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Deals

Reminder: £20/€20 Lufthansa discount, book by 25th March.

A reminder that Lufthansa have got a live £20/€20 discount which needs to be used by 25th March 2014, but can be used for travel up to 28th December 2014. Unfortunately you cannot redeem the discount against taxes or fees, so where the base fare is less than the value of the voucher, only that much…

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Amazing deals

Best ways to earn Aegean Airlines Star Alliance Gold flying economy class only

Gary Leff’s post yesterday points out that with US Airways’ imminent departure from Star Alliance, reaching Aegean Airlines (A3) gold is going to be a tiny bit harder. He does, however, miss the other golden details about why A3 is so good with their earnings in economy class. A3 have long been known in the air miles…

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Deals

BA Economy and Premium Economy class flash sale and how you can find the cheap ex-EU flights.

British Airways have loaded a very short sale for transatlantic and Middle Eastern flights for World Travaller and World Traveller Plus classes. You need book by 23:59hrs GMT on 25th March 2014. Travel can be anytime between now and 12th December 2014.

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Musings

DON’T VISIT NETHERLANDS NEXT WEEK (24-25th March)

Well not quite… I don’t mean to put you off entirely! I’m not aware of the media coverage outside The Netherlands, so you may or may not be aware that it’s the Nuclear Security Summit next week, where many presidents and prime ministers of countries across the world will converge about 10mins from my front…

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Deals

20% BA discount on some World Traveller (Plus) flights from London Heathrow

Sorry to be a little late on the game here, but I only just picked up details of this offer. Shell Drivers Club have circulated an email offering 20% discount on British Airways marketed and operated flights in economy class (World Traveller) and premium economy (World Traveller plus). The destinations on offer are: Nairobi Hong Kong Seoul…

Musings

I’ve been quoted in Business Traveller…

Sometimes I wonder if I have amnesia, as I don’t have much recollection of doing this interview, but Jenny Southan from Business Traveller magazine seems to have quoted me in her article called “Slash & Burn” which investigates the devaluation of loyalty programmes. It online version is here (paid subscription required), but if you pick up…

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Musings

Ralph the Flying Dutchboy defends Skyteam.

Last November I invited Mike from Ik Vlieg Veel to write a guest post about why you should fly Star Alliance instead of Skyteam if you’re based in The Netherlands. Ralph, another fellow blogger based here in The Netherlands, responded with his own critique last month. The text is all in Dutch, so use Google or Bing…