Portugal drops test for vaccinated travellers Over the last few weeks, there has been a lot of questions from readers regarding the change in wording for those fully vaccinated going to Portugal. The wording referred to tests not being needed if there was “a reciprocal” agreement about recognising vaccines but…
Today’s reader review is from Simon. Flights After visiting Barbados- and horrified that we would be both back to work very soon, we managed to grab two bargain Club World flights to St Lucia in the last week of September. We upgraded with Avios 10,000 each and paid £900…
British Airways Concorde Room Lounge Heathrow Terminal 5 review After being shut since the beginning of the pandemic, BA’s Concorde Room finally reopened at the start of September. The lounge is for BA’s Gold Guest List members (you no longer need a Concorde Card) and those travelling in First class. …
Continuing the series of what travel is like now, a reader has shared their experience of flights to/from Los Angeles at the end of July and the middle of August. You can email [email protected] if you want to see your trip report published. Currently, you can’t travel to the US…
Continuing the series of what travel is like now, a reader has shared experience of flights to/from Los Angeles at the end of July and middle of August. You can email [email protected] if you want to see your trip report published. In part one, we look at the outbound flight…
Portugal relaxes covid entry requirements Previously Portugal had caused thousands of people to cancel their trips due to the requirement to be fully vaccinated (I was one of them!). Fortunately, now they are being more lenient and you only need to show a negative PCR or cheaper antigen/lateral flow test…
As we announced last week, BA will be finally reopening its iconic Concorde Room at Heathrow tomorrow. British Airways has today also announced that it will open the doors to its Concorde Rooms (specifically for those flying in First) at both JFK and Heathrow on 1 September. The Heathrow CCR…
BA’s catering in 2021 has been best described as “traditional British” although some may be more inclined to refer to it as school dinners. It’s obvious BA is trying to save money which is understandable in the current situation. To be fair the meals are generally very tasty with sausage…
BA’s Concorde Room at Heathrow T5 to reopen According to a reliable source on Flyertalk, British Airways’ Concorde Room is to reopen on 1 September. Having sat sweltering on the Concorde Terrace today, this is welcome news. The CCT as its known, is what used to be the First class…
UK outbound First class from £1295 I have previously looked at the slightly underwhelming BA sale in this article, but I did not go into the First class fares. Although there aren’t many of them, there are actually some decent deals on First. Here are the prices: New York £1700…
