Some weeks ago I wrote a post on ‘The anatomy of a delay’ about a very long delay on United when flying from Washington DC to Fort Lauderdale. United responded by providing a number of options under their Customer Appreciation scheme – a 10% reduction on a future fare, a $200 credit or 8,000 miles.…
Bored with Christmas already? Want to get away … Avios can help.
BA still has some Avios availability if you are looking to get away before New Year: 26 Dec, BA117 LHR-New York, JFK – First Class 26 Dec, BA33, LHR-Johannesburg – Club and First Class 26 Dec, Cathay Pacific has plenty of seats in Business Class to Hong Kong and on to Bangkok Returning JFK…
Gatwick North Terminal Meltdown
It appears that BA’s North Terminal at Gatwick has suffered an electrical problem. The various tweets using the hashtag #Gatwick make for gloomy reading
UK Winds speed flights from US last night
Despite leaving 19 minutes later, this flight got in 53 minutes early – a reduced travel time of 1 hour and 12 mins! Those winds are pretty strong
UK travel severe disruptions due to weather – mainly on the ground now
Gatwick Airport reports no trains to the airport at present: As a result, several lines of route are suffering from a combination of flooding, blockages from fallen trees, power supply failure or potential landslips. We will not be able to gauge the full extent of this damage or the prospect for operating services safely until…
IHG’s The Big Win for 2014 – Is Berlin the most cost effective place to complete your challenges?
If you are spending time over Christmas thinking about how to complete your IHG Big Win Challenge for Spring 2014 in a cost effective way, I am going to suggest Berlin as a possible destination. Why? Well first off the city offers a wide range of IHG Brands: 1 Intercontinental 1 Crowne Plaza 2 Holiday…
Hilton sale underway – up to 33% off – book by 31 Jan
Covering much of Europe, the Middle East and Africa Hilton once again have a decent sale going on until 31 Jan. Rooms are available for most of 2014, but the rates are non-refundable and dates cannot be changed. So if you are confident of your dates these are good rates. In London there are a…
IHG Hotel points coupons .. correct web site for credits
At a few IHG hotels recently I have been offered the choice of a drink/snack or some bonus points. Typically I have taken the points and they seem to make their way to my account either by being directly credited by the hotel or by them issuing a voucher like this one: The only…
Squeezing some extra BA Tier Points from their (few) sale destinations
The usual trick with any BA sale where you are looking for extra Tier Points is to check the American Airlines web site. For example, BA is doing a fairly good deal from London Gatwick to Orland for most of 2014 (book by 28 Jan): (£1490) This would typically earn 280 Tier Points with BA…
Interim airport expansions plans for London announced…but don’t get excited
The long awaited shortlist of options for the expansion of aviation in London have been announced this morning. The options are: 1. Lengthening one of the runways at Heathrow 2. An additional runway at Heathrow 3. An additional runway at Gatwick Noticeable is that the preferred option of the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, of…
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