Report recommends the closure of London City Airport. Nonsense.
UA Auction – Chance to Win a visit to Heathrow’s new Terminal 2
A chance to win a visit to Heathrow’s new Terminal 2 using United Miles from the USA for 2
BA has fixed its discounted upgrade scheme
BA fixes it cheap upgrade system at last.
My first TSAPre experiences
It was incredibly busy at JFK on Friday with queues stretching the full length of the terminal. Luckily Global Entry recently advised me that I was eligible for TSAPre. The boarding pass issued in Paris showed the code correctly and I was through in 30 seconds. However my domestic flights today did not get me…
Does US ‘I’ class earn anything on BA?
In September I am travelling on an AA ticket via Philadelphia to Dublin. As you can see the USAirways portion books in to ‘I’ class: According to the BA web site this is a non-earning fare class: With American this would have been correctly treated as a Business Class fare. Let’s hope the AA/US integration…
USAirways flights bookable with Avios
Right on time, BA has made USAirways flights available for Avios redemption: 37,500 Avios and a few dollars for this First Class redemption from Philadelphia to Las Vegas You cannot book BA flights online via the USAirways web site – you have to call and pay a fee.
Hyatt announces major expansion of Place and House brands in China
Hyatt last week announced its first Hyatt Place property in China. The Hyatt Place Shenzhen Dongmen is due to open in May 2014. Featuring all of standard Hyatt Place features -Cozy Corner, 42″ TV, hot breakfast, free WiFi – it already has its own web site. At the same time, Hyatt announced plans for…
Vote for your Top 100 blogs
There is a contest going on at the moment to identify the top 100 Travel Blogs. Many of the favourites are there – and I am delighted to say, Miles From Blighty has been included. I suspect name recognition will be the decider, but for my band of faithful readers, would you mind taking a…
BA changes look of online seat charts
Oddly today I noticed that BA has changed the design of its online seat charts, used both for pre-selection of seats and for online check-in. They seem to have a fresher feel. B-767 Club Europe A319 Club Europe Club World Airbus B-777 First Class
MH370: New Zealand Air Force finds objects in new search area
The BBC is reporting that, following a change of search area, to locations North of the most recent area, a New Zealand Air Force plane has reported seeing objects in the ocean. Of course, there have been many reports of this type in the past few days, but if the calculations as to the speed…
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