In 2011 I reported an airline asking passengers to pay for the fuel before they would take them. Report here. So imagine my surprise when the Daily Mail reports that Air France did the exact same thing recently. (In the end the call for cash was not needed, I might add). Report here. The flight…
Ryanair operates a fuel league table for their pilots
I was reading the Irish Times this morning when I found an interesting article about three ‘Maydays’ made by Ryanair planes in Spain recently. It appears that Ryanair frowns on pilots taking too much fuel with them, and maintains a league table of how much each pilot takes. Apparently those taking the most receive warning…
Heathrow Express – it matters where you get your ticket and there’s an offer!
When the Heathrow Express first started there was a different fare depending on whether you purchased your ticket on train or before you boarded. It now seems that there is yet another variation, whether you buy it online or at a ticket office/machine. So the most expensive rail journey I know of (in the world…
AerLingus changes cabin baggage policies
I joined AerLingus’ GoldCircle club with a status match from bmi. I have yet to fly them but now receive their emails. One today interested me as it relates to carry on baggage policies. Each passenger can now take on a bag which must measure 55cm by 40cm by 24cm at most. In addition you…
UK Train Tickets – a suggestion for savings
As the UK Government delivered the bad news that English train fares will go up by 6.2% in January as it seeks to reduce the amount it spends on Transport, a UK based web site is trying to help. MoneySavingExpert.com has developed a tool to exploit a weird loophole with UK train tickets. Sometimes it…
Living in an Olympic City – Part 15 – Answers and Questions
As we draw to the end of the Olympics commentators and the public start to try and score the London 2012 games against other games in the past, to ask questions about strange events that happened during the games and to work out whether the games were in the spirit of the Olympic movement. There…
Living in an Olympic City – Part 14 – Where did Team GB get all those Gold Medals? Scratchcards.
The Olympics have become a curious national obsession in the UK over the past week. After the success of the Opening Ceremony, which all of the UK newspapers liked (an incredible rarity), and the UK winning several medals, the whole nation has engaged with the Games. Demand for any unsold tickets is huge – there…
Living in an Olympic City – Part 13 – Gold or Trains – which is better?
Apart from the extraordinary sight of a winning Gold Medalist taking public transport home in the small hours of the morning: Ruben Limado from Venezuela won Gold in Fencing, and took the DLR in to Central London, complete with Gold Medal, to the cheers of the other passengers. Apart from that – well there hasn’t…
Welcome return by Hyatt to LAX – with Shuttle Service – May 2013
Hyatt is returning to the LAX area with a Hyatt Place that will have transportation to/from LAX. Whilst the Hyatt House at El Segundo is right next to the Green Line, you have to get a bus to the Green Line from LAX. My experience is that these buses are not very frequent. Details are…
Hyatt announces Autumn promo – 5k points after 5 nights, 10k after 10 … rinse and repeat
Hyatt announced their promo for the autumn yesterday. Not very exciting, but if you have a good few stays planned you might earned a nice load of additional points: Details are – stays from 1 September to 30 November 5 Nights + 5,000 bonus points = 5,000 10 Nights + 10,000 bonus points = 15,000…
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