My original post generated some great examples of excessive prices in airport. I myself found this beauty in Miami this week. I found I had packed one pair of socks short and thought I’d nip in to the handy mens stores near the Admirals Club at the 30 gates. One pair of socks – $14…
Sitting next to ‘Typhoid Mary’ or just a drama queen yesterday?
I travelled from Miami to LAX yesterday on a packed plane. There were apparently a number of international mis-connects and so the adjacent seat stayed open until a few minutes before departure when the gate agent upgraded an elite flyer to the window seat next to me, 2F. All was well until about 10 minutes…
Hotel mini-review – Sofitel, Heathrow T5
I had a short layover between flights and wanted somewhere close to the airport. I landed at 10pm and left at 7am the next day so going home was not an option really. The Sofitel at Heathrow, connected directly to Terminal 5, is usually beyond my budget. However, it often appears on LastMinute.com for about…
You know you’re paying ‘Airport Prices’ when …..
Stuck, as I was yesterday in LA, I decide to buy some replacement batteries for my noise reducing headphones. I need 2 AAA batteries. The shop in Terminal 7 @ LAX wanted – $7.49 plus taxes. (To be fair this was for a pack of 4). Talk about paying prices for just being able to…
BA: Heathrow to Amman, Club World Business Class
I used some of my Avios to travel from London to Cairo, which involved an overnight in Amman, Jordan. It’s a location I have never been to before, and as BA still fly the old bmi planes to some of it’s Middle East destinations, I got to try this also. (Two Firsts!). Leaving the BA…
When it goes wrong, who steps up to help?
I suspect the picture above says more than a thousand words to the experienced traveller. Landing at LAX this morning, after sitting on the taxiway for 20 minutes, I noted that my international configured 757 to Newark was cancelled. Checking my reservation on the mobile app (as every flight attendant on United appears to be…
BA Terminal 1 International Lounge, Heathrow
BA operates a small number of routes from Terminal 1 at Heathrow. A hangover from it’s purchase of bmi (British Midland International), they still operate two lounges there. One is for their Irish flights whilst the other covers their international flights, and is much the nicer. This is also the lounge being used by USAirways…
LHR T2 opens – one First but no Global First for me!
On perhaps a fittingly rainy morning, LHR T2 opened for passengers today. As I went through at round 5am, there were certainly more managers than passengers, but it all seemed to be working fine. Passengers were checking, security are doing their jobs (with huge smiles I might add), and passengers are shopping. In a word…
My strangest immigration question ever….
I spent a night in Doha last night on the way from Cairo to Bangkok. I booked the airports ‘Meet and Greet’ service who collected me as I left the aircraft and took me to their special lounge just to the right of immigration. It was a super restful experience, and when I went for…
Heathrow launches new terminal maps – including Terminal 2
Heathrow Airport has launched new maps of their terminals at Heathrow which show the layout of Terminal 2 especially well. (Download a .pdf version here.) Showing the drop off area: The main departure lounge shows the location of all the main shops, including the Lufthansa and Aer Lingus lounges. (Green for food outlets, Purple for…
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