BA has loaded ‘Hand Baggage only’ fares for select destination from Heathrow and London City. The routes involved are Amsterdam, Barcelona, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Paris, Rome, Rotterdam and Stockholm. They offer up to £10 off the standard price. However, if a bag is subsequently checked this can incur a charge of £20-£40. At the same time…
Hilton Riverside to London Docklands – Ferry, Bus and DLR
The Hilton Riverside, where I stayed before a trip to New York from London City Airport, operates a ferry to the Canary Wharf area of the docklands. The service crosses a short stretch of water every 10-15 minutes. Guests at the hotel get free passes for their stay. The dock for the board connects directly…
Star Alliance Company Plus offering triple points until 30 Nov 13
If you (or your company) are members of the Star Alliance Company Plus scheme they are offering a lucrative bonus: Earn TRIPLE PlusPoints on ALL Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Germanwings, LOT Polish Airlines, ANA, SWISS, TAP Portugal and United Airlines flights from Sept-Nov’13! Take advantage of this fantastic offer and register today to earn…
35,000 BA Tier Points gives you Gold for Life. Login to check.
Ba have just launched their Lifetime Gold programme. Login and checkout your lifetime Tier points. 35,000 gives you Gold for as long as you are a member. Me? Just under 18,000. Boo!
Some welcome changes to Virgin economy redemptions
An Offer available from 06 September until 20 September 2013, there is an offer of 25,000 Virgin miles for a roundtrip to lots of places in the USA. Details below: They also note: Hold that thought! You may have noticed that we’ve lowered the amount of Fuel Surcharge on these long haul Economy flights. This…
AA Flagship Check-in @ JFK
On a recent flight from JFK-SFO, I was (initially) travelling in First Class on a three-class aircraft, and so was able to use the Flagship Check-in at JFK. As I was connecting from a BA flight and used the AirTrain between terminals, the entrance was right by where the lifts from the AirTrain walkway comes…
New BA Advert ‘Today. Tomorrow’
United flying 3 class plane SFO Chicago, Spring 2014
I was looking for flights from SFO to/from Chicago when I noticed that UA is back 3 class planes flying on this route in Spring 2014. One of the reasons that I originally started flying United was the ability to fly on big planes within the US. Since the merger with Continental this has largely…
BA Athens – London – Club Europe
BA operates relatively small aircarft on their LHR-ATH flights. By small I mean single aisle. It’s about as far as I like to travel on an A320/321 with their seats. Lounge BA operates a small lounge at ATH, which is located adjacent to the BA gate. However, as Security is broken up by groups of…
Finnair Business and Economy offers to Asia from London
TERMS AND CONDITIONS Economy Class Offers: Sales period: until 18 September 2013. Travel period: Bangkok, 21 April–29 June 2014; Beijing, 28 October–12 December 2013 and 12 January–30 March 2014; Chongqing, 14 October 2013–30 April 2014; Delhi, 2 September–31 October 2013; Hong Kong, 6 January–30 March 2014; Nagoya, Osaka and Tokyo, 1 November 2013–13 April 2014;…
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