As the British prepare to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee with an outpouring of affection and patriotism, American Airlines and fellow oneworld members, British Airways and Iberia, have teamed up to celebrate by offering customers royal savings with a special discounted fare on Business Class tickets on nonstop flights* from 20 cities in the United [...]
The Diamond Jubilee- taking place in 2012- marks Queen Elizabeth’s 60 years of reign in England. Only one other monarch in British history (Queen Victoria in 1897) has celebrated the same milestone. In honor of this momentous occasion and as part of the ongoing celebrations in the city, the Queen has visited various schools in [...]
Our good friend and fellow travel writer Max Hartshorne, Editor of GoNOMAD.com, recently introduced a new line of travel ebooks called Plane Readers that are now available on Kindle, Nook, Apple, Kobo and Barnes and Noble Nook reader formats. Here, he shares with us an excerpt from the latest edition in the series, “York, England, [...]
The spectacular new Warner Bros. Harry Potter Studio Tour in the United Kingdom opens March 31, 2012. But our very own Johnny Jet got a sneak peek before anyone else. Check out this behind the scenes clip from Johnny’s Travel Channel Special, Hot Spots 2012, to see the Harry Potter tour up close! The tour [...]
By: Trishna Patel Oscar Sunday is upon us and that means two things. I scurry to plan a last-minute viewing party and shamelessly stock up on bottles of inexpensive Merlot. And although I’m looking forward to a night of fashion missteps, upsets and the consumption of entirely way too much Brie cheese in the comfort of [...]
Just after I sent last week’s newsletter I hopped on a nine-and-a-half-hour Air New Zealand flight to London. Since the Rugby World Cup had just ended in Auckland, Air New Zealand had to add an extra flight, so instead of flying one of their new plush 777-300s we were on one of their older 747-400s. [...]
By Juliet Pennington: With the success of “Jersey Shore,” folks at MTV have decided to take the same formula across the pond with a new reality TV show called “Geordie Shore.” Scheduled to debut later this month, it is about a group of young people from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in northern England, where locals are referred to [...]
Happy New Year from chilly Florida! If you are following me on Twitter (@JohnnyJet), then you know I missed the California rains and the Northeast blizzard by just a few days. I’m actually upset about it too, because I love a good snowstorm (as long as I’m not traveling). This past week, I had quite [...]
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