New Priority Club VISA card nearly costs me dear!
My Priority Club profile contains my stored UK Priority Club VISA card number, and expiry date. This short cut nearly cost me dearly this…
My Priority Club profile contains my stored UK Priority Club VISA card number, and expiry date. This short cut nearly cost me dearly this…
The Daily Mail reports that UKBA is quietly killing off IRIS claiming that it too slow. My experience is that IRIS may not be…
As part of the deeply discounted BA sale tickets offered at the start of December, I booked a trip to San Francisco over New…
Following up on my post on cheap tickets from London, it seems that there is now a sale going on TO London. Total comes…
It seems as if other airlines have moved to match the BA sale fare I reported yesterday. For example United has a fare from…
http://www.flybmi.com/bmi/en-gb/offers/flight-offers/try-business-for-economy-offer.aspx?cmp=em20424 This winter we are offering you a chance to travel in luxury and style in Business Class with an economy price tag. For…
There are a couple of BA offers launched this week – for a very short time – that are worth noting. BA are…
The General Idea Travel by Train to London Complete a voucher Give voucher to attraction and show train tickets Get 2 people in for…
I was given a chance to play the new mobile phone game – UK:The Game this morning. Full disclosure – they gave me a…
For those of you unware of the position in the UK next Wednesday, let me enlighten you. There are going to be a wave…
Clearly the big news today is that Lufthansa are selling off bmi to the group that owns British Airways and Iberia. They plan to…
今天从布拉格去温哥华了,坐的是英航,这个布拉格机场的英航工作人员查的太仔细了,先自己一个字一个字的看加拿大签证,再仔细一个字一个字的读英国过境免签的特例,然后给领导打电话,然后填个表格,领导过来签字,费了20多分钟的尽。不过布拉格机场给商务舱的人有快速通道出海关,没人排队。一般通道的那个队已经长到没边了。 过了海关,时间已经不多了,去休息室看了一眼就去登机门了。和新加坡,吉隆坡机场一样,布拉格机舱的1号航站楼的安检是在登机门,这样队就排的很长很长。就一条线,不过边上写着Fast track,然后画着可以插队的图。我特别不好意思的插入队中,估计别人用着极其厌恶的眼光看着我。我假装还问一下安检的工作人员可不可以插队,老头笑嘻嘻主动把队帮我隔开。 登机很准时,还是老样子,欧洲短途的商务舱就是经济仓的座位,然后中间没人坐,英国的航空还有点点区别,就是左边的座位中间是个小小座,所以2边的位子就宽了些。一个小时45分钟,还算有口饭吃。不然饿死了,在机场没来得及。 飞机1:15准时降落在希斯罗机场,其实这个机场我是第3次飞,都是转机,第一次是5年前,去爱尔兰,就需要利用免签证入境英国,然后去爱尔兰。这次我有4个多小时转机,主要是怕这个机场太乱,到时候来不及。不过在出门前,我查了一下,这个机场的吸烟室全都被取消了,要抽烟只能出机场。我就琢磨着利用24小时过境免签出境抽烟。 今天的边检的队伍不长,排了一会就到了,一个面非常友善的印度或巴基斯坦后裔。其实他不让我入境也无所谓,大不了就不抽了,下面是我们对话 我:“先生,我没签证,我有4个小时转机去温哥华,就像用免签证转机出去” 官员:“免签证转机是需要理由的,比如说你要换机场,要过夜之类的,你4个小时就走,你有什么理由呀?” 我: “我就是想出去抽根烟。。。。。。” 官员:“按道理呢,你这是显然不可以的,不过也算是个理由,我就放你进去了,下次申请个签证吧” 我大喜,然后看他在入境卡背面写呀写,写呀写,写完了,还要去另外一个桌子去拿给我专门用的章,边写边笑笑说,申请个签证我就不用写这么多字了!一个章就够。 再次感谢后,出来享受了!! 英国人给我的第一感觉很好呀,我出来后买了一个2面包圈+中杯冰沙的套餐,4.25英镑,我问他要换大杯(当然是加钱的),他想了说没问题,然后也没多收钱,冲我笑了笑。看来有必要申请个英国签证来看看了。 注明,英国有条件过境免签规定较为复杂,总结为 英国(24小时),持有美国,加拿大,澳大利亚,新西兰,申根长期D签证,并从这些国家出境前往目的地,或从其它国前往这些国家。持有美国绿卡或加拿大枫叶卡的也享受此待遇。但在护照里的美国临时绿卡章I551的持有者不可以享受此待遇。