From Sunday evening to Wednesday afternoon European time I’ll be blogging my escapades live (internet connectivity permitting). You can follow it on this blog, on Twitter or on Facebook. As a bonus I’ll try to pick up some souvenirs along the way (somewhere between 3-5 items — nothing expensive!) and send them out to randomly-selected readers….
Thanks to Raffles for alerting me to this. The Waldorf Astoria London Syon Park, where rooms are often in excess of ?150 at their advanced purchase rate, will be rebranded as “Hilton London Syon Park” at some point during March 2013. There is a message on the front page of the hotel’s website to notify customers…
Aerolineas Argentinas are still offering a status match to elite members from competing non-Skyteam airlines, namely these these ones: I took advantage of this match on 4th January 2013 and and they got back to me after 2 working days (8th January) saying my American Airlines Platinum was successfully matched across to Aerolineas Plus Oro…
The introduction of the Reward Flight Saver in November 2011 made redeeming for flights short haul economy class on British Airways a financially viable option. At 4500/7500/10000 Avios (depending on flight distance) plus £17.50 fee for a one-way redemption this is a fantastic way to avoid those last-minute expensive tickets. I use this type of…
I’ve had an enormous surge of visitors over the past week, (if you’re new then a big hello to you!) so those who are new may not know about my plea for help on my route home. Well I’m happy to say it’s finally been booked and now subject to American Airlines’ standard practice of…
British Airways, like most airlines, allows a 24 hour ‘cooling-off’ period when buying tickets which allows for full refunds with no penalty. This is typically to allow the customer to check, and where necessary amend, important details on a ticket and be satisfied that a correct booking has been made. You can cancel ‘non-refundable’ tickets…
Flying Blue recently ran a status match promotion for anyone wanting to get a fast-track gold status. News spread pretty damn quickly! Then they decided to restrict it to Scandinavian residents, which is what was they intended all along, and also bring the closing date forward, then ending the promotion outright. Well according to this…
I put out an invite on PTBM’s Facebook account yesterday asking if anyone had a question or topic they want answered in a post. Nick asked the following Are there opportunities for being based in one European country but registering a frequent flyer account in another European country, and are there any practical upsides or downsides for doing…
So despite promoting this site as Europe’s answer to loyalty programmes, I’ve actually been in Asia for the last 2 months and am looking forward to finally getting my feet back on home soil. Except I haven’t bought my ticket home yet. But I want to give my readers the opportunity to decide how I…
Phew! I have FINALLY finished writing the third and final part. Being ill for the last few days didn’t help my concentration either, but at least it’s there. I’ve also restructured the guides to fall under an introduction page instead to de-clutter the main navigation bar. If you have any difficulties understand any part of…
Aside from British Airways’ outrageous fuel surcharges, they also have the audacity to wring out more pennies by making you pay national rates to call them. When you try to call their “outside the UK” number from a normal landline or mobile phone it’s blocked. Presumably to protect their revenue stream from phone calls….
British Airways Executive Club (BAEC) has an unusual tier level qualifying system in that distance actually has a minor role in deciding your status. Instead they look at a combination of 1) how many premium cabin tickets you have paid, 2) how many segments you have flown and 3) if those segments were short/long haul….