My Ethopian Airlines flight to Addis Ababa left from the middle of the C gates at Frankfurt. I cannot ever recall leaving from here so after the hike from my arrival gate bus I hiked over to the Senator Lounge at the end of the C pier. I had to pass through Security to get…
Intercontinental Vienna, super upgrade
I was starting my trip to Johannesburg from Vienna, and so I flew in the night before on the last BA flight of the day from Heathrow. Austrian Airlines operates a cab service from the airport to most parts of the City for a fixed fee. At EUR29 I thought it was good value. After…
BA First Lounge at Heathrow, Terminal 3
BA runs a small number of flights from Heathrow’s Terminal 3. Most flights go from Terminal 5, with some routes acquired from bmi operating from Terminal 1. It had been a long time since I had been to Terminal 3, although at one time it seemed like my second home. When United flew from here…
Virgin Atlantic pull HKG-SYD-HKG, from 5 May 14
Without a great deal of fanfare, but with a note on their web site, Virgin Atlantic announced this week that it was stopping service to Sydney. The flight which operates from Heathrow, through to Hong Kong and on to Sydney. Craig Kreeger, Chief Executive at Virgin Atlantic said: “We intend to withdraw our services between…
White Lodging – operator of franchises for major chains in US – has credit cards hacked
In the latest problem to hit companies from credit card hackers, White Lodging, who operate about 170 properties in the US appear to have been hacked – according to CNN. Their properties extend throughout the USA: A full list can be located on the web site of the company – here. The include: Courtyard Fairfield…
Anyone else being turned away from Lounge for a lack of UA 2014 card?
I was flying from Vienna Airport on Saturday and was initially turned away from the Senator lounge operated by Austrian Airlines because my United 1K card had expired on 31 January 2014 and the new card had yet to arrive. Some years ago, United used to have its cards valid until the end of February…
My interview with Daraius from Million Mile Secrets
I did a short interview with Daraius this week – that’s two in a fortnight. If you would like to catch up with it, you can find it here – “We can become too obsessed with the next bonus offer…”
Full text of TSAPre Email from Global Entry
For those that asked for the full text of the email I received yesterday, allowing me to use TSAPre, here it is: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is partnering with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for the TSA Pre✓™ program. TSA Pre✓™ allows eligible passengers to qualify for expedited screening at participating U.S. airports…
TSAPre extends to non-US nationals (must be Global Entry)
I have just received an email from Global Entry telling me that the TSA has extended TSAPre to additional classes of people. And I am one of them! So excited ! Anyway I will post more later on but if you have GE and are a non-US national check your mailbox.
Upcoming Tube strikes – worse that we thought
Both of the main unions for Tube Drivers have now announced strikes and Transport for London have indicated that disruption is likely to go on for much longer than they originally expected. Initially, the strikes were going to cause disruption for 24 hours. Now they are saying that it could take three days to get…
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