Star Alliance Company Plus is a scheme that lets companies earn points for travel by their employees seperate from the miles earned by the employees. There are a small number of the Star Alliance airlines involved, and tickets have to be purchased in the country where the company is registered. This means for example, that you must use the UK version of the United Website when booking and pay in GBP. This is the list: New Offers Double Points on Air Canada, ANA, Austrian, Blue1, Brussels, Germanwings, LOT, Lufthansa, SAS, Swiss, TAP and UA on all direct routes to and from the UK and Ireland. Valid 1/9-31/10/12 Double Points on Lufthansa flights from Frankfurt to/from Aberdeen for 1/8/12 to 31/10/12 Double Points on Austrian flights to/from Vienna for 1/8/12 to 30/9/12 Remember you must register after you have logged in if you have an account And the problem SACP doesn’t understand that United and Continental are one airline. So any flight which SACP thinks was operated by CO or bought on CO ticketstock is rejected. SACP tells me that they know about the problem but have no…
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Yearly Archives for 2012.
A day at the Paralympics at the Olympic Park – Living in an Olympic City (final part)
During the first round of ticket sales I was lucky to have obtained Day Pass tickets for the Paralympics and some Track tickets. I have given the Track tickets to two friends who missed out, and spent Saturday 1 September at the Olympic Park. Unfortunately it was a cloudy day although we had been promised…
BA3 LCY-JFK loses pre-clearance from 28 October
In July I reported speculation that the late BA flight might lose its pre-clearance. This now confirmed:
If Lufthansa cancels your flight – DON’T call the number in the text message
Lufthansa is having a strike by its flight attendants and tomorrow, 7 September will be the most disrupted day. It is also the day that I was supposed to fly from Copenhagen, via Frankfurt to San Francisco and Honolulu. The FRA-SFO was on an A380 which I was have never taken on a long flight and so wanted to check out. Knowing that there have been problems for a week or so, I added my mobile number to my LH booking. Just before bed I checked the LH web site and my flight wasn’t on the list of cancellations. In fact, at that point the list was suspiciously short. So when an hour later I got this text I was not suprised: So thinking the number supplied might be a special number for cancellations I had my phone dial the number. “This is neither a landline nor mobile number and you will be charged at £3.50 per minute” . So US$5 per…
BA at Copenhagen
Just a couple of years ago BA used to operate their own BA lounge which was quite near to their departure gates. This closed some time ago and they now use the lounge of their handling agent. I assume this is connected to the fact that BA flights now arrive in the main non-Schengen area,…
How much worse can United delays get?
Hot on the heels of the problems United had last weekend with their computers, I wanted to let readers know about my experiences the weekend before. After leaving the Radisson LAX I headed to the airport and Terminal 6 where United send their Hawaii flights, amongst others. The old Continental Club is re-branded as United…
Hyatt Regency – Waikiki – and it’s my Birthday
Last weekend was my birthday and I decided to spend it Hawaii due to the super Air New Zealand fare. After a great trip to LAX with Air New Zealand, and a poor trip with United (seems to be the norm), I arrived in Honolulu. As I was getting in around 1pm, there was no…
Emirates to start 777-300 flights from Newcastle airport
Emirates are about to start flights using their 773 aircraft from Newcastle airport, in England’s North East. Highlights include: Dubai – £455 (economy) and £1738 (business) – 1/9/12 to 9/12/12 Johannesburg – £609 (economy) and £1819 (business) – 1/9/12-9/12/12 Bangkok – £592 (economy) and £1793 (business) – 1/9/12-9/12/12 Sydney – £909 (economy – 1/10/12 to…
How do you wash an 777?
‘Carefully’ is the proper answer. I was at the United Club at Honolulu last week – and that has to win the nomination for the least friendly United Club staff anywhere in the system – and noticed out the window that several men with mops appear to have surrounded a 777.
For US based readers – last chance for big bonus on the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from Amex
As a reminder, the limited-time offer for the Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express expire on September 4th. Link is available below. (Disclaimer on US Travel Credit Cards Page) Starpoints® bonus: earn up to 25K bonus points — 10K with your first purchase and another 15K when you spend $5K within the…
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