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…
Travel corridor additions & removals This week’s announcement from Grant Shapps had a few surprises. Denmark which has been in the red zone for a while (above 20 per 100,000 over the last 7 days) was not removed from the list. However, Slovenia and Guadeloupe were removed from the Travel…
Qatar Airways refunds over USD $1.2 billion – ouch! Qatar Airways has paid out over USD $1.2 billion in refunds to almost 600,000 passengers since March, which shows the context of what airlines are facing. At the start, Qatar was very difficult to contact, but my recent experience is that…
Qatar resumes more UK flights Qatar Airways is offering one of the largest range of destinations from the UK via Doha, although sadly most long haul destinations are not accepting UK visitors currently. The airline have officially announced the resumption of daily flights to and from London Gatwick starting 20…
Qatar UK business class fares for 2021 Qatar are probably the airline I am most likely to book with for long haul travel at the moment. As well as their aircraft either having the excellent QSuites with doors or a 1-2-1 configuration, they have almost a normal service on board…
US removes outbound travel warning – is this a first step to reopening? While most TLFL readers indicated that they don’t want to visit the US right now, I’m sure many of us are hoping that we get a firm reopening date soon so we can plan travel for a…
Qatar business class for 2021 from £1244 If you are considering travel for next year, Qatar have some good value fares. Qatar is my top choice for flying East at the moment due to their high safety standards such as visors and masks for boarding and PPE for cabin crew….
Qatar moves into T5 today Last week Qatar Airways confirmed at rather short notice that they will be moving into T5 as of today. It is expected that passengers will use the British Airways lounges, so it will be interesting to see how busy they become. JAL will join from…
BA to retire B747s immediately At the time of going to press, BA had just emailed staff to say that their 30 B747s would be retired immediately with no more passenger flights. This is subject to consultation with unions due to the impact on type rates pilots and cabin crew…
Emirates reinstates chauffeurs and lounges Emirates’ premium customers can once again enjoy the airline’s Chauffeur Drive service (CDS) and airport lounge at its Dubai hub with the restart of these services following a full health and safety review. Emirates have opened one lounge in Terminal 3 Concourse B, Dubai International…
