I’m also an animal lover, but many people are allergic to cat fur, so Virgin better be armed and ready for all the compensation claims (which will only increase costs to the rest of us).

The theft of my wife's TAG watch in the busy security screening at Frankfurt Airport convinced me that it is not a good idea to take an expensive watch. The hassle of reporting it and ensuring that we obtained a police report (for insurance purposes) made us nearly miss our flight to Prague. We...

I'd be quite happy to have champagne with my kippers (and vice versa) but only before noon.

It is easy to go onto the Mac site to get confirmation that your MacBook is ok. I did it this morning. If you are about to fly, print off the response and carry it with you. Happy flying.

From the pics, it doesn't look much more than business class on Etihad or Singapore.