Boarding Area's Fall
Jan 29, 2025 | 1:30 am
#1321
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You know what, I'd settle for half decent page load times.
OK, I'm in the UK so there will be a lag but it's actually a joke.
Run BA through Google's Pagespeed Insights tool. It fails the core web vitals test. It score 24/99 for mobile speed (yes, this is a screwed test but my site gets around 70). Even desktop only scores 53 where I get 98-99.
Pingdom says the BA home page is over 10MB. Mine is 1.5 to 1.7 depending on ads.
This can be fixed for peanuts.
OK, I'm in the UK so there will be a lag but it's actually a joke.
Run BA through Google's Pagespeed Insights tool. It fails the core web vitals test. It score 24/99 for mobile speed (yes, this is a screwed test but my site gets around 70). Even desktop only scores 53 where I get 98-99.
Pingdom says the BA home page is over 10MB. Mine is 1.5 to 1.7 depending on ads.
This can be fixed for peanuts.
Jan 29, 2025 | 2:24 am
#1322
Join Date: May 2002
Location: STL
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Feb 2, 2025 | 8:37 pm
#1323
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: PHX, ICN
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I just showed this to someone entering the world of award/luxury travel. She was literally appalled lol.
Feb 2, 2025 | 9:14 pm
#1324
Moderator: Hilton Honors forums
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Location: Marietta, Georgia, United States
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Feb 2, 2025 | 10:03 pm
#1325
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: AMS+IAH
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I'm fortunate to be able to read and understand 3 languages from above:
English: AUS, CAN, GBR, SGP, US
+ French & German
But it is pretty comforting to read many topics from different boarding area bloggers are the same across countries and languages or on a returning repetition in interval of publish and republish. Bit dry on the orginality & creativity.
Feb 4, 2025 | 5:18 pm
#1326
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By the way, today's Finnish Air thumbnail is so bad that I couldn't even post it. The two passengers are literally conjoined twins in facing business class seats.
Feb 5, 2025 | 12:26 pm
#1327
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Feb 5, 2025 | 6:23 pm
#1328
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Between AUS, EWR, and YTO In a little twisty maze of airline seats, all alike.. but I wanna go home with the armadillo
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kay -- that was truly hilarious, and scary at the same time! But within the piece itself it seems is a view I guess of the top level of the A390 that is pictured above.
Feb 5, 2025 | 8:55 pm
#1329
Moderator: Hilton Honors forums
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Feb 6, 2025 | 3:02 am
#1330
Moderator: Lufthansa Miles & More, India based airlines, India, External Miles & Points Resources
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It has vibes of the B747-200 upper deck bars & lounges that were envogue in the 70s:
https://www.executivetraveller.com/b...7-bars-lounges
https://www.executivetraveller.com/b...7-bars-lounges
Feb 6, 2025 | 3:34 am
#1331
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Feb 6, 2025 | 7:08 am
#1332
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: AMS+IAH
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AI photo needs to learn what appeals to boarding area bloggers to increase % creditcard sales
What's missing? That is the common binding factor amongst boarding area.
What's missing? That is the common binding factor amongst boarding area.
Spoiler
Feb 6, 2025 | 8:07 am
#1333
Moderator: Hilton Honors forums
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Marietta, Georgia, United States
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I do not see an aisle of any kind...
...and while we are on the subject, you will never see images generated by artificial intelligence at my blog over at BoardingArea — only real photographs most of the time, with some screen shots that are attributed to their origins.
The inaccuracies of images generated by artificial intelligence — including the examples that are shown in this discussion like the ones that defy physics or have no aisle access — annoy me. That includes the glaringly obvious misspellings and warped logos that other bloggers are okay with displaying on their blogs.
I really do not understand that, as I personally would be embarrassed to use those images at my blog...
Feb 6, 2025 | 8:47 am
#1335
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