Wow, look at that, five years since I debuted here with a little article on my top 5 airline breakfast meals. I still remember selecting that featured image to show a terrible one, which appealed to my sense of humour. 2016 is a fair while ago, and there’s been a lot of aviation and travel articles written since.

It’s a lot of fun when there is something that sparks my creative juices happening and less fun when I sit at the keyboard hoping for some kind of inspiration. Even so, I can dash off an article in 20 minutes or less when needed. Getting that typewriter when I was seven, a computer at eight or nine and plenty of online chatting from 1994 onwards really helped me learn to type at speed!

A Look At My Top 25 Articles

The bloggers at Travel Update all have a “blogger Mom” named Heather who works at the BoardingArea offices in Colorado Springs. Her advice to us baby writers when we joined was to post at least daily, which I took to heart and is why there are now 1,358 articles by me. To mark this milestone, here are my Top 25 articles from the past five years, from the most read on down.

  • Review: British Airways World Traveller Plus (2016)
  • You can now upgrade a British Airways flight after check-in (2017)
  • Why did Airbus make Indian Airlines a special version of the A320 with different landing gear? (2020)
  • Why did Boeing make Ansett a special version of the 767 with a Flight Engineer? (2020)
  • Is American Airlines domestic first class worth paying for? (2016)
  • How insane is your first time in Emirates business class? (2017)
  • What’s upstairs like on a British Airways A380 in Club? (2017)
  • Review: Cathay Pacific Premium Economy (2016)
  • Why did Boeing make Qantas a special version of the 707? (2020)
  • What do you do when your Uber account is hacked? (2017)
  • What does airline passenger hell look like? Seven seats across a narrowbody cabin, that’s what! (2020)
  • How incredible is the new Qatar Airways A350 business class? (2017)
  • What happens when Hillary Clinton is on your flight? (2019)
  • Know the secret middle seat trick when booking flights? (2018)
  • What is the worst thing about the Boeing 787 Dreamliner? (2017)
  • Flight Review: British Airways Euro Traveller (2016)
  • Did you know that Singapore Airlines operated Concorde? (2017)
  • How spectacular is Qatar Airways’ 787 business class? (2017)
  • Which aircraft has the largest windows for passengers? It’s not the Boeing 787. (2020)
  • What are the longest domestic airline routes in the world? (2018)
  • Is British Airways BA001 the closest you’ll get to a private jet? (2020)
  • Revealed: Secret British Airways registration meanings (2017)
  • Is British Airways free same day flight change a secret? (2018)
  • Rail Review: Amtrak Northeast Regional Business Class (2016)
  • Cruise Review: Celebrity Equinox Concierge Class (2016)

    • Looks like I’m good at writing travel reviews, geeky aviation pieces, unusual travel tips and a smattering of other trivia. I’ll take that as it reflects what I’m interested in when it comes to writing here.

    Overall Thoughts

    So, five years have passed and here’s to the next five! With travel beginning again, I am sure there are a lot more things that I am going to be able to write about (probably including another passel of posts on British Airways Club Europe!). I’m certainly looking forward to writing about my favourite airline things like the scones, the Irish Breakfast, and the Champagne again.

    Do you have a favourite article of mine that you have read over the years? What springs to mind? Thank you for reading (and a special thanks to those who have been reading since the beginning – you know who you are!), and if you have any comments or questions, please leave them below.

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