Within a week of KLM announcing that customers are to be given “more choice”, by charging separately for check-in bags, British Airways launches “hand baggage only” fares. This is a different way of introducing a charge for baggage. It’s promoted as a saving, because hand baggage only fare is lower than their normal price by […]
read more »How to avoid KLM new baggage fees The airline has just announced, as an enhancement, “providing more choice to passengers”, “the option to travel with just carry-on baggage or to check in baggage at a fee” This applies to KLM European flights from 22nd April 2013 Of course, passengers have always had the choice! It’s […]
read more »Our recommended search engine has today been featured by the BBC due to the phenomenal growth of the company. Skyscanner, a company based in Edinburgh, receives 30 million visitors per month and the search engine facilitates £2.3 billion annual air travel. But, our reason for hosting Skyscanner is that for booking and researching business travel, […]
read more »Last chance to earn a 10,000 mile bonus: Register on or before Thursday 31st January and book one Emirates round trip booking completing travel by 31st March 2013, in economy or business class. And other tickets for travel in February and March will accrue double miles For more information on the Emirates reward scheme, see […]
read more »Here’s an overview of the corporate reward scheme from Emirate Airlines. Emirates has a rewards programme, “Business rewards” which accrues points for your company in addition to your traveller’s existing personal “Skywards” accounts. Previously, only “online-direct” bookings were eligible but Emirates has now made the programme available for bookings made via agents too. The standard earning […]
read more »British Airways has teamed up with American Express foreign exchange service with this offer; Spend over £300 before 31 March 2012 and they’ll reward you with a bonus 1,000 Avios We’ve compared the rates offered and if you only spend approximately £300 they appear to be marginally better than the Post office and Travelex. If […]
read more »easyJet begin their daily Gatwick to Moscow services on Monday March 18 with fares of less than £120 return. The airline is filling the gap left by BMI who used to fly the route and were taken over by British Airways, with prices of £47.49 outbound and £62.49 inbound, on sale from today. British Airways return […]
read more »Starwood group, comprising Sheraton, Westin and Le Meridien amongst others, has a sale of European city stays, at over 250 hotels, for up to 72 hours at www.beatthetimer.com/ The prices are approximately 30% off their normal rates and appear to be available to everyone, not just Starwood Preferred Guest members. For example, the Munich Westin […]
read more »We now have until midnight on Tuesday to book and pay for sale fares with both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. For more general information, see my previous post here or search for flights using the British Airways link above
read more »We’ve researched this question for a UK company that books several hundred room nights for their staff. To date, they’ve used a travel agent but inefficiencies of booking procedures coupled with high agency fees have required that we review their purchasing habits. Travelodge do not currently feature in our recommended hotel comparison and search engine. […]
read more »The economy airfare sale started around Christmas time but the First and Business Class sale begins today. Bookings must be made and ticketed by midnight on Tuesday. Is the British Airways Sale applicable to business travel-bookings? If you’re looking for economy fares within Europe then the answer is most certainly yes, providing that you can […]
read more »A new offer has just been launched by Stansted Express which is only available for bookings made online for two people travelling together and is available for travel any time! The price is just £10 each way, per person, for Liverpool Street and £9 per person for Tottenham Hale. The Tottenham Hale reduction is especially […]
read more »Every month we research the discounts available on Heathrow Express and this month the best discount we’ve found is 10% The normal online fare for comparison is £34 return and £18 single Two travelling together: Up to 31 January 2013 Two travel together for £25 per person. You need to use this code DUO12 in […]
read more »I received a letter from BMI today, announcing the end of the vestiges of BMI Airlines. BMI were taken over by British Airways – or IAG (international Airline Group), earlier this year although BMI Regional still operate a network of flights The BMI Diamond club scheme is now, to all intents and purposes, dead. However, […]
read more »Starting today, Wednesday 14th November, the “miles” or Avios points required for bookings is being reduced by 25% This does not apply to short-haul European flights which still cost 9,000 15,000 and 20,000 Avios But for other longer flights e.g. to Tel Aviv, the cost is reduced from 25,000 Avios to 18,750 ! This is […]
read more »The British Airways sale is advertised as the “Luxury” seat sale but you’d be wrong to dismiss it as being the same as some previous sales. This time the fares include European routes and some offer club Europe business class seats at less than economy prices! Bookings must be made before midnight Tuesday. Valid for […]
read more »A traveller friend of mine has some 36,000 miles and a silver status about to expire because she hasn’t flown recently. I telephoned Virgin Atlantic yesterday to check, because their website isn’t 100% clear regarding extension of miles. Please note that we’re discussing miles here, not status. There’s nothing you can do about your status. […]
read more »A company has contacted us to ask to verify the unbelievable. Yes, it’s Friday and they’re arranging flights for travel on Monday so it’s at short notice. London to Venice on Monday and Milan to London on Wednesday The cheapest outbound flight is with British Airways, at £340 which is high, but not ludicrously high, […]
read more »We have provided booking tips on the British Airways booking page that will help you to find the lowest air fares when booking specific dates. But if you are flexible with your travel dates, British Airways has an excellent calendar display that will help you find the cheapest dates at a glance. Although this function […]
read more »The Independent newspaper is offering a promotion at 35 Ramada hotels including the Docklands in London. See the article here Stay anytime between 8 November 2012 and 7 November 2013 You’ll need to print out a token to present upon arrival. A dropdown list of hotels and the availability is available here www.ramada.co.uk/£20 Maximum 3 […]
read more »A flash sale by Hilton group including Waldorf Astoria and Conrad has been announced For Europe, it is only available for weekend stays (Friday, Saturday, Sunday nights) but for other destinations, any day of the week. Valid for dates up to 29th December, discounts of up to 40% Book directly through Hilton.com but remember to […]
read more »Roomkey is an online hotel booking engine. It has been created by a collaboration of the following hotel chains: Hilton Hyatt Intercontinental Wyndham Marriott Choice hotels And Roomkey recently signed up agreements with: La Quinta Millenium Hotels & Resorts Leading Hotels of the World It’s important to recognise that Roomkey is not a hotel comparison […]
read more »We compare the lowest prices on Heathrow Express every month. The normal online price is a steep £34 return and £18 single. ANA All Nippon Airlines has the best discounted fare: £30.60 return and £16.20 single. … beating the price offered by Virgin and British Airways (£32.30 return and £17.10 single) ! Use the ANA […]
read more »Due to a national strike in Belgium due to take place on Wednesday 3rd October, no Eurostar service will operate to Brussels between 10pm on Tuesday night to 10pm Wednesday night 6 shuttles will operate as far as Lille. Lille is 112km from Brussels and a 1½ hour drive. There is a bus service from […]
read more »Just a quick reminder that the British Airways “Go After the Games” sale discounts have to be booked before midnight Tuesday. Our summary of the rules is available in our article here. Or go directly to our British Airways page for quotes and bookings.
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