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A new airline is flying from London to New York. Using the cost-effective London Luton Airport and landing at Newark, this all Business Class airline has been flying from Paris for some months. The only new airline to fly this route for some years, it faces competition from other flying from Heathrow. However, great fares make it a very attractive proposition for business people and those wishing to pamper themselves.
A breakfast flight from LA to New York onboard the American Airlines A321 plane with three class service, contains a review of the food offering and seats.
A trip from London to JFK, despite a poor start at Heathrow turned in to a great experience. The new seat on the 777-300 aircraft, coupled with some decent food, has made AA’s service (on this plane only) my favourite way to get to New York.
Having flown on the AA three class service from JFK to LAX in First, I was pleased to try and out the Business Class cabin. In truth it’s a pretty good experience which I found to be good, or slightly better than First.
It was a very long walk from the lounge to the gate, which was right at the end of the terminal – the yellow end. It appears that all US flights leave here so that additional passport checks can occur in the same location. There were moving walkways for most of the journey. After a…
From the Eurostar web site you can book a connecting but through ticket from London to Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris. Taking a little under three hours you connect at Lille from the Eurostar to a TGV which drops you at the heart of CDG. It was a busy Friday afternoon when I arrived…
The Park Plaza is a short 5 minute walk from Victoria Station and a late meeting caused me to book a room. There are a good range of rooms available at variable prices, and often Club Carlson Points can be used to redeem for a free night.
By MilesFromBlighty. German trains are pretty nice and can be cheaply priced if you travel at weekends. This trip report covers a snowy journey from Hamburg to Mainz.
Taking advantage of BA’s pre-Christmas seat sale I managed to snag a decent number of Tier Points last weekend with a short trip to San Francisco. Booking on the American Airlines UK web site allowed me to both (a) create a more complex routing than normal and (b) secure one of the domestic sectors in…
I had to be in Amsterdam this weekend and managed to secure a cheap BA upgrade ticket from London City to Amsterdam. The aircraft was waiting when we were called to the gate. There was a separate Fast Track line and eligible passengers were directed to the line as our passports and boarding passes were…
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