Heathrow Express slashes prices … if you book in advance.
HeadforPoints has identified that the Heathrow Express has slashed its advance purchase fares. In fact, what was probably the most expensive 15 minute train…
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Flash Swiss Business Class sale to Zurich and Geneva from London
Swiss are doing a repeat of their flash Business Class sale from London to Switzerland – Zurich and Geneva. Book by 30 September 2015…
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Connecting at Heathrow? 3 hours to wait? Heathrow will take you shopping.
It appears that Heathrow has made another service available which totally misses its real problems. Following hard on the heals of special training for…
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REVIEW: Doubletree Docklands – when an upgrade gives you a worse room
Hilton Diamond Membership is supposed to come with perks for the frequent stayer. Whilst an upgrade to a suite is always a super benefit, my recent stay at the refurbished and re-branded Doubletree London Docklands, saw me in probably the smallest suite I have ever seen.
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OK so no Night Tube, but TfL slipped out this news too….
Many large organisations slip out big news at the same time as something that is guaranteed to grab the headlines. TfL did the same last week, ‘No Night Tube’ made the papers…everything else was sidelined.
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Transport for London delays Night Tube services – no one is surprised!
In a long expected move, Transport for London, the operator of Tube, bus and other transport services in the UK’s capital, announced a delay…
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Current Concorde Room Menu at Heathrow T5
I had a couple of hours in the T5 Concorde Room last week on the way to Copenhagen. I’d left the office before lunch…
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Is British Airways new boarding arrangement working?
British Airways rearranged its boarding arrangements some weeks ago – Cabin class beats out Exec Club status is the best summary. Except, it doesn’t seem to be actually like that once you get to the gate.
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Travelling through Heathrow? It’s OK to take your imaginary friend
Heathrow Airport, in probably one of the oddest moves ever, has released a training video for its staff. It covers how to handle Imaginary…
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The UK Airport VAT fiddle – part 2
I wrote earlier in the week about how some airport retailers were not passing on the sales tax (VAT) that they recover for purchases…
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Are you revolting ? Against VAT fiddle at UK Airports that is!
Rumour has it – or rather the UK press are reporting – that passengers have got annoyed showing their boarding passes at UK airport when they shop airside. Why? Well it seems that some retailers are pocketing the refund of sales tax (VAT) which results from customers who are going abroad. Foul!
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Summer Landing at Heathrow
Ever take the window? Ever look out? Sometimes the beauty of the city below reminds us why we travel. A summer landing at Heathrow did this for me recently.
