Star Alliance Company Plus is a scheme that lets companies earn points for travel by their employees seperate from the miles earned by the employees. There are a small number of the Star Alliance airlines involved, and tickets have to be purchased in the country where the company is registered. This means for example, that you must use the UK version of the United Website when booking and pay in GBP. This is the list: New Offers Double Points on Air Canada, ANA, Austrian, Blue1, Brussels, Germanwings, LOT, Lufthansa, SAS, Swiss, TAP and UA on all direct routes to and from the UK and Ireland. Valid 1/9-31/10/12 Double Points on Lufthansa flights from Frankfurt to/from Aberdeen for 1/8/12 to 31/10/12 Double Points on Austrian flights to/from Vienna for 1/8/12 to 30/9/12 Remember you must register after you have logged in if you have an account And the problem SACP doesn’t understand that United and Continental are one airline. So any flight which SACP thinks was operated by CO or bought on CO ticketstock is rejected. SACP tells me that they know about the problem but have no…
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Living in an Olympic City – Part 8 – Transport Changes
Arrival of President of International Olympic Committee The Daily Mail reports the arrival of Jacques Rogge at Heathrow and, complete with Police outriders, he gets to use one of the temporary Olympic lanes. Also interesting to note that Mr. Rogge is now also able to make decisions around prosecutions as they relate to Olmypic matters.…
Enough to make you cry – B-747 breakup
The BBC has a short news item likely to make grown men (and women) cry. It shows what happens to the carcase of a B-747 when everything has been stripped out. Que a large pile of twisted metal You can watch the short video here
UK Office of Fair Trading ‘persuades’ 12 airlines to eliminate debit card fees (sort of!)
Well it appears that the UK’s OFT has persuaded a number of airlines to include fees for the use of debit cards in their headline prices. Many UK based low cost carriers are (in)famous for adding extra charges as you go though a booking. After an investigation the following airlines have agreed to change their…
Earning Club Carlson bonus points – part 1 – Radisson Blu Edwardian, Heathrow
Several Boarding Area bloggers have written about the Club Carlson bonus points – Mummy Points, for example. With the time difference in London I did not have to wait up until midnight to register as some members living in the US did. I managed to register for all these bonuses but am only likely to…
Air New Zealand matches BA seat sale to LAX!
In an unsual move for an airline which seems to do well selling seats, Air New Zealand, NZ, has it’s Business Class seats from LHR to LAX on sale. It’s a 777-300 to and from LAX which has the excellent Air NZ product. I’ve booked this eventhough it means 10,000 less lifetime miles with United.…
Another (great) visit to the Grand Hyatt Berlin
I’ve stayed at the Grand Hyatt Berlin several time – previous review and here. However, this weekend they excelled themselves. Backgound I had wanted to use one of my 4 Annual Diamond Gold Passport Suite upgrades, but the hotel had no availability. But, they were nice enough to offer me an extra upgrade, to a…
Press reports – new Berlin airport now March 2013
Quite a delay from June 2012 – New story here “It looks like March 2013,” government sources told Reuters, requesting anonymity. The opening of what will be Germany’s third largest airport after Frankfurt and Munich has been postponed once already. Confirmation awaited!
Novotel, Nice Airport
During my short trip to Nice, I stayed overnight at the Novotel airport hotel. The pre-paid rate was EUR83, and included Breakfast. The hotel is located directly opposite Terminal 1, and whilst it runs a shuttle bus to and from the airport, if you have only a little luggage you can walk, crossing the main…
Hilton Docklands Riverside – Review
There are two Hilton properties near Canary Wharf in London. One on the North and the other on the South side of the river. The Hilton Docklands Riverside is on the South. Whilst it does not operate a bus service, access to and from Canary Wharf is by boat – a free ticket is given…
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