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Pour Emily, whenever Megève find her

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With apologies to Simon & Garfunkel but Pour Emily, whenever Megève find her is our franglais take… on everyone’s favourite Américaine lost in France.

This being winter or l’hiver Emily is decamping to the Alps.

Lil beauty: Lily Collins as Emily. Pic: Stephanie Branchu/Netflix

And being the chic chick that she is that means Megève.

And since we have amis in high altitude places we have the skinny from the Emily in Paris ski set.

L’Art de Vivre

Up, up and away: Camille Razat as Camille. Pic: Stephanie Branchu/Netflix

The much-anticipated final season dropped on Netflix yesterday.

And it sees Emily embracing L’Art de Vivre, or French living.

Around Megève village square and the Mont d’Arbois ski area.

Et the Idéal 1850 restaurant (Edmond de Rothschild Heritage/Four Seasons Megève Collection).

Et the Chalet des Fermes de Marie (.Maisons & Hôtels Sibuet).

Lily in the pink

That’s a wrap: Lily is all about the chic. Pic: Netflix.

And when we say Emily we really mean her doubles.

Because they did all the pipes and slaloms while Lily Collins did all the pre and apres-ski.

But, hey, we all have our crosses to bear.

And there are plenty of them here in this Medieval village with a deeply Catholic heritage.

With its six chapels, around sixty oratories and around twenty crosses.

Megève enjoys God-given beauty, and we’re still talking about Emily here and her beaus.

And it boasts stunning vistas, valleys and vin.

A Massif hit

Ah, L’amour: Lucas Bravo as Gabriel, to Lily Collins’ Emily. Pic: Stephanie Branchu/Netflix

Sat at the foot of the Mont-Blanc massif, it is only one hour from Geneva Airport.

And it is served from everywhere in Britain and Ireland.

Return flights from London Gatwick to Geneva with easyJet are priced from £49pp during the 2024/25 winter season.       

And that’s for me. Pour Emily, whenever Megève find her it will always be in among the high-fliers.

Countries, Deals, Flying

The Mile High Club

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In 30 years with my own jet-setter I’ve only ever been to bed with one person on a flight, and it didn’t qualify for the Mile High Club.

Now neither bald boy Brian nor I, a beardie bandanaman, would have ever have chosen each other as priority sleeping partners.

But lying next to each other on the fold down beds in Turkish Business class was, of course, a treat.

And with a full belly and a woozy head from the flowing fizz we had the sweetest dreams.

And landed refreshed and ready for the Maldives but that’s another story.

EasyJet loving

All of which daydream recollections came flooding back when learning of the overamorous pair.

Who were chucked off an EasyJet flight to the Balearics.

A case of woah, we’re going to Ibiza, all right.

Now the Mile High Club came to be known over the years as the ultimate expression of cocking a snook at authority.

And who can forget the tale of Michael Hutchence supposedly making sweet music with Kylie Minogue on his knee?

Underneath a well-placed coat.

These days, of course, cabin crew would certainly pull up such behaviour on the grounds that the seat belt light was on.

Loo love ya, baby

Cabin fever: High jinks at the National Museum of Flight

The alternative, of course, the rest room would require the dexterity of Harry Houdini.

Yesterday’s airplane loos must have been more spacious affairs.

While passengers would also have been able to enjoy that post-coital cigarette too as smoking was allowed too.

And even encouraged as you can see if you are fortunate enough to board a Concorde as we are at the National Museum of Flight, near North Berwick.

And see the dainty ashtrays provided for the great and good who went supersonic.

One can only imagine which of the famous celebs enrolled in the Mile High Club when they went transatlantic on that bird.

Suite loving with Etihad

Today it requires a little more imagination and a lot more money to get into the Mile High Club.

By either flying on your own private jet or booking a private suite.

Now we’ll leave you to do the heavy lifting here.

But we’re told that they can range from $7,000 to $12,000 for a one-way trip and can even reach up to $23,000 depending on the amenities.

And it’s probably no coincidence that it’s pitched at the dollar market.

We’re told too that Etihad’s Residence, a three-room suite, can cost around $32,000 for a trip from Abu Dhabi to New York.

Perhaps outwith our loved-up couple’s budget who’ll likely face a hefty fine and ban for their few minutes of fun.

Countries, Flying

O’Leary’s cri de beer on safer flying

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When Ryanair’s charismatic controversial CEO speaks people listen and we’re on board with Michael O’Leary’s cri de beer on safer flying.

Of course, like many fliers, I came late to this party.

Back when drink flowed on transatlantic flights myself and my pal Toothy worked a wheeze to get even more.

When our attendant told us their supply of beer had run out.

Only for Mole Murty to dig out their secret stash behind a curtain in the kitchen by the toilets.

And we took it in shuttles to keep us lubricated until we were floored by the wall of humidity in New York.

Liquored-up laricans

Now as fresh-faced adventurous Americanophiles us boozy boys were only a danger to ourselves.

But liquored-up laricans causing disruptions and even fights on flights has alas become commonplace.

And this is where Michael comes in with his recommendation that passengers should be restricted to two alcohol drinks before boarding.

Now changing a culture which has become embedded to the extent that airport drinking is the start of some people’s holiday is hard.

And we’ve all seen them, the families with their Full English Breakfast and pints at 7am.

Gates of hell

Now you may say good luck in trying to get Spoons to restrict their customers to two lagers each.

And so the pressure point may come down to the gate.

Only that Michael reports that groups blindside airport staff before boarding.

‘As long as they can stand up and shuffle they will get through. Then when the plane takes off, we see the misbehaviour,’ he said.

And then they proceed to get loud and leary on board… often helped by trolley drinks.

A fine mess

Another option, of course, is to hit the miscreants hard in the pocket.

But that doesn’t immediately help the poor air crew or fliers whose trip is disturbed by the air rage of pissed-up passengers.

Now Michael O’Leary’s cri de beer on safer flying is timely with the situation getting out of hand.

Sup up: At the Heineken bar in Amsterdam

With us all hearing regular tales of flights diverted because of budget boozers.

Of course, the hospitality sector give us the usual platitudes about safe drinking and working with the police.

Policing our airports

Playing it by the book: Perfect passenget

But when a party animal Michael O’Leary says time please gentlemen and ladies it’s time for us to listen.

‘We don’t want to begrudge people having a drink.

‘But we don’t allow people to drink-drive, yet we keep putting them up in aircraft at 33,000ft.’

Maybe then we’ve reached breaking point and police will have to stop tipsy travellers getting on board.

And leaving the rest of us to enjoy our flights.

America, Countries, Flying

How nothing is ever lost in the Milky Wee

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In case you were worrying that our stranded astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore stay lubricated here’s how nothing is ever lost in the Milky Wee.

It’s the kinda question the missionary cosmonauts who spread NASA’s message address in all their talks.

As rocket man John shared with us when he took his Kennedy Space Center tour to Europe.

Plopping on the moon: How to go in space

And explained that the key challenge in the ultimate mission to Mars is refuelling.

And as there is no such thing as waste in space the astronauts have an ingenious solution… recycling.

Not taking the pee

Now we’re not taking the pee here but water which is the starting block for life is extracted from astronaut urine.

Food is another matter and its disposal from out of our body and then elsewhere comes with its own challenges.

And so our friends at Space.com tell us astronauts are strapped on to the toilet and hold on to levers and it is is sucked out of them.

Watch this space: Your space cadet and Astronaut John

The solid waste is collected in a canister and loaded into the cargo ships that bring resources from Earth to the crew of the International Space Station.

And we’re reliably informed that our cosmonaut chums are well served with even ice cream being ferried out to them.

The ships are dropped back into the atmosphere of Earth, where they burn up permanently.

Taste of space

All of which will doubtless be going through the minds of those getting their space vibe on in their visit to Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

And imbibe in rather more salubrious circumstances in the Orbit Cafe.

Enjoy the fourth iteration of their Taste of Space: Fall Bites theme.

And channel your inner cosmonaut with ice creamy desserts too, a flaky pear galette topped with vanilla bean ice cream.

Watch out too later in the Taste of Space season for the Ice Cream Social all part of a Celebrity Chef Edition weekend.

Slice of heaven

Of course this is merely cleaning your palate after your meteor shower at Red Rock Grill.

That’s lamb meteor meatballs featuring spiced mint marinara.

Or a slice of pizza heaven at the Moon Rock Cafe at the Apollo/Saturn V Center.

All topped with bacon, fig and habanero spread, squash, sweet potato, sopressata, cheddar cheese and sage.

While visitors can enjoy a pleasure denied to our astronaut associates, and drink local beer brews will also be available for purchase inside Planet Play.

Menu items are available for purchase, but attending Fall Bites! is included with Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex admission.

Sup it up

The planet Earth is booze: And there’s nothing we can do

So drink it all in and perhaps too watch the bartenders from local bars.

Including Lourdes Library, The Space Bar, Playalinda’s Brix Project, 28 North Gastropub, The Alilbi Cocktails & Bites and Oceanside Distillery.

As they compete for the coveted Marstini trophy at the fourth annual Taste of Space: Marstini Shake-Off .

Inside Gateway: The Deep Space Launch Complex, guests aged 21+ can sample each Marstini.

All in the company of veteran NASA astronaut Tony Antonelli.

Attendees will also have the opportunity to vote for their favourite cocktail creation to win the coveted ‘People’s Choice Award’.

Tickets for Taste of Space: Marstini Shake-Off are $159pp, plus tax, and are available for purchase online here.

Ticket to space

Food for thought: The Celebrity Chef Edition

Briefs to the visitor complex start from $75 per adult and $65 per child for single-day admission.

A two-day ticket, which can be used for up to six months from purchase and averages a cost of less than $45 per day, is available for $89 per adult and $79 per child.

Where you’ll be able to lap up everything in space travel and cosmonaut culinary.

And learn how nothing is ever lost in the Milky Wee.

Countries, Deals, Europe, Flying

Aer road to Marrakech

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The Sahara in my hair and stubbly beard, rushing for a connection from Casablanca, would that I’d had Aer road to Marrakech.

What they don’t tell you before you head to Morocco.

At least not until you return, is to take Imodium with you.

To guard against the bugs you can pick up from unhygienic Atlas Mountain roadside cafes en route to the Sahara.

None of which, of course, is the responsibility of any airline.

Survivor from Sahara

Only it helps if you then don’t have to hop between Moroccan airports with your British flight.

To get back to London and then take a train to Edinburgh where I was living back then some 30 years ago.

Twas a time too before everyone had a mobile phone so I couldn’t easily report home of my condition.

So that when I stumbled gaunt over the doorstep I’m reliably told that I looked like a survivor from the Sahara.

Which, in truth, I was.

Marrakech excess

Now in 35 years of travelling the world to share its joys for your amusement I’ve been fortunate.

That Morocco is the only time I’ve nearly been hospitalised.

Now should I build up the courage to return to Marrakech I will be prepared.

And that’ll mean flying out of Dublin directly to Marrakech on one of three new Aer Lingus routes.

Flights to Marrakesh will operate from October 27, with fares starting at €69.99.

And you’re welcome, it will just mean you can get back more stress free from your riad.

Maybe in your kaftan, those Fatima hand jewellery and whatever other trinkets you’ve bartered away.

Marrakech is, in truth, a challenge but hey, I’m still talking about it 30 years later.

And Malta and Seville too

As I am, and for different reasons, with Malta where I took the knee and took a fiancee back.

And where Aer Lingus will operate flights from October 25 along with Seville.

Now it’s in the eye of the behoder which destination you keep going back to, and that I do.

But if I get over my reservations about Morocco, and I should.

Then it will be because of Aer road to Marrakech.

America, Countries, Flying, Ireland, Sport

Aer Lingus and Clayton Hotels Gridiron How?

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Aer Lingus and Clayton Hotels Gridiron How?

Well, it’s that special relationship between Ireland and America that manifests itself in so many shared cultural displays.

With, of course, St Patrick’s Day, the biggest, but at this time of the year it’s all about the Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin.

College football is pure Americana with its followers more missionaries with a religious fervour for their sport.

And that is why 25,000 fans are expected to fly across the Atlantic to watch the latest iteration of the contest.

Which this year sees Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets from Atlanta tackle Florida State Seminoles from Talahassee on August 24 at the Aviva.

Up the Creek Indians

Seminoles, you say, well they’re Creek Indians from Georgia and Alabama who migrated to Florida in the 1700s.

And are celebrated to this day in the name they attach to their College Football heroes.

The States, of course, has gone on its own journey regarding its First Nation.

And rebranding the Washington Redskins NFL franchise to the Washington Commanders.

While championing Native American tribes such as the Creek Seminoles.

College day out

Will It seems kismet then for that reason that college teams from Florida and Georgia should come together for this fixture on the calendar.

Now, of course, the exodus of 25,000 Gridiron-daft Americans to Dublin provides a great opportunity for Irish hoteliers and hospitality industry.

With an expected €100million boost to the Irish economy.

And our old friends and game sponsors Clayton have stepped up big style.

To welcome their American friends, fans and the Georgia Tech team.

American Football newbies

Hogging the limelight: At Clayton Hotels

There is a special hoo-ha over this year’s event with the game being broadcast with ESPN and Sky Sports broadcasting the event.

So that for American Football newbies there is the chance to mug up on the game.

And for my own little cheerleader too who got
to the third quarter when we were invited to the game by Aer Lingus.

Before asking ‘so, are they able to throw the ball forward?’

Now we hope we have answered another question for you… Aer Lingus and Clayton Hotels Gridiron How?

And are happy to repeat that Ireland’s national airline carrier flies to 18 routes in North America with pre-clearance.

While Clayton,whose hospitality we have enjoyed across the world, have eight hotels across Dublin’s Fair City.

America, Countries, Flying

Fly me to the moon at Kennedy Space Center

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It promises to be the feel-good romcom of the summer and you can be in on it too… so fly me to the moon at Kennedy Space Center.

For astrophiles Kennedy, a half-an-hour drive from Orlando, is holy ground where they cam marvel at NASA history.

Gawk at the rockets, lunch with an astronaut and even go into space yourself with a virtual flight.

Now as someone who has manned his own commercial flight from Istanbul into JFK I reckon I could be trusted.

And I promise not to overrun the landing strip this time and end up in the water.

Everyone’s gone to the Moon

Spelling it out: At the Kennedy Space Center

Now our friends at Kennedy give visitors the opportunity to ascend into orbit for an eight-and-a-half minute thrill ride.

All of which will get you in the mood for the Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum romcom which launches on Thursday.

While you can impress your friends if you can say you’ve visited many of the places featured in the movie.

Now to understand the scale of Kennedy then consider the size of the Vehicle Assembly Building which could house three Empire State Buildings.

It’s child’s play: Tomorrow’s astronauts

And that just the NASA logo on the exterior is 12,300sqft on the Vehicle Assembly Building.

And that the flag is 209ft-tall with 110ft wide stars and stripes.

Each star measures 6ft across, and the blue field is the size of a basketball court.

All of which is the centrepiece of your Kennedy Space Center Bus Tour.

We’re all movie stars

A good introduction to other features in the film.

Such as the Rocket Garden where NASA’s Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programmes represented in this garden of giants.

Nose for a story: And the Kennedy has it all

Visitors can enjoy a tour through the history of early rocket science, with a space expert communicator.

Saturn V Rocket, filmed for the movie, is on display at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Apollo/Saturn V Center.

Pick an astronaut: Friend of the spacemen

And then there’s the Astrovan, also located inside the Apollo/Saturn V Center, which was used to transport astronauts from crew quarters to launch pad where the movie stars sat inside it for certain scenes.

Now, of course, whether you’re a Scarlett or Channing or a visitor like us, then we all know that the real stars are the astronauts and the staff.

But, hey we can dream and pretend just like they did.

Top dollar

In a bubble: Kennedy Space Center on the road

Tickets to the visitor complex start from $75 per adult and $65 per child for single-day admission.

A two-day ticket, which can be used for up to six months from purchase and averages a cost of less than $45 per day, is available for $89 per adult and $79 per child.

So stick with Kennedy Space Center… they’ll fly me to the moon.

And Aer Lingus will fly me to Florida as they always do… through Dublin Airport with pre-clearance.

America, Countries, Deals, Europe, Flying

Farewell Melissa, fly well, and the Land of the Charity

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Happy Fourth of July everyone but this year is tinged with sadness as we say farewell Melissa, fly well, and the Land of the Charity.

We look after each other in the world of travel.

And nobody has encompassed that more than Melissa Tilling, founder of Charitable Travel.

Our paths would cross the most in specific places… in Germany at their travel fare and at the American convention IPW.

Mission from Mel

It is too sad to think that we will never see her warm smile again.

It is, of course, hardest for her family and our sympathies go out to them.

They will know and we hope that it is of some comfort that Mel was truly loved by her friends… and customers in travel.

Now Mel said it better than any of us in the mission statement for Charitable Travel.

‘We work tirelessly to energise and galvanise the support of the travel and tourism industry, and the travelling public.

‘To raise tangible financial support to communities in travel destinations that depend on tourism revenue.

‘But have little support when that income is threatened or extinguished by events beyond expectation.’

Do your bit

So when customers book a holiday or cruise, Charitable Travel sacrifices travel agency commission.

And holidaymakers can make a free five percent donation to their choice of registered charity.

Now there is obviously no hierarchy of need.

But clearly the Caribbean is in the eye of the storm.

And CARE UK, who partner with Charitable Travel, are leading efforts in the emergency.

The beauty of Charitable Travel’s approach is that we all help through our custom so don’t feel the hit.

Florida for the family

For the day that’s in it, July the Fourth, and channeling Mel’s love for the States we pick out a US offer from Charitable Travel.

CT has two weeks in a self-catering family holiday villa, the Villa Cardinal, at Windsor Palms Resort in Orlando for October 9-23.

From £1332pp based on eight sharing.

Villa Cardinal houses four bedrooms with three bathrooms over one storey and pool and games room.

And most importantly Disney World is just a 13-minute drive and Universal Studios a half an hour away.

A wonderful trip

Hat’s the boy: Davey Crockett and Bandanaman

Which brings us to a gesture of generosity from Mel on the way back from San Antonio.

When she spotted me in the hotel lobby driverless and chasing my airport connection she asked if I wanted to share her Uber.

Of course she would not think of me sharing the cost of the ride.

So today, the Fourth of July, we say Farewell Melissa, fly well, and the Land of the Charity.

By pledging to the Charitable Travel Foundation and ramping up our promotion of Mel’s charitable, sustainable and ecological vision.

Canada, Countries, Flying, Music

Rainy Days and Songdays – Canada Eh Day

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And for the day that’s in it a welcome return for the occasional series and a dedication with Rainy Days and Songdays – Canada Eh Day.

A trip to see a Beatles/Sixties tribute band on the docked boat venue The Ferry in Glasgow brought me into contact with Canada Ken, as I’ll call him.

I’d wrongly identified him as an American as I earwigged on his conversation about Washington with another in the queue on the dock.

And related to him as I do all citizens I meet from that great city of my own perigrinations there.

Only for him to put me right on that and confirm his proud Torontonian roots and that he had come over to Scotland for six months 30 years and fell in love and stayed.

And that he had been having some bants with the Washingtonian in the queue and that DC was in fact a great city but greatly changed from when a Canadian led the last invasion of the Potomac back in 1814.

Canadian chanteurs and chanteuses

When one Rear-Admiral George Cockburn led the army from up north down to burn Washington in a reprisal for American incursions in their territory in upper Canada.

Of course, the best thing to do when you see a Canadian and an American in the bants is to leave them too it, much like you would a Scotsman and Englishman, Irishman and Englishman, or anybody really and an Englishman.

Now today belongs to Canadians as the anniversary of the creation of the Canadian Federation in 1867 so the Americans will just have to wait for Thursday, July 4, for their jamboree.

And so to mark Canada Day, and our own family’s links with the world’s second biggest country through a grandfather who fought for the Canadian Army, an uncle and brother who went out there to live and a Torontonian sister-in-law and goddaughter…

And because of all the great singers they’ve given us, I give you five of the best Canadian chanteurs and chanteuses for Rainy Days and Songdays – Canada Eh Day.

Joni’s japes

Fare play, Joni: She belts out Big Yellow Taxi

Joni Mitchell: And not just because I share with her the distinction (probably with thousands others too) of being thrown out of the Hebridean Bar in Edinburgh.

Joni is, of course the nightingale of Sixties pop and muse to millions with timeless standards such as Both Sides Now, The Circle Game and Big Yellow Taxi.

With a unique style and wordcraft… I mean: ‘They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum and they charged all the people a dollar and a half just to see them.’

Cohen the chanteur

Hat’s off Leonard: And is that the Chelsea Hotel?

Leonard Cohen: While Joni was underscoring hippydom and self-reflection French-Canadian Leonard was the chanteur of shenanigans, writing and singing some of the most intimate and saucy songs of ours or any age.

And sending scores of pop tourists flooding to the Chelsea Hotel in New York to see if they could channel what went on there in the celebs’ hang-out. And if they yelled Allelujah after it all.

Alanis’s jagged little thrill

Well yeah, Alanis: It does make you think

Alanis Morissette: Now what is it about Canadians that they capture a genre with Alanis, the Queen of Angst.

Putting aside that ‘raaaaain on your wedding day’ isn’t strictly ironic, more just bad luck, we still love that her lyrics talk about subjects we’d never put in a song.

Like taking a long hard look at my ass/And then played golf for a while. And you can find out the next lines for yourself!

E’er the Twain

Shaniah Twain: OK, so there is a rich seam of Canadian male singers from Neil Young through Bryan Adams to Justin Bieber and Drake but man, I feel like a Canadian woman says it better.

This Canadian trouper is touring right now and looking as spectacular at 50 as she has ever done. And that and her message and party-whooping songs does impress me much.

Raising the Celine

Celine Dion: And obviously saving the Queen of Las Vegas until last.

With the tres magnifique warbler promising fans that she will hit the Strip again when she her Stiffness ailment allows.

And, of course, we won’t have to Think Twice.

So meet you on the road to Canada and remember that you can fly to North America with pre-clearance from Ireland.

With Aer Lingus flying to Toronto with a sample fare for next month coming in at €901.14.

Countries, Europe, Flying

Jenn-air from the economy air block

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Congratulations to the eagle-eyed passenger who spotted Jenn-air from the economy block on the KLM flight from Naples to Paris.

Because it is human nature to think that the well-known person you see is just someone who looks like them.

And so I have the eternal gratitude of the Twenty-Somethings I sent running after a truck with a partying Lewis Hamilton on board in Barbados.

Now those of us who spend our lives travelling will have had their fair share of invitations to travel business class.

Turk that: Turkish Airlines business class and my old pal Onur, centre

And, of course, we never like to look a gift horse in the mouth.

And the option of folding down your seat for a kip on an overnighter from say Istanbul to the Maldives on a Turkish Airlines flight is always welcome.

Even if you do have to sleep next to a baldy, rounded, tattooed Irishman, sorry Brian McCarthy, I do love you.

And yes, Champagne, does help!

Mrs Brown’s boys

Mammy knows best: The generous Mrs Brown

Now business class is for executives, international business people and travelling rewiers.

So it is refreshing to know that Mrs Brown travels business class too.

As we discovered on a transatlantic flight from Dublin to Orlando.

When we peeked behind the curtain.

Rear of year: Lewis Hamilton in Barbados

Now Mammy’s alter ego, the famously generous Brendan O’Carroll, treats his friends to an annual golf trip to his home in Florida.

Although I’d recommend he review one guest, the boorish Brian McFadden.

Who regaled us with his views on the runway coach, and no Brian, Dumb and Dumber Too isn’t feckin crap.

Although thanks for sharing.

High-flying Jenny

Now we don’t know who was sitting on Jennifer Lopez’s inside on her economy flight to Paris.

Only that her on-off partner Ben Affleck wasn’t.

But the general consensus is chapeaux to the 54-year-old Jenn-air from the economy air block.

For not falling back on her £315m fortune to use a private jet.

With the KLM Naples-Paris flight costing as little as £141 compared with £828 for business.

And Jimmy from the Block

KLM, of course, will offer you the best of services with their economy class with its ground and cabin crews catering for your every need.

As we found when our little flier arrived at the check-in desk and her ticket accreditation wasn’t on their records.

But they allowed her through gratis.

On account of who she was flying with, although I didn’t make a fuss.

Because after all I’m just Jimmy from the Block.