British Airways London to Miami, Club World
Taking advantage of BA’s pre-Christmas seat sale I managed to snag a decent number of Tier Points last weekend with a short trip to…
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Holiday Inn, Heathrow
There are a number of Holiday Inn properties around Heathrow Airport. The one I usually use is properly called the Holiday Inn Heathrow and…
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Got what it takes to be the new GM at the Hyatt Place Heathrow?
Due to open in late 2015 the first Hyatt Place in the UK is to be located close to Heathrow Airport. The 170 Room…
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VS43 Emergency Landing – YouTube footage from inside and outside the aircraft
VS43 Virgin’s Gatwick to Las Vegas flight, experienced a problem on take off yesterday with its undercarriage. After dumping fuel it returned to Gatwick…
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My worst 13 travel experiences of 2014
As we come close to the end of 2014, and my rotation as a featured blogger also draws to a close, I wanted to…
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Travelling in London at Christmas? What you need to know.
To non UK residents the annual cycle of changes to transport arrangements can be a bit of a mystery. Much better than in previous…
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UK’s Daily Mail reporting a United planes fuel dump over the English Channel.
On 17 December it appears that United’s flight from London to Newark had a technical problem on take-off. Several hours later after dumping fuel…
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Hotel Review: Hilton, Heathrow Terminal 5
I did a short one night return visit to the Hilton Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport. It’s important to know that this hotel is…
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No more BA salads…please
I took a fair number of Club Europe flights with BA last weekend, and discovered the wide range of salads that BA serve on…
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And would the 8 passengers for London Gatwick please board?
A reasonably long walk from the main terminal at Geneva are the B gates where British Airways operates its services to London Heathrow and…
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‘Do you know who I am?’ – actually overheard at the BA lounge in Geneva
‘I have a Gold Card but I’m not flying BA today. Do you know who I am?’ And so started one of the oddest…
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London ATC computer back up…but delays continue
It appears (the BBC says) that the ATC computer handling take-offs and landings is fixed. Of course the problem is that planes are in…
