Lots of posts popping up from airports and airlines saying that French ATC are having a strike from tomorrow. Appears SQ has cancelled it’s flights to Paris on 12 June and the return on the 13 June. London City are asking you to call your airline. If you are going to/from/via Paris, start calling I…
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A busy start to May….
Some months ago it was suggested that those bloggers who write under the Boarding Area group might like to meet to discuss items of common interest. Dates were canvassed and as luck would have it, the weekend suggested came at the end of a week I had planned to be in the US anyway. BACON…
Are the BA #helloweekend deals good value?
It is the second weekend of the BA short notice holidays, combining hotels and flights for the coming weekend – #helloweekend This weekend’s deals are: Dublin – £119 per person, based on 2 people sharing Glasgow – £119 pp Alicante – £139 Pisa – £139 Munich – £169 Copenhagen – £179 I decided to select…
Discounted Marriott stays in Europe this weekend
*Hotels marked with an asterisk also offer eBreaks on Thursday. Thursday requires a Friday night stay. Sunday requires a Saturday night stay. These per-night rates include complimentary breakfast in the UK and many other European destinations. Double occupancy may be higher. When reserving online, please include MEB in the corporate/promotional box. To reserve by…
United awards on LH delayed by strike at LH?
A View from the Wing covers the impending work slowdown/strike by LH. I have been waiting 24 hours now for United to ticket an award ticket on LH using my MileagePlus miles. United tells me that I am a victim of the LH go-slow. Anyone else impacted?
Help me pick my route to Shanghai
I have to go to Shanghai in a couple of weeks and am currently sitting on a couple of options with Lufthansa. Which would you prefer? OPTION ONE Good 3 1/2 hours in the First Class Terminal at Frankfurt Lufthansa First Class The Asiana flight is actually a 747-Combi with business class sitting in their…
Austrian Airlines adds ‘Bidding for Upgrades’ to some routes
Although the devil is in the detail, the broad idea is that you can enter an amount, pay that amount, and then see if your upgrade clears for Austrian’s Intercontinental routes as well as services to Amman, Astana, Baghdad, Baku, Erbil, Cairo, Tel Aviv, Tripoli and Yerevan. Key conditions: Does not work on tickets purchased…
Air Baltic … some interesting options
I was looking at making an Air Baltic reservation this morning and noticed that they have some interesting options. Air Baltic operate to a large number of destinations in Eastern and Western Europe from their hub in Riga On-Time Arrival Guarantee If you pay a EUR24 fee at time of booking, and are subsequently more…
UK news roundup
Couple stuck in a lift at the IBIS Luton and miss flight The hotel claimed it was an ‘act of nature’ and that they were not liable when this couple got stuck in a lift, having stayed at the hotel the night before their flight to Turkey. They got to check-in too late for their…
The end of the I-94 form?
Yesterday, the Customs and Boarder Partol section of the Department of Homeland Security indicated that it was moving to electronic I-94 documents. For decades travellers have had to fill out of these form before landing in the US. Originally only in the white version, when a deal was on the Visa Waiver scheme, a green…
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