LCY, or ‘City’ as it is often known, is a small airfield located near Canary Wharf, the commercial centre for London’s Finance Industry. A £200 million investment at London City Airport… Continue Reading
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Review: Park Hyatt, Hamburg
Whilst the hotel is centrally located it is about a 20 minute taxi ride from the airport (EUR25), I arrived late in the evening. The cab dropped me off at the main entrance which is at the back of the… Continue Reading
Review: Hyatt Regency, Mainz
The Hyatt at Mainz is close to the city, but a one stop ride on the S-Bahn followed by a ten minute walk from the station to the riverbank, where the hotel is located. In 2012 I wrote about how to find… Continue Reading
Swiss goes flying in the Alps
Swiss airlines published two great videos showing what happened when their A320 joined up with the national display aerobatics team (Patrouille Suisse) to go flying in the Alps. There are some spectacular… Continue Reading
San Francisco’s Parc 55 hotel become a Hilton
Hilton announced that they had acquired this centrally located property in San Francisco. Located close to the existing Hilton San Francisco it is also located right next to a BART station and the end… Continue Reading
Changes to BA’s OnBusiness Small Business Programme – an example
BA offers a scheme where businesses can earn points for their employees travels whilst the employee continues to earn Avios for their flights. The scheme is called OnBusiness There are a lot of changes… Continue Reading
Hilton First promo of 2015 – Double Miles or Points
Hilton announced last year that they were only going to run two promos per annum from 2015. This is disappointing, as it makes HHonors points even harder to earn after their massive increase in rates… Continue Reading
Earn Starwood points in Uber rides
The latest cross-earning deal, between UBER and Starwood SPG works for UK based members and those with UK billed credit cards for UBER. Well at least it should work. The special site allowed me to register… Continue Reading
UK’s Independent newspaper claims BA spied on its staff in 2011 during strike
The Independent newspaper ran an article this morning accusing BA of intercepting email and phone calls of some of its employees made on company issued devices, during a bitter dispute in 2011. The airline,… Continue Reading
Double Hilton HHonors points (or miles) on hotel stays
Hilton’s latest quarterly promotion is now upon us. It’s a straightforward one this time: you will either earn double Hilton HHonors points or airline miles on stays from 1 March to 31 May 2015… Continue Reading
