This is music to my ears. The thing I hate most about USA is the lengthy immigrations queues from international arrivals. From 27th October 2013, Aer Lingus have announced that all US-bound flights departing from Dublin or Shannon will go through pre-clearance before you board your flight. Previously a few had required arrival in the…
Hilton’s latest promotion, called “More Free Nights” is now live.
Despite numerous attempted emails to the winner from my draw, he hasn’t actually stepped forward to claim his prize.
Similar to the Marriott and Hilton statuses from 2 weeks ago, IHG offer Gold status after your next stay. The promotion appears specific to HP employees, though like most other 4 digit promotional codes with IHG it seems anyone can use it.
From Head for Points, you can pick up 240 Avios for a very quick survey, and especially good if your BA Household Account has 7 or 8 members, as each member can have a separate Clubcard account You only need to select one of the three insurance renewal dates to receive your 100 points.
Thank you to everyone who entered my AwardWallet OneCard giveaway. There were a total of 56 eligible entries after deleting multiple entries from one user, and another user’s withdrawn entry. Using Random.org the winning number was comment number 30. Congratulations to Joe who wins the OneCard! If you didn’t win this time, don’t worry because there will be…
Whilst trying to book my latest long-haul trip I’ve hit a stumbling block which has really questioned my rationality. Should I fly OneWorld or not? After nearly 10 years of choosing OneWorld by default, things are starting to look a lot less promising. My new home airport is Amsterdam where it is dominated by Skyteam carriers,…
So after an epic 5-and-a-half hour train ride each way to get to Brussels, I’m back from Travelmagic! I’m truly impressed by what Bart Lapers had organised, and wish to congratulate him on the event. The photos from the event can be seen on the Facebook page here.
In case anyone is interested, I had a quick interview with Rene from DeltaPoints recently as part of his “Fireside Chat” series. It was great to be able to connect with another BoardingArea blogger this way and I really hope the series becomes a big success for Rene. Enjoy!
Here’s a little treat I stumbled across when searching for some flights: No fuel surcharge when redeeming transpacific flights between Santiago de Chile to Auckland, New Zealand on LAN Chile.
TravelMagic aims to bring together frequent travellers in The Hotel, Brussels on Saturday 21st September 2013 to discuss how to be best make the most of your points. All for the tidy sum of €99.
My last post described that certain citizens were now eligible for Global Entry in the USA. When I registered as a British Citizen it asked for a “promotional code”.
Edit: New applications for Global Entry for UK citizens are closed effective 4th December 2013 Hurrah! Finally a USA travel policy that actually benefits me! Just over a week ago, it was officially announced that it would be extended to British, German, Korean and Qatari citizens.
…I’m really sorry but my web hosting company decided to switch my email’s IP address without telling anyone, so the last email I received was 5th August! And because I’ve been away in the wilderness I haven’t been able to check my emails. So, if you had an unanswered question please accept my apologies for…
The Telegraph reports of a Russian gentleman who didn’t like the standard terms and conditions that one bank was offering, so decided to play things his own way.