This was the line during one of my recent trips through Orlando International Airport. I was waiting in the Priority Line. In the gap between my line and the other passengers are the TSAPre and CLEAR lines. The lines moved at a pace only the TSA can achieve. It took about 40 minutes from the…
Hyatt and Mlife – status match failure
I, like many other, have tried to match their Hyatt Gold Passport status to their MGM Resorts MLife account using the Hyatt web site link. My first attempt showed that I had been matched to Platinum in MLife, which is likely to be useful as I am planning a week in Vegas next year. However,…
Hilton Heathrow Terminal 5 – Revisited
One of the things I like about Hilton is that you can usually see what sort of upgrade they have issued if you log in to their site and check your reservation, on the day of travel. Imagine my suprise which I used this technique and found that the Hilton Heathrow Terminal 5 had not…
David Frost dies – Concorde Interview Link
The sad news that one of my favourite journalists, David Frost, has died has just been released to the media in the UK. There are a whole range of superb interviews on YouTube, Mohammed Ali, Richard Nixon and Elton John to name but three. But for me, this, is one of his best. Enjoy:
Hilton Riverside – Revisited
In May 2013 I wrote about a truly disappointing room at the Hilton Docklands Riverside. It was a tiny room that at a hotel that I had previously enjoyed. I needed to stay near London City Airport again recently and with the Great Getaway Sale in progress I was able to book one of the…
United ends WiFi leaching….
Often when I visit a United Club there are people sitting around outside using the free United Club WiFi. In the old days you used to have to log in or collect a T-mobile card from the Reception. It appears United is bringing this back. An email sent to United Club members this morning says:…
Last week: Service Issues (BA/UA). This week: What happened next.
I wrote last week about three service issues, and wanted to update those that were following them about the outcomes. 1. BA downgrades me on AA Summary: I booked ATH-LHR-JFK-MIA-SFO in Business and First. An AA schedule change resulted in the JFK-MIA-SFO becoming JFK-SFO on a three class 767-200. At the gate BA instructed AA…
Travelling on the most expensive railway in the world? (The Heathrow Express)
I hate the Heathrow Express. Let me get that out right up front. “Why?” you may reasonably ask. It’s simply the following: A £20 ticket for a 15 minute journey seems radically expensive when compared with the price for a journey to the airport by Tube of £5.50 (cash fare). Of course an alternative is…
Daily Mail reports BA plane lands in Siberia
The UK’s Daily Mail is reporting that BA’s flight to Beijing was forced to land in Siberia by a fault with the onboard computer. Flighttrackers seems to support this: The plane, a B747-400 had 270 passengers and 16 crew. The report states that these were accommodated in hotels locally and BA had to fly out engineers.…
Looks like LHR-SFO is losing it’s 747 for the autumn
I’ve just checked my flights for my trip in October. The return from Seattle was specially chosen to include the UA 747-400 from SFO-LHR. This has changed in to a 777. This is disappointing but not all that uncommon for the winter. So, if you have a flight booked for the autumn/spring, I would check…
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