As Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc across the world, many airlines have opted to tempt nervous travellers back in with flexible booking options, and have expanded their policies on how passengers can cancel their flights, change their dates or destination and even cash in their ticket for points. This is…
Three nights for the price of two on Conrad & Waldorf in Europe Earlier this year I wrote about a new offer available for Hilton’s upmarket brands, Conrad and Waldorf Astoria through specialist travel agents. The offer is for hotels in Europe and is being run by PrivateUpgrades and other…
Readers have very kindly been sending in their stories of recent trips so we can all get a perspective of what travel is like at the moment. Flying BA in Club to Corfu with Special Assistance This review is by reader Sarah who thought it would be useful for…
Competition winner If you still had your hopes pinned on winning the BA Silver competition, I’m afraid we found the elusive Michael G who was delighted to find out he had won a British Airways silver card. Michael said “Thanks to Michele and Turning Left For Less for the terrific…
UK to New York from £916 business class return TAP has become one of the best value airlines for travel to the US. Not only do they offer a free stopover in one of my favourite European cities, Lisbon, but many routes have their brand new Airbus NEOS. These have…
If you a frequent flyer like me, you probably don’t worry too much about your miles expiring. Certain airlines do operate a “hard expiry” policy of course, which helps to focus the mind on the earning and spending of those specific miles. But for those airlines who only expire the…
Those keeping up with Avios and airline promotions will remember that a while ago Iberia had a promotion that became quite famous. Simply book up to ten flights to earn 90,000 Avios with 9,000 Avios bonus per flight booked. The great part was you didn’t even need to fly them….
I have flown Iberia short haul a couple of times, but only ever on their long haul aircraft. Madrid is a good place if you want to try out a long haul seat as both BA and Iberia often use long haul aircraft on the route from London. I flew…
The fare You may remember a while ago Iberia did a fantastic promotion (although not so good for them) where you could earn up to 90,000 Avios by booking flights (and not even travelling on them). Roving Reporter and I both took full advantage by buying some really cheap £20…
BA Future Labs to close Unbeknown to many, BA have been running a closed group of specially selected frequent flyers to discuss future initiatives. The group was called Future Labs and was a closely guarded community which you had to sign a non-disclosure agreement to join. The website had forums,…
