Last week’s NCIS LA featured Hetty being recalled to Washington – complete with her Rimowa wheelie – for all of you luggage fans out there!
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And how many times does Egypt change their clocks?
I received several emails with time changes for flights coming up at the start of June this morning. Weird I thought, as all flights to and from Cairo had changed by an hour. Had Daylight Savings/Summer Time just be discovered by Cairo? No, it appears that Egypt regularly change their clocks. For 2014: Friday, May…
Tube strike suspended
TFL have just announced that the three day strike planned for next week has been suspended! Phew.
Stuck on a crossword whilst travelling? I have a solution.
How often do you open a copy of the inflight magazine and notice that someone has left a crossword with a couple of clues unanswered? A good friend of mine has recently set up a web site which is getting massive numbers of visits from people stuck on crossword clues. I would heartily recommend it…
My first TSAPre experiences
It was incredibly busy at JFK on Friday with queues stretching the full length of the terminal. Luckily Global Entry recently advised me that I was eligible for TSAPre. The boarding pass issued in Paris showed the code correctly and I was through in 30 seconds. However my domestic flights today did not get me…
Booking UK train travel? Amazon Local has an offer for redspottedhanky.com today
The offer is for £16 of rail travel, via the redspottedhanky.com web site for just £8. Link to the offer is here.
White Lodging – operator of franchises for major chains in US – has credit cards hacked
In the latest problem to hit companies from credit card hackers, White Lodging, who operate about 170 properties in the US appear to have been hacked – according to CNN. Their properties extend throughout the USA: A full list can be located on the web site of the company – here. The include: Courtyard Fairfield…
My interview with Daraius from Million Mile Secrets
I did a short interview with Daraius this week – that’s two in a fortnight. If you would like to catch up with it, you can find it here – “We can become too obsessed with the next bonus offer…”
TSAPre extends to non-US nationals (must be Global Entry)
I have just received an email from Global Entry telling me that the TSA has extended TSAPre to additional classes of people. And I am one of them! So excited ! Anyway I will post more later on but if you have GE and are a non-US national check your mailbox.
Frankfurt Airport offers ‘Winter Coat Storage’
For an extraordinarily low fee – EUR 0.5 (or 50 Euro cents), travellers from Frankfurt can drop their winter coats off at a FRA left luggage office, and collect them on their return. The scheme which runs until 27 April. Further details can be found here. I wish Heathrow offered that – I so often…
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