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Yearly Archives
Yearly Archives for 2012.
Is this the start of the end for bmibaby? Flights from Belfast to stop on 11 June
As we know bmi was sold lock, stock and barrell to BA (or rather International Airlines Group as they prefer to be known). They had to take bmibaby – the low cost version of bmi – with the bathwater, the bmi slots at Heathrow. Now comes news from the BBC that bmibaby will stop all…
Advance Warning – UK Airports likely to have long queues on 10 May
It appears that the bruised works at the UK Immigration Service are going to join the public service strikes planned for 10 May. This is likely to make a bad situation already worse for people arriving. To be fair, previous strikes have not had a massive effect, and I hear a rumour that the recent,…
Hilton Gatwick Airport – review
After arriving at Gatwick on the Gatwick Express I hunted around to find the hotel. I had been before but it seems to be less well signed than I expected. You have cross the roadway to the car park and take one of the lifts. On the way I noticed that Gatwick (under its new…
Gatwick Express Review
Gatwick – London’s Second, and until recently poor relation, airport is connected to Central London by overground trains. A number of train companies run services and the prices vary hugely. The best known one is the Gatwick Express and I wanted to write a post about how hard it is to know what the right…
United 3 Million Miler gift arrives
A few weeks ago United relaunched their rewards offering for members who pass various Million Mile thresholds. As I had passed 3 Million Miles with a combination of the recalculation of my United mileage and 56,000 miles from Continental. United offered me a range of gifts and I selected a small Tumi wheelie with a…
BA AND bmi Gold ? – watch out for the Status ‘Match’
Quite a few people I know are both BA Gold and bmi Gold. Most of them were hoping that BA would do a nice job for these people, after all they have value to both BA, and had value to bmi before the purchase. Instead BA is going to Status Match, but then remove of…
Hyatt Regency, Casablanca Review
After arriving from London on bmi I took a white mercedes cab for 300 Dirhams and after about an hour arrived at the Hyatt Regency hotel. Security let the vehicle pull off the main road but not up to the front of the hotel. A short walk to Reception, through a metal detector, and I…
bmi flights to and from Casablanca
Some weeks ago bmi ran a ‘Fly Business For Economy’ promo and at the same time sent me a 30% discount code. I decided to grab an extra Hyatt stay and a few extra United miles. The return ticket booked in to P class and allowed seat selection at time of booking which was helpful.…
Holiday Inn Heathrow – Review
There are a number of Holiday Inn properties at Heathrow and they often provide good value. At the moment Priority has a number of offerings make this stay a good source of points. I have stayed at the property several times before and usually had good experiences – at least better experiences than at the…
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