A recent one night stay at the Park Hyatt Hamburg have me a chance to revisit one of my favourite hotels in Germany. Central located and about a 20 minute taxi ride from the airport (EUR25), I arrived late in the evening. The cab dropped me off at the main entrance which is at the…
I was browsing hotel options in New York around Easter and came across this ‘bargain’. As a Diamond Member of Hilton’s HHonors programme I get guaranteed room availability. But this offer clearly comes at a price – $6,000. Just for one room you understand, not the whole hotel. Thankfully there are plenty of other choices…
A few weeks ago I was asked to test a new App called MobileSuites. It is designed to enhance your hotel experience by providing a one-stop shop for pre-arrival requests, room service, taxis and check-out all in one app. They have a wide range of properties signed up to the service which I assume…
Plaza Premium Lounge is offering Heathrow Rewards members a complete lounge experience at Terminal 2 with a complimentary 1 hour use of the Arrivals Lounge, when purchasing 2 hours at the Departures Lounge. This exclusive offer is available for just £35. To take advantage of this exclusive offer, simply book a Terminal 2 Departure Lounge…
The Daily Mail has an interesting story about a couple who are living at Heathrow’s Terminal 2 5 days a week having lost their home after a number of mistaken decisions and bad luck. The 62 and 71 year old spend 2 nights per week at a local B&B to enable them to wash their…
It appears that fog at LAX caused a number of planes to divert to the smaller Ontario Airport, including a QF A380. The cause it seems is the works that are being undertaken at LAX which prevents plans from seeing the cranes in use when there is fog. Following the link to watch the video…
A £200 million investment at London City Airport received approval yesterday and will allow an increase in flight to 111,000 per year. (The current limit is 70,000). By 2023 the airport expansion will create an additional 1,500 jobs. The changes will enable better use of the runway and allow more take-offs and landings at peak times…
La Compagnie is starting services from London Luton Airport to Newark from 24 April 2015. You can book a saver ticket (limited to 500) for about £650 roundtrip including taxes. There is a review of their Paris service here. The flight times are not wonderful as the flight leaves Luton at 1745 and arrives at 2100.…
The BBC is reporting that at least nine people have died following the crash of a TransAsia ATR-72 with 50 people at Taipei airport. The reports state that the plane clipped a bridge after takeoff before going in to the water. Rescuers are pulling people out of the plane and taking them away on stretchers. The…
The changes to BA Executive Club impact the use and earning of Avios but today I am going to look at changes to the earning of Tier Points. Tier Points, for the uninitiated are how BA works out which elite status should be given to you. Tier Points can be earned when flying with BA…
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