On the way to San Juan I needed to stay at La Guardia airport. Most hotels were madly expensive, so I picked the HIX. I had to catch a cab as I had arrived at JFK and the driver had to programme his SatNav. This was good as the hotel is off a very busy…
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Yearly Archives for 2012.
Intercontinental, San Juan – awful hotel for Royal Ambassadors (at least)
I had just been upgraded to an Intercontinental Royal Ambassador and so was looking forward to my first stay at an Intercontinental. Unfortunately this property proved that rules can be ignored, service can slump to the lowest level and that there is still management of high end properties who don’t care. Quite a bold statement.…
United returns three-class service to Honolulu (ex-IAH)
Looks at flights this morning I noticed that United appears to be flying an ex-UA plane (3 class, 777, old config) from Houston to Honolulu. I fondly remember the days when United flew 747’s with three class, international service to Hawaii. Those were the days!
Some other observations from my recent LCY to JFK flight
I published the menu yesterday from my recent LCY to JFK service on BA1, and note a few other changes to the service. Ground Handling We taxied to the end of the runway, where I had stood a few weeks before during my backstage tour of the airport. However, it was daylight this time: I…
BA Menu – LCY to JFK (October 2012)
I flew a couple of premium BA flights this month and wanted to share the menus for those interested. In the small BA lounge at LCY there has been an improvement in the food offering to include pre-packed rolls and sandwiches, cakes and a range of biscuits: London City – Shannon – New York, JFK…
Only 3 days until the London Hyatt DO !
Some months ago a Flyertalker started a thread about a DO she is organising this weekend – and I hear there are a couple of places left if you’re interested. Full details are at this site – http://hyattlondondo2012.weebly.com/ Bookings can be made here – http://hyattlondondo2012.weebly.com/registration.html Some of the events are already full, and you do need…
Hyatt back in New York with avengence – and a Park Hyatt
For the longest time (it seemed), Hyatt had the lone property at Grand Central. Whilst no one’s favourite property I did numerous stays there over the years and grew to love its glorously tacky yet dingy lobby area, the obscured views of the adjacent buildings and the Regency Club where you could see out-of-town families…
Hyatt Mainz – Directions from nearest rail station
At Frankfurt Airport you need to proceed to the suburban rail lines and locate the correct one for the S8 to Wiesbaden. This is usually Platform 3 of the underground platforms. Buy your ticket before boarding – ticket inspectors roam the line even at off-peak times. Frequency varies – sometimes every 15 minutes, other times…
Tegel Airport, Berlin closed yesterday morning – wrong type of cleaner!
I am in Mainz for the weekend and noticed on TV here a much under-reported story from Berlin yesterday. Tegel Airport – the old Berlin airport that should have been closed months ago had the new Brandenburg airport been ready – was evacuated yesterday morning after 50 people became ill. It appears that the cleaners…
Club Carlson updates its account information pages
Club Carlson – the frequent stay programme of hotels such as Radisson, has quietly tidied up it’s web site to make the display of information about your stays clearer. When you access your account you are shown a bar chart showing your stays to date against those needed for each level of status. Once you…
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