Singapore is aiming to return to pre-pandemic schedules from Heathrow from 2 June. This will offer four flights a day plus enhanced UK regional connections. They have launched a new sale from the UK and much of Europe with the best fares being ex EU. The UK prices are pretty…
Cheap Finnair Helsinki 160 TPs Flights to Finnair are normally very expensive due to the fact that Finnair has pretty much a monopoly from Heathrow since BA stopped flying to Helsinki. Normally business class returns are around £600. There is currently a cheap fare available for £270 return but there…
Lufthansa/Swiss sale (not companion) Lufthansa and Swiss have launched a competitive “Early Bird” sale from the UK which for once is not a companion sale. Great news for all of us solo travellers! The sale must be booked by 29 March and you need to complete your return flight by…
Flight fares round up From London Bangkok £1205 Finnair Rio de Janeiro £1148 LATAM Venice £207 British Airways Sofia £234 British Airways (160 tier points return) Catania £255 British Airways (160 tier points return) Porto £226 British Airways From Paris Rio de Janeiro £1055 Lufthansa Buenos Aires £ 1338 LATAM New…
Two new Premium Economy products For those that like to fly Premium Economy, two new products have been announced in the last few weeks, which I’ll take a quick look at. Also with flight prices already high and the rising rate of oil, Premium Economy could be the new business…
Heathrow strike off for now As I expected the threatened strike of DO&CO catering drivers on 4 and 5 March at Heathrow has been called off for the moment. Unite has suspended the strikes while the drivers vote on a new pay offer. The new ballot should be completed by…
Triple Avios with BA Holidays and BA Amex As well as the double tier points offer, there is now a triple Avios offer with the British Airways American Express Cards. The triple Avios earned is on top of the Avios that you get from the card using it at ba.com…
IHG flash sale IHG yesterday launched a flash sale that you need to book by 7 March but stay by 4 September 2022. The sale offers up to 25% off the Best Flex rate using Advance Saver. IHG includes InterContinental, Kimpton, Indigo and Crown Plaza brands. It’s still reasonably flexible…
New UK Avios credit card launched with upgrade vouchers Barclaycard has partnered with Avios to launch two new Mastercard credit cards that give customers the opportunity to collect Avios when making purchases, as well as providing lots of travel-related perks. This is a similar product to the old Lloyds card…
Italy relaxes entry Italy has joined a number of countries to announce that they will fall in line with the EU recommendations. From 1 March you can enter the country from a non-EU country without needing to have a test prior to departure if you are fully vaccinated or recovered….
