It’s a long time since I have been in the Aspire lounge at Heathrow T5, so I thought it was worth a return visit. I had planned on using my Priority Pass to get in but as it was the peak day of the year for travel, Aspire lounges kindly…
BA Mixed Fleet are due to be on strike for the next couple of weeks in their long running dispute over pay and penalising striking staff. It has now been revealed that BA and Unite may be close to agreement. BA have agreed to back down over strikers losing their…
Airlines and Travel companies forced to cut credit card fees The UK government has banned fees on most credit card surcharges including Visa, Mastercard, American Express and even Paypal from January 2018. From that point businesses will not be allowed to add any surcharges for card payments. Airlines and travel companies…
At the end of March 2017, BA introduced new catering on its Club Europe routes. There were winners and losers with the best improvements on the longer routes. Although BA has promosed to review this new catering, nothing has substantially changed since its introduction. I have now sampled most of…
Did you know you can use Avios to get lounge access? I recently discovered that you can use Avios to get lounge access for some pretty reasonable Avios prices. If you have plenty of Avios to spare, it’s not an unreasonable rate compared to redeeming for a short haul flight….
Etihad have launched a new sale which does have some reasonable prices out of the UK and ex EU. The fares are not as cheap as an ex EU Qatar sale fare, but Etihad do have a great on board product. You can read more about Etihad’s business class in this article. Sale…
Check in and location The Sofitel is connected directly to the Gatwick North Terminal and is a bit less of a walk than the Hilton at the South Terminal. The connecting walkway is near the transit station to the South Terminal, so you could easily stay here for a…
I used to use Flybe a lot until they started using Dash 8 Q400 (a turbo propeller aircraft) on some of their longer routes. Spending 3 hours to get to Spain sat next to a noisy propeller is not my idea of fun. Also, there is no business class on…
As part of my Heathrow and Gatwick hotels series, I have had a reader request to include some Premier Inns. I will also be visiting the Dublin Airport Premier Inn shortly, so look out for my review in the next couple of weeks. Premier Inn T5 Heathrow Although Turning Left…
Reader A contacted me to ask “Hi. I read the advice on your blog. I managed to get business class rtn to Sydney ex Copenhagen with Etihad for £2070. Routing Copenhagen-Dusseldorf-Abu Dhabi-Sydney on B787, A380 and B777. It’s my first business class trip. No previous miles with Etihad. Any tips…
