Point Me To The Plane

Heathrow Express drops as low as £5.50…if you are well-organised!

ByTim 18th January 201618th January 2016

If you think you are able to plan ahead, then your Heathrow Express (HEX) tickets can be significantly cheaper than their standard astronomical prices. I used to joke that on a price-per-mile basis the concorde was cheaper than HEX, I think it still holds true!

Musings

I tried a clickbait experiment yesterday. Here are my reflections.

ByTim 17th January 201612th December 2023

Having been reading a bit on online marketing in the last few weeks, one of the topics that arose was “clickbaiting”, which means writing a fairly sensasionalist headline. It’s a controversial topic, but time and time again it brings in significant numbers of readers. I know a few BoardingArea bloggers who do this kind of…

Deals

Free Instant Gold status with…

ByTim 16th January 201612th December 2023

Free status brings benefits in all sorts of programmes, so why not grab this one while you can? Remember, you can always borrow an address off someone!

Musings

IAG and LATAM signs a new joint venture for Transatlantic travel. Fantastic arbitrage opportunities?

ByTim 15th January 201612th December 2023

British Airways, Iberia, LAN Airlines and TAM Airlines may soon be code sharing Transatlantic flights between Europe and South America. Could we be seeing more opportunities for air miles?

Musings

Quicktip: Easiest ways to get Oneworld Sapphire Membership

ByTim 14th January 201614th January 2016

I like Oneworld as it is the only alliance that gives mid-tier members the opportunity to use their business class lounges. Star Alliance and Skyteam both require top-tier before granting that benefit.

So-called “error fares” are not always that! How to tell if it’s a real one.

ByTim 12th January 201612th January 2016

Travel bloggers and websites often try to claim some notoriety by spotting error fares. Using the guidelines in this post, you can assess with confidence whether it really is one or not.

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Guides

Quicktip: Looking for cheapest air fares to anywhere? Try Kayak…

ByTim 11th January 201612th December 2023

The collapse in global oil prices has been making its mark in the airline industry. Long haul air fares are at the lowest I seen in over a decade! If you have never used it before, try using Kayak as a first screening.

What I’ve learned in convincing people into air miles.

ByTim 8th January 2016

Struggling with trying to get friends into the air miles hobby? Just learn from Tim’s experiences and save yourself some time.

Free stuff

Special Status Miles credit from Lufthansa

ByTim 8th December 2015

Check your emails for a special credit from Lufthansa. There are status miles being given away for their poor service record this year.

Amazing deals

Global entry for UK citizens now fully live.

ByTim 3rd December 2015

Global Entry for UK citizens is now fully live. You can find the link to start your application within this post.

Amazing deals

Global Entry re-opening to UK citizens. The official announcement!

ByTim 4th November 20154th November 2015

UK Citizens can finally apply for Global Entry again after a successful trial period in late 2013 where over 1400 UK citizens were accepted into the programme. This post describes the process from here on, and the start date.

Musings

InsideFlyerUK launches tomorrow. Join the launch party!

ByTim 4th November 201512th December 2023

The launch of InsideFlyerUK should bring a nice change from the often US-centric websites. Join the founders at the launch party!

Deals

Avios North America redemption hike.

ByTim 28th October 201512th December 2023

British Airways Executive Club just announced some unfavourable Avios redemption rate hikes. While 66% increase is the headline figure, maybe we can sigh a breath of relief that this could have been far worse.

Amazing deals

Part pay with Avios. Best value from Avios points in ages!

ByTim 13th October 2015

One of the best Avios spending promotions in a while has sprung upon us. Until the middle of October you can redeem your Avios for a solid 1.67p each.

Guides

Doing Amsterdam turnarounds for BA ex-EU ticketing

ByTim 11th October 201521st August 2019

An excerpt from my video diary of a JER-AMS Tier Point run from earlier in the year. Here you can see how easy it is to do straight turnarounds at Amsterdam.

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