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Heathrow Terminal 3 planned to reopen – but no lounge crawls just yet! There were calls last week for Heathrow to reopen Terminal 4 due to the 6 hours queues at immigration. Which completely neglected the fact that it was the immigration procedures checking every single PLF form, that was…
British Airways Elemis spas will not reopen When the BA spas closed around the world, I always assumed that they would reopen again. Sadly I now fear that the “new normal” will be lots of things we took for granted being cut in the name of cost savings. The first…
Virgin Atlantic’s virtual travel experience It’s still at least a month until it’s legal to travel again, and even then most countries will probably be off-limits. So Virgin Atlantic has come up with a great idea to recreate the travel experience using ASMR video – Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. ASMR…
Heathrow to triple taxi fees as well as new £8.90 fee Heathrow Airport is frantically trying to recoup some of the losses that it has made in a rather undignified way. First came the extra passenger charge of £8.90 per person. Now according to the FT, they are preparing to…
New countries added to the red list but also some better news Bangladesh, Kenya, Pakistan, and the Philippines will be added to the red list at 4 am Friday 9 April. If you arrive in the UK from these places before 4 am Friday 9 April, you must self-isolate for 10 days…
Phuket looks set to open 1 July The Bangkok Times has reported that the Thai government is preparing to announce that foreign travellers could fly to Phuket without any quarantine requirement from as early as 1 July. I previously wrote about the proposal from travel company to reopen Phuket as…
Win Upper Class Virgin flights Virgin Atlantic is to host the ultimate lockdown quiz for aviation geeks, travellers and quiz fans on Thursday 25th March. Hosted virtually by the airline’s crew, proceeds will be donated to The Trussell Trust. Those who think they know their ‘doors to manual’ from their…
Bali mulls reopening The island of Bali has made a lot of noises about reopening but so far nothing concrete has emerged. With the rollout of vaccines, it now appears that Bali is once again looking towards how to reopen safely for tourism. According to the Bali Sun newspaper, the…
Upper Class meal service Warning – if you are hungry, grab a snack before reading!! Gratuitous food porn pictures in article! Throughout the pandemic, Virgin has definitely been setting the standard in terms of onboard service. While many airlines cut things down to the bare minimum, Virgin only made minor…
