice of 11 Austrian coffees with their strudel (or other dessert of their choosing, but who'd take anything other than strudel?). The Wiener Melange and the Wiener Fiaker sound intriguing enough, but please tell us who wants to drink the Grosser Brauner: "the Big Brown?"
[Photo: Al-Fassam]
Related Stories:
· Austrian Airlines Brings Hot Food to Economy [Opodo]
· Austrian Airlines Introduces Viennese Coffee House in the Air [World Travel Guide]
· A Yodel and a Strudel and You're There [Jaunted]
by amandak
3/16/2006 at 11:35 AM
Tags: Airline Gimmicks (all tags)
Have a seat: Disagreement on how best to coddle your backside while separating you from your money is rampant these days.
A minor kerfluffle has erupted over
United's recent move to upgrade their first class seats into lie-flat models at the cost of $165 million dollars.
Why not spend that money on making coach more bearable? Or improve first's amenities, instead of focusing on the seats?
Meanwhile, Northwest
unveiled their plans to charge $15 for the better seats in coach (read: the exit row) to try and generate a little more revenue from the back of the plane. We understand their reasoning, and this move is more democratic than giving it the elite frequent fliers, but it still comes off as sleazy.
JetBlue, the only domestic carrier that offers extra legroom (in their single class airplanes)
lost money last quarter and predicts a loss for 2006, though they claim it's from higher fuel costs and increased competition. Maybe making the passengers comfortable and happy is not the best way to turn a profit.
Where does this leave domestic carriers? If they think the money is to be made with better seats up front and by nickel-and-diming consumers in back, fine; it's just the continuation of the sky-bus business model they've been hawking the last fifteen years.
Jaunted's not greedy about legroom, but we're tall here, so we do treasure the space. Is it so much to ask? We don't care about the peanuts or pillows, but deep-vein thrombosis is awfully bothersome.
[Image via ohad*/Flickr]
Related Stories:·
United Puts the Squeeze on Steerage [Gridskipper]
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Spending More Money on Seats [View From the Wing]
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Northwest Charges Extra for Seats [USA Today]
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Grim View at JetBlue [TheStreet]
by AVB
