Hyatt published a press release this morning indicating that they were rebranding five hotels in India under the Hyatt brand name. Hyatt Bangalore MG Road, Hyatt Hyderabad Gachibowli, Hyatt Pune, Hyatt Amritsar, Hyatt Ahmedabad Hyatt Bangalore MG Road is located in the heart of India’s Silicon Valley on the buzzing MG Road, with views of…
Servisair Lounge, Heathrow Terminal 1
The Servisair Lounge at Terminal 1 is the location where most of the lounge membership schemes and one-off purchase schemes put their customers. With Star Alliance and British Airways (Domestic and International) Lounges in the airport, there is little need for more then one pay lounge. The Servisair Lounge is located above the Bridge Bar,…
European Marriotts – discount rates for coming weekend
*Hotels marked with an asterisk also offer eBreaks on Thursday. Thursday requires a Friday night stay. Sunday requires a Saturday night stay. View Terms & Conditions >> 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.…
UK’s newest airline – Virgin Atlantic ‘Little Red’
Sunday saw the arrival of the first new UK based airline in a while. Taking over some of the slots that BA were forced to relinquish when they acquired bmi, Virgin Atlantic decided to start operating UK domestic flights from Heathrow to Manchester, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. There is no replacement yet for London Heathow to…
Looking back – and forwards at London’s airports
Head for Points made an interesting post which links to a video about Heathrow in 1964. This was on the same weekend as The Economist published a front page article looking forwards to what the future may hold for airports in and around London. The article is here. The 1964 film indicates that it is…
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…
Competition Fortnight – starts 1 April 2013
On 1 April Miles From Blighty will rotate as one of the featured blogs on the Boarding Area page. It is hoped that this will encourage people to try a new blog (or two!). So for each day from Monday 1 April, I will be posting more often, but each day there will be a prize…
My largest redemption .. ever !
History Many years ago – when Continental was a partner in SkyTeam, KLM ran a promotion that matched your highest mileage balance in any other scheme. I had nearly 2,000,000 with United at the time and this was matched after I took dozens of flights with CO and Malaysian in order to earn the match.…
Some decent Starwood rates in London for Easter
A sampel search (29-30 March) shows that the nice Park Lane Hotel is available at £199. The airport hotels are always good value at the weekend, £85 for the Skyline and £59 for the Sheraton Heathrow.
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