Japan to finally remove all travel restrictions As predicted, Japan has announced it will remove all remaining travel restrictions. The country has been taking cautious steps towards reopening with UK tourists allowed on package holidays with a visa currently. Now Japan will allow visa-free, independent tourism and abolish a daily…
Heathrow disruption We have been waiting patiently for it to be announced how flights will be affected on Mionday, the day of the Queen’s funeral. Although I can’t see anything on Heathrow’s website itself, the BBC has published details of the disruption for 19 September. You can find out about…
Heathrow The Queen’s funeral Today, Wednesday 14 September, some flights between 13:50-15:40 will be disrupted to ensure silence over central London as the ceremonial procession moves from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall. British Airways has cancelled 16 short-haul flights due to the airspace restriction. Throughout the period of national mourning,…
British Airways has started to load up their routes for summer 2023 which is interesting given that they are busy cutting winter 2022/23! There are some new routes that should go on sale today, so get ready with those companion vouchers if you are looking for a unicorn like the…
Virgin Atlantic sale Virgin Atlantic has just launched its first major sale in a while. Prices are still high compared to normal, but there are some good deals if you look at the average prices across the board at the moment. The sale gives a set discount according to the…
Heathrow continues flight cap until October Heathrow has been trying to “spin” how much progress they have made by stating that they have now got enough security staff with 2019 levels restored. They blame the delays partially on new staff and also on leisure travellers not preparing for security properly….
BA ends ban on short-haul sales, and Heathrow improves British Airways has frequently only sold the most expensive fully flexible tickets or stopped sales completely on short-haul sales due to Heathrow’s passenger number cap and their own lack of staff. The latest ban on sales for short-haul aircraft was due…
Firstly, check back after 7am for some big news from American Express, which I am not allowed to publish until then. British Airways stop selling Heathrow short-haul tickets until 15 August It’s hard to keep up with what’s happening at BA and Heathrow at the moment. One minute BA…
The worst airports and airlines for delays and cancellations If you are still planning to head off on a flight this summer and haven’t booked yet, you may want to choose your airline and airport carefully. There is definitely a big difference between travel providers in terms of performance. In…
Today’s article is by Debbie who has previously contributed a review of her BA Gatwick flight to TLFL. It’s worth noting that I had several cancellations on one of my BA Holidays trips which proved very tricky to resolve due to many of the available flights with the same airlines…
