[VIDEO] London From The Air & Landing At Heathrow
I've lost count the number of times I've flown on this exact flight path and seen this view of London from the air (when...
News Roundup: New W Hotel, Hold Fares On Emirates, Delta flys to Osaka &...
A few bits of news that don't warrant a whole post of their own but that may be of interest:
Starwood have announced a new...
ANA Adds The Millennium Falcon To Its Fleet!
Back in April Japanese airline ANA announced that, as part of a new partnership with Disney, they would be painting one of their planes with...
Southwest 3-Day Sale Extended by 24 Hours
On Wednesday I posted news of a pretty decent 3-day Southwest Sale that covers most of their routes. The sale should have ended at...
Win 1,000,000 Emirates Skywards Miles
As part of their 15th birthday celebrations Emirates is splashing around their SkyWards Miles.
Emirates will be making 15 "Skywards Millionaires" between now and the...
Amex Lowering British Airways Transfer Rates (USA Only?)
It's definitely an Amex news day today!
It appears that Amex is reducing the number of Avios you can earn by transferring Membership Rewards (MR). A...
British Airways On Business – Triple Points Promo
On Business In Brief
"On Business" is the business loyalty program run by British Airways. Where people earn loyalty points through the British Airways Executive Club,...
Delta And Virgin Atlantic Opening a Lounge Bar in London
Back in April, Amex announced that they're opening a private lounge for cardholders in London's O2 Arena and now, it seems that Delta and Virgin...
Southwest Airlines 3-Day Sale – Prices from $49 One-Way
Southwest Airlines launched a 3-day fare sale yesterday (yes, I missed day 1!) with fares starting as low as $49. Some of the fares look...
Etihad Files Response to “Open Skies” Debate
The row between the big 3 airlines in the US (American, Delta & United) and the Big 3 Middle East Carriers (Etihad, Emirates &...
ANA To Launch Tokyo-Brussels Service
Japanese airline ANA announced, today, that it would begin service between Tokyo Narita and Brussels starting with its Winter 2015 schedule, "subject to the approval of...
Singapore Airlines Double Miles Promotion (UK)
Singapore Airlines have launched a Double Miles Promotion for Business Class passengers travelling on select fare codes.
Note: This is a promotion for KrisFlyer Miles and not elite...
Flight Passenger Proves Just How Petty We Can Be
A story that surfaced a couple of days ago, first broken by ABC, has left me shaking my head and wondering what things are...
News Round Up: Hilton Singapore Offer, New Radisson Blu In Cape Town & More
Bits & Pieces that don't warrant a post of their own.
Hilton Singapore Offer:
To honour Singapore's Golden Jubilee celebrations the Hilton Singapore and the Conrad...
Emirates Adding A Daily Service To Orlando
Some news I missed from last month but that may be useful:
From 1 September 2015 Emirates will begin serving Orlando, on a daily basis,...
Qatar Airways 6-Day UK Sale
Qatar Airways has unveiled a new 6-day sale (starting today) to celebrate the newest addition to their fleet - the Airbus A350 XWB.
The sale...
Good Business Class Fares From Europe to Asia (OneWorld/Star Alliance/SkyTeam)
We've found some found some reasonably good business class fares for anyone looking to fly out of Europe to Asia in September/October/November this year.
If...
Mayor Of Fort-Worth Sides With American In Open Skies Dispute
In other news the Pope says he's a Catholic, Le Bron says he's partial to a game of Basketball and McDonalds tell us they like...
Travel Websites Claim Delta Is Cutting Them Off
A report in today's Wall Street Journal say that a group of travel websites (including Hipmunk, TripAdvisor and CheapOAir) are claiming that Delta Airlines...
British Airways Avios Devaluation Continues – Partners
Some links to products and travel providers on this website will earn Traveling For Miles a commission which helps contribute to the running of...
Starwood News: Emirates Partnership, Keyless Room Entry and Mercedes F1 Experiences
Starwood/Emirates Partnership
Back in March Starwood began a new partnership with Delta that they branded 'Crrossover Rewards'. The partnership was put into place to encourage elite...
Up To 50% Off Coach/Economy Avios Redemptions To/From London
British Airways and Avios have launched a winter promotion that may be of interest for those looking to escape the European winter. Both long...
Good Fares to Hawaii From Seattle Nov-Feb (DL/AS/HA/UA)
We're always on the look out for any decent deals to our favourite group of islands and it looks like some of the airlines...
Travel Tidbits From Around the Blogosphere – 28 October 2014
There are a lot of travel blogs out there and there's a lot of travel news being reported on a daily basis. Sometimes it's...
Information Round Up – US Lawmakers Oppose Cell Phones on Planes, Atlantis Bookable With...
These are the stories that we've read over the last few weeks that didn't really warrant a whole blog post on their own but that may...
Using Airline Miles & Points – The Basics
This is the third part of my very basic series looking at airline miles/points for people new to the loyalty program world.
On Tuesday I discussed...
Valuing Airline Miles & Points (and why you need to)
This is part 2 in a 3 part series on airline miles and points - you'll find part 1 (collecting miles & points) here.
The...
Fare Alert – Boston – St Thomas ($293)
With Marriott's Frenchman's Cove being one of our users' favourite Caribbean vacation rental properties we've recently been on the lookout for good deals to St Thomas.
Right...
Business Class Fare Alert – Europe to USA (OneWorld, Star Alliance and SkyTeam)
Every now and again we notice some great fares that are hard to turn down, and we like to keep our users updated when...
The Two Online Services That Could Help Make Your Travels Better
Last week I had an issue with British Airways when, six days before my flight, I was moved from my exit row aisle seat and...
British Airways – A Sad Shadow Of Its Former Self (Final Part)
Over the past few days I've been using this blog as a therapeutic outlet to vent about the ever-worsening experience that travelling with British Airways has...
British Airways – A Sad Shadow Of Its Former Self (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this series, which posted yesterday, I focused primarily on British Airways' seeming reluctance to do anything positive with its seats or...
British Airways – A Sad Shadow Of Its Former Self (Part 1)
I used to love British Airways. To me they epitomised 'old school' travel from the days when air flight was more about experience than...
Virgin Atlantic To Provide Satellite Based “High-Speed” Internet
Virgin Atlantic isn't an airline that automatically springs to mind for most US based travellers. Although they fly out of eight major US cities...
The Not So Transparent “Transparent Airfares Act”
There has been a great deal of interest from air travelers in the new ‘Transparent Airfares Act’. The flying public is being told by...
Not All Seats In Coach Are The Same
Whilst the main part of any vacation is your destination and the resort where you’re staying, it’s still nice to get there as comfortably...
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