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Heathrow T5 Sofitel to become quarantine hotel

April 24, 2021 by MilesFromBlighty

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Heathrow T5 Sofitel to close to guests and to open as quarantine hotel.

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Posted in Accor, COVID-19, Heathrow, Sofitel

Hilton launches May-September Promo, ‘More Nights, More Points’

April 19, 2021 by MilesFromBlighty

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A double or triple points promo, from Hilton for Summer.

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Check your AA tickets – schedule changes overnight for June and July

April 18, 2021 by MilesFromBlighty 4 Comments

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Check your American Airlines tickets – lots of changes uploaded overnight.

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AA offers At-Home COVID test for 12,000 AAdvantage Miles

March 7, 2021 by MilesFromBlighty 1 Comment

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American Airlines are offering COVID tests for 12,000 AA miles.

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Posted in American Airlines, COVID-19

Heathrow’s COVID partner quietly increases cost of tests

March 7, 2021 by MilesFromBlighty

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It appears that there are a wider range of tests available at Heathrow although prices seem to have increased in recent weeks.

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UK departure form now on line

March 6, 2021 by MilesFromBlighty 1 Comment

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Departure form UK is now available online

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BA offering cheap COVID tests to take abroad

March 4, 2021 by MilesFromBlighty

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COVID

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Posted in British Airways, British Airways, COVID-19

First Arrivals at UK Quarantine – Radisson Blu Edwardian, Heathrow

February 15, 2021 by MilesFromBlighty

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So the first hotel for Quarantined arrivals at Heathrow is the Radisson Blu Edwardian.

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Posted in COVID-19, Radisson Edwardian

UK Mandatory Quarantine web site working – same site for COVID tests

February 12, 2021 by MilesFromBlighty 3 Comments

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The web site which passengers from ‘red-list’ countries need to use in order to book accommodation for their quarantine is back up and working this morning, after falling over almost as soon as it launched. It is also where you need to go, if you arrive on or after 15 Feb from a non-red list…

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UK Mandatory Quarantine site launches, and immediately crashes – hotel prices confirmed and mandatory £210 for non-red list arrival testing

February 11, 2021 by MilesFromBlighty 2 Comments

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More details of the final plans for the Quarantine of arrivals in England is published

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