For 48 hours only, Hotels.com is offering discounts of up to 50% That’s for bookings made today and tomorrow and the offers are for a selection of hotels in most European Destinations including Paris, Rome, Barcelona, Madrid, Istanbul, Venice Florence, Vienna, Lisbon, Scandinavia. Thanks to this and their fabulous reward scheme, Hotels.com is fast becoming […]
read more »Some of our clients occasionally rent a car and our useful sites page includes links to the best companies to use. We now include a link to the DVLA under this car hire section. Within 72 hours of picking up a vehicle, you must now register your driving licence number and National Insurance number together […]
read more »Virgin offers their reward programme for your company in addition to the traveller individual frequent traveller memberships. If your company has at least 2 employees you are eligible to join the scheme, but it requires that you book frequently with Virgin: At least 3 Upper Class trips a year in Upper Class or 5 trips […]
read more »Yes you can, providing that there is availability in the limited upgrade “class”. Upgrading economy class to premium economy class You can only upgrade more expensive tickets, NOT the cheapest fares. The more expensive BA fare classes that you can upgrade from, are described as Y, B and H class and these are the highest […]
read more »The economy class sale ended just a couple of days ago but British Airways has today announced a first and business class sale Key Points Book by Tuesday 9th June (inclusive) – You have until 23:59 to complete the transaction online! Many destinations include travel up until May 2016 Long-haul flights from Heathrow and Gatwick require a […]
read more »The current sale from British Airways is targeted at leisure travellers. Most business-related travel is excluded by the fare rules. For example, with a few exceptions, reservations require a Saturday-night stay, a minim three night stay and advance booking of up to 1, 2 or even 3 weeks. And fares are not refundable once purchased […]
read more »On Tuesday, 28th April, the Avios reward programme is changing. EARNING AVIOS: Rewards, for travel with British Airways are to be reduced significantly, for those clients that choose the lowest priced fares. The new rewards for the lowest fares will be just 25% of current levels! If you’re buying a low-priced fare, you should no […]
read more »Using economy flights to the US as an example, the return airfare for 2 adults and 3 children, flight only, was costing a total of approximately £4,700 Choosing a Flight + Car option and the price was practically identical, depending on the vehicle choice. The inclusive rate included a People Carrier such as a Dodge Grand Caravan. […]
read more »There are many flight search companies available online so it’s essential to understand the reasons for using one company in preference to another, especially if you research and book travel frequently. And especially if you’re arranging travel for business. There are several factors to be considered when choosing the best flight search engine: Accuracy. Does […]
read more »Pay for a business class return ticket and travel in First Class in one direction. This deal only applies to the higher business-class fares, not the cheapest Saturday-night-stay fares. Probably not the fares you’d normally choose to pay. But if they are the only available prices for your trip, you should take advantage of this! […]
read more »Book by midnight Thursday 4th December to take advantage of this sale. It only applies to departures Saturday 21st December to Saturday 3rd January 2015 Full details from the BA Website here
read more »Eurostar has unveiled their new fleet of trains. This provides a much-needed and overdue upgrade. Eurostar trains were beginning to look a little tired! They continue to offer three classes: Standard class Economy seating, low fares, no free refreshments, Fares: £69 – £309 return from 25th November: Paris: £69 – £347 Brussels £69 – £316 […]
read more »We’ve always recommended that you book Marriott hotels directly on the Marriott website because their rates match the online travel agents. And booking direct has other advantages: The hotel will have the guest name immediately Additional flexibility if there’s a problem as you’ll be able to deal direct with the hotel rather than via an […]
read more »January is traditionally a quiet month for Eurostar for leisure traffic so the train operator is offering return fares from London to Paris and to Brussels for just £59 return! That’s just £29.50 each direction! We’ve checked and seen good availability except for evening departures. Especially Friday evenings For just £10 more you can travel […]
read more »Belgium – National Strike – Updated 7th November 2014 Due to a national strike in Belgium on Mondays 08 and 15 December, Eurostar services to Brussels are likely to be affected with trains only able to operate to and from Lille Europe. As a precautionary measure, Eurostar has closed sales on all Brussels services on […]
read more »Bookable only this week (by 15th November) but for stays up to 31st December 2015! Take advantage of this 50% discount by using this code to achieve the discount: PR11RO Example, Conrad Hong Kong Or the Hilton Shanghai Key Points: Offer valid at all participating Hilton Worldwide portfolio of hotels across Mainland China, Hong Kong and […]
read more »If you are redeeming Avios flights within Europe, you can include domestic flights within the UK for free! Routes that apply to this include Edinburgh-London-Edinburgh Glasgow-London-Glasgow Manchester-London-Manchester Belfast-London-Belfast Example: Redeeming Avios for a flight London-Geneva-London and include free flights Edinburgh-London-Edinburgh. When on the British Airways site, find the flights you need for London-Geneva-London and the […]
read more »This sale is for Business and First Class travel but will not apply to people booking business travel, unless they can comply with the following general restrictions: The sale is for “selected travel dates” only. Most fares require that you stay a Saturday night, except flights city airport. And many fares require that you book […]
read more »I often hear complaints regarding availability of flights using Avios. It can be impossible for the dates required, and you need to be quite flexible – and book far in advance or last-minute, and you may end up having to buy a ticket for cash For those with a large bank of unspent Avios, British […]
read more »To the following destinations, British Airways is offering an additional bonus of 7,000 Avios in First Class, 5,000 Avios in Club World Business Class (J,C&C Class) 2,500 for World Traveller Plus (Premium, W&E Class), 1,000 World Traveller (Y&B) , Club Europe (JCD) 500 for domestic Y&B If booking business class then this is a good […]
read more »British Airways is still offering a free upgrade in one direction from Business Class to First Class. But the upgrade is now only available when booking the higher fare types, namely J and C class “published fare”. Previously, lower R class fares were included. For example, the J class return fare to Los Angeles is £9,936 […]
read more »The registration site was down when we checked on Friday 3rd October and a phone call to BA confirmed that they were “aware of the problem and working on it” with a suggestion that we try again on Monday. Today Thursday 9th October and this is still the “fail” response that greets us after submitting […]
read more »The first flight departs Friday 10th October from Heathrow to Doha and has proved to be very popular. At the time of writing there are only 7 economy seats left available for sale, business and first are sold out. And on Saturday there are just 2 seats remaining! And this is out of a total of […]
read more »Split is fast gaining popularity. During summer 2015 it will be served by easyJet, Norwegian and Croatia Airlines from Gatwick. WIZZ from Luton and now British Airways from Heathrow Terminal 5! Outward flights begin: Sunday 3rd May Heathrow to Split departing 13:15 arriving 16:50 Wednesday 6th May Heathrow to Split departing 07:30 arriving 11:05 […]
read more »British Airways Company Reward Scheme Most travellers are familiar with individual frequent flyer schemes but there are additional company reward programmes that are less publicised but that can be equally rewarding! There are four programmes relevant to companies based in the UK: British Airways “On Business” Star Alliance “Partner Plus” Virgin Atlantic “Flying Co” Air […]
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