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US Pre-Clearance for all Aer Lingus flights from Dublin and Shannon!

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…

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The winner of the AwardWallet OneCard….

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 There were a total of 56 eligible entries after deleting multiple entries from one user, and another user’s withdrawn entry.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…

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Should I defect from OneWorld?

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,…

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USA’s Global Entry now extended to UK and German citizens

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.

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If you’ve sent me an email in the last 2 weeks…

…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…