United, before the merger with Continental, used to offer Lifetime membership of the Red Carpet Club (now rebranded United Club) when you passed 2 Million Miles. United handled this by sending qualifying members a membership card on an annual basis. Often this took time to come, or the trigger to send it didn’t work for…
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Yearly Archives for 2012.
Living in an Olympic City – part 3 – Tube marked up with Olympic venues and the surprise hit!
During my travels over the weekend I noticed that TFL (Transport for London) has started to add temporary markers to many of its tube signs. These show station information for Olympic venues – in a lovely pink – as shown above. Once you get to your station, exits are marked with venue information. The surprise…
Significant delays to road traffic – London to Heathrow.
M4 motorway London to Heathrow section closed http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-18751083 Please bear this in mind if you are travelling to and from the airport by road. There seem to be significant delays, until at last Thursday 12th July
Emirates’ Air-Line – latest London attraction
I took a trip on the Emirates Air Line this morning and wanted to let you all know about one of the newest London attractions, available at a reasonable cost. The cable car runs from the South to the North (and vice-verse) of the Thames, roughly between the O2 Arena (the Dome) and the ExCel…
Living in an Olympic City – part 2 – Transport Challenges
A lot has been made here about how much more troublesome it will be to travel around London (and other areas) during the Olympics period. Some of the following are worth noting if you are in London, for the games or other reason, and are likely to need to travel. Heathrow Airport Heathrow have issued…
UK Office of Fair Trading ‘persuades’ 12 airlines to eliminate debit card fees (sort of!)
Well it appears that the UK’s OFT has persuaded a number of airlines to include fees for the use of debit cards in their headline prices. Many UK based low cost carriers are (in)famous for adding extra charges as you go though a booking. After an investigation the following airlines have agreed to change their…
How long does it take United to re-credit award tickets? Weeks!
Well the answer appears to be up to 6 weeks, unless you are desperate to use them now! Background I had two award tickets LHR-HNL and return which I booked several months ago. When the recent UK to US fare sale came along I booked a revenue ticket with Air New Zealand and cancelled the…
Living in an Olympic City – LIAOC (part 1) – Thinking of coming?
I am starting an occasional series today, looking at how life in London is being impacted by the imminent arrival of the Olympics. My Paralympics tickets came on Saturday, which set me off thinking about what happens if people still want to come to the big event: Reward Flights There do seem to be award…
Park Plaza Riverside, London – Last Club Carlson bonus stay
Club Carlson launched the latest promotion last week. I have previously written about my stays at the Park Inn Heathrow and the Radisson Blu Edwardian Heathrow. The offer last week applied to Park Plaza hotels. There are about half-a-dozen Park Plaza’s in London and when searching I found that the Riverside property not only had…
Intercontinental Berlin – Review
I am a member of the Intercontinental Ambassador programme which offers as part of the pack a 2-for-1 voucher which can be used at Intercontinental brand hotels. I have always liked the Intercontinental Berlin, however, the 2-for-1 voucher changed its terms a year ago which reduced (read increased) the number of rates which it could…
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