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…
Throughout the crisis, I have been praising Qatar for its forward-thinking approach to making passengers feel safe but keeping up service levels. From crew wearing full PPE to almost full service in business class with a couple of tweaks, they have generally been ahead of the pack. You can read…
If you saw my recent article in Forbes ‘Airlines behaving badly‘ you will have seen my opinion that Qatar is one of the airlines that have come out best from the current crisis. From keeping onboard service as close as possible to normal, but also making sure passengers feel safe,…
Qatar’s new onboard service in photos In this article, I was talking about the changes in Qatar’s onboard service. This involves full PPE with hazmat suits and changes to the meals. I wrote about the future of business and first class travel on Monday in this article. A lot of…
AA/BA and Star Alliance to USA W Coast from £978 A few weeks ago I wrote about some of the best offers I have seen for many years to the US. These have now reappeared from Sofia. Sofia has the advantage of currently having direct flights from London that earn…
Donate Avios to the NHS If you are sitting on a big pile of Avios and don’t know what to do with them, this may be a very worthy suggestion for you. Since it only requires a minimum of 500 Avios, I think it is something that the majority of…
Last week I ran an article about Qatar’s new rebooking policy. At the time details were scant and the wording a bit ambiguous. Readers have kindly let me know what they have been able to do and clarification of what Qatar has said. Edit: 6.20pm 17 May The official Qatar…
EU plans to get travel going again THis week the EU set out ways to get transport and travel moving again in a safe way. The Commission presented a package of guidelines and recommendations to help the Member States gradually lift travel restrictions and allow tourism businesses to reopen, while…
Qatar dropping some UK departure points Qatar has revised its schedule for summer and as we reported, will be flying to 80 destinations soon. However, there are some noticeable absences from the UK. Currently, there are no flights scheduled for summer 2020 from Cardiff, Birmingham or Gatwick. However, they are…
London hotel at 58% discount Travelzoo are offering a fantastic deal on a 5* London hotel. The offer is from £139 per night on stays until January 2021. The other good news is that like many companies are cottoning onto, they are offering it as a refundable voucher. Travelzoo is…
