Archive for the ‘Transportation’ Category

Time Warner is receiving much heat after slashing hundered jobs across the Time Inc. publishing division, but still keeping hold of their three Gulfstream jets. Looks like TW is sending a strong message, planes over people. We wouldn’t mind unloading one of their millions of dollars jets.

Now that Donald Trump is upgrading his personal plane to a larger aircraft, it’s your time to shine. You can buy Trump’s personal Boeing 727-100 that has recently shown up on the Controller website. Featuring 24 passenger seats where you would normally house 134 seats, you will be riding on the coattails of luxury in this [...]

I know darling — if it isn’t bad enough that we have been having to shop recently and taking our purchases out of shops in plain bags (or having them couriered to our pied a tere later) so that we are sporting the names like Chanel, Fendi, and Neiman Marcus, now we have to make [...]

Are you one of the tragically hip that must be the first on the biggest and best the world has to offer?   If so, set your sights on being the first to fly on Air France’s cool new Airbus A380, which is the world’s biggest passenger plane.  But here’s the catch:  You have to bid [...]

It’s that time of the year boys and girls! Neiman-Marcus has unveiled the 2009 Christmas Book.  Oh happy days and damn any recession because we have visions of cupcake-shaped electric cars for the kiddos, the world’s fastest electric motorcycle, and dinner with some of today’s bestselling authors.  These are just a few of the fantasy [...]

You could get the VIP treatment with two tickets to the premier of Up In The Air, arriving in theaters this December, along with a year’s worth of First Class air travel on American Airlines to anywhere in the continental U.S. and Canada. Plus, 20First Prize winners will receive an Up In The Air movie [...]

Aeroflot wasn’t that long ago.  And Siberian is well known for being the frozen hinterland of Russia. So are aviation enthusiasts ready for  Siberian superjet that is coming in with a price tag of $28 million?    The Russian aerospace firm, Sukhoi, thinks so and will begin delivering the Sukhoi Superjet 100 this December.  The price [...]

Bombardier Skyjet has made their corporate jet share program even better by launching the “Ultimate Escape“. Skyjet has partnered with global destinations to place cardholders in luxury bliss for five nights from a selection of private luxury residences.  There are more than 150 destinations around the world to choose from which makes the choices hard [...]

Condé Nast Traveler has released its list of reader-selected best places to stay in the world in their 15th Annual “Gold List“. This list is considered “must read” by many affluent types worldwide and is billed as the “ultimate annotated guide to the world’s finest properties and cruise lines, as elected by more than 32,000 [...]

The very first produced Bentley Mulsanne has recently sold at auction for an astounding half a million dollars. The new flagship luxury vehicle was sold this weekend at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, where bidding started at $300,000. The undisclosed bidder will now be taking to the streets in one of the sexiest luxury cars [...]


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