To mark the new King of Belgium, King Philippe, Brussels airlines is offering a 2-for-1 deal on any tickets. One passenger must be called Philippe or Albert (the name of the old king). Booking can be made here Book: Until 31 July 2013 Travel: Between 1 & 31 August 2013 (latest return: 31 August)
Hyatt to enter all-inclusive resort chain – Dominican Republic, Mexico and Jamaica
With a $325m investment which gives it a 20% stake in Playa Hotels & Resorts B.V. (“Playa”), Hyatt has entered the all-inclusive resort market. The first two Hyatt rebranded properties will be in Mexico and will re-open later in the year following refurbishment they announced. The next properties, Hyatt-branded resorts in Jamaica, Mexico and the…
Marriott Status from United works!
United announced its new partnership with Marriott earlier in the week and the blogs were all a-twitter with the news. Further details are here. Registration was done online. Well despite registration saying it would take some time, I can confirm my Marriott Rewards account upgraded to Gold today, (from Silver), based on my United 1K…
AA Arrivals Lounge, London Heathrow
On the way back from the US to Dublin, I knew that there were no showers in the BA UK/Ireland Lounge and so immigrated at Terminal 3, and went to the Arrivals Lounge. There was no line at the (still) operating IRIS machine at Immigration despite several large aircraft arriving at once. There was a…
BA LHR-JFK, Club World
My connection from Dublin lead me to fly on BA177 to JFK, on the Upper Deck in 64A – a window seat in the last row, with excellent privacy. On arrival at Heathrow, we were directed to a shuttle bus which took us straight to Flight Connections. A transfer directly across the ground floor eliminated…
Marriott special rates for this weekend
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.
NYC Airporter moves pickup point at Grand Central Terminal
I was leaving for JFK and walked to the old stop at Grand Central for the bus, only to find that the area has been pedestrianized, now has a bike rental rack and there was no sign of the bus. Luckily I noticed that people were walking around the corner on East 41st Street, to…
BA, Dublin to London – Club Europe
I recently had to travel on one of the former bmi routes which BA purchased when they took over bmi. Using a Airbus A319 the plane was nearly full. There were a couple of seats in Club Europe but none in EuroTraveller, BA’s economy short haul product. The meal service is time-of-day dependent with flights…
BAA tweets that runways have re-opened
Good news, but still delays can be expected this evening I fear
BBC reporting Heathrow closes following airline Fire (Ethopian aircraft)
Just breaking now – BBC reports – here The airport said in a tweet that there were no passengers aboard the plane. Runways at London’s Heathrow airport have closed after an incident reportedly involving an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet. A Heathrow spokesman said: “We can confirm there has been an on-board internal fire…
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